Chris Liebold
Michael ReichelThe Children's and Youth University of the TU Ilmenau presents a varied program with stimulating lectures, interactive workshops and exciting experiments from science, technology and media in the upcoming winter semester 2023/24. For the first time, there will be not one, but three events for different age groups: on November 10 for children in 5th and 6th grade, on November 24 for youth in 7th to 9th grade, and on February 2, 2024 for youth in 10th to 12th grade.
Registration (for November events: Sept. 22-Oct. 7, for February event: Nov. 13-Dec. 8): www.tu-ilmenau.de/kju.
When the Children's and Young People's University Ilmenau opens its doors in the winter semester, the little ones and the older ones can get a taste of real everyday university life on the university campus. Under the motto #ScienceExplained, a wide range of topics is presented to the young participants: from technology and natural sciences to art and culture, there is something for every young inquisitive - presented in an understandable and entertaining way.
On November 10, for example, children in grades 5 and 6 will learn all about the invisible forces that move our world: Whether in the nursery, in the home or in the factory - something is moving everywhere. The children will experience what magnetic forces are and how they can be controlled in a targeted manner in scientific experiments specially prepared for their age.
Youngsters in grades 7 to 9 can look forward to two exciting lectures on November 24, 2023: On the highly topical subject of renewable energies, they will learn how efficient and resource-saving processes can be developed and used through targeted energy conversion. The second lecture is about structures that are as fascinating as they are ephemeral: soap bubbles. The young people explore their physical secrets and in experiments they get answers to questions such as: How thick is the soap skin and why does it hold together? Why do soap bubbles burst and where do they get their iridescent colors?
For young people in grades 10 to 12, things get exciting on February 2, 2024, when they learn about the technical processes of regulation and control. The theoretical research topic deals with very practical everyday questions: How should an autonomous vehicle - for example, the CAMIL bus co-developed at TU Ilmenau, which rolls across the campus in regular service - brake at a traffic light? How can the room temperature be kept absolutely constant? How must the voltage on a defibrillator be selected so that ventricular fibrillation becomes a normal heartbeat again? In a second technology event, the young people devote themselves to electrical machines. They learn how motors are designed and why there are a seemingly infinite number of motor variants. And they'll learn how gearbox faults have traditionally been diagnosed and how it's about to change with the use of artificial intelligence.
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