On May 4, 2024, the Potsdam Day of Science will take place for the eleventh time. A fantastic and varied program awaits you on the Telegrafenberg. Universities, schools and research institutions offer interesting insights into everyday scientific work. The GFZ will of course be there! The complete program of all institutions can be found at: https://potsdamertagderwissenschaften.de/ . 

The program items include, for example:

• Food, climate and health - what should our diet look like in the future? (PIK)
• Hands-on experiment for children: How do ocean currents form? (PIK)
• IHK photo studio: Your perfect application photo for prospective trainees (IHK)
• The fascination of the universe (DESY)
• Einstein's laboratory: cycling at the speed of light, black holes and neutron stars (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
• Solar research at the Einstein Tower (AIP)
• Model making with chemistry and light (UNiversity of Potsdam)
• Smart City Potsdam - innovative, green, fair (City of Potsdam)
• Bertha's hands-on laboratory (Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Babelsberg)
• Voculus - promoting reading fluency and motivation (University of Potsdam)
• BabyLAB: Language, music and memory games for children (LabRally)
• Escape the ZWW: Education redefined: Decipher the code for lifelong learning! (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg)
• Poster exhibition Military and Society since 1945 (Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Federal Republic of Germany)
• Computational linguistic methods for researching rhetorical strategies in the UN Security Council (University of Potsdam)
• AI diagnosis of skin, hair and well-being (Wirtschaftsförderung Land Brandenburg GmbH)
• All a question of communication? Sustainable agriculture with plant-insect interactions (Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops IGZ)
• Brandenburg's geology - more exciting than ever (GFZ)
• The sea ice portal - logbook of a disappearing world (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research)
• The diversity of the boreal forests of Siberia and North America in 3D (Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research)
• Digital globe - Earth system modeling in 4D (GFZ)
• DIY - seed bombs or herbal salt (Volkspark Potsdam - Green Classroom)
• Earthquake hazard and earthquake-proof construction (GFZ)
• Earth observation in practice (GFZ)
• Exotic wonders - Floating ponds in the rainforest (Biosphäre Potsdam)
• Global satellite navigation (GFZ)
• INTENSE - the mobile science theater (mobile planetarium dome of the Berlin Planetarium Foundation)
• Salmon in Brandenburg & River Landscape of the Year 2024/25 the Stepenitz (Institute of Inland Fisheries)
• Earth's magnetic field (GFZ)
• Peatland rewetting for climate protection (GFZ)
• Night light stage: We count lights because the night counts (GFZ)
• Tornadoes and hurricanes in space: space weather (GFZ)
• Underground heat storage and geothermal energy (GFZ)
• How can climate change and its effects be measured? The GFZ climate change observatory.
• Tour of the GeoBioLab: Geomicrobiology - a tool in Earth system research (GFZ)
• Planetary boundaries - a safe space for action for humanity (PIK)
• Edible insects: Sustainable! (German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke)
• Four billion years of climate history in 30 minutes (PIK)
• From earth to space with highly efficient solar cells made of perovskite (University of Potsdam)
• The effect of music on the human organism (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg)

There are also many interesting guided tours, for example to the GRACE satellites on Telegrafenberg and a science walk across Telegrafenberg several times in the afternoon. Please come by!