The GFZ as a non-formal place of learning - GFZ School Lab
GFZ offers a wide varity of events and activities for teaching and learning for different age groups. Furthermore, students and teachers find texts and illustrations that can be used for the (geo)scientific education.
Since this is mostly dedicated to German school teaching, this information is in German only.
Please refer to the German website
The first school laboratories in the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres were founded at the turn of the millennium to promote young people for scientific and technical careers. More than 30 school labs throughout Germany are now part of the network of Helmholtz School Labs.
GenaU
The GFZ school laboratory has been a member of the GenaU school laboratory network since 2007. Under the motto ‘Together for science and technology education’, 15 school laboratories from research institutions and universities in Berlin and Brandenburg have now joined forces.
Schulprojekte
TRYAT: TRack Your ATmosphere
Navigation with the help of satellite navigation systems (GNSS, e.g. GPS, Galileo, etc.) has long since found its way into our everyday lives: When driving or hiking, for traffic guidance on land, on water or in the air. However, GNSS also make it possible to measure atmospheric water vapor. TRYAT: TRack Your ATmosphere is a joint project between the GFZ, the Lise-Meitner School in Berlin and other partners in Italy and France. The aim of the project is to promote exchange between schools and research.
Shaking Education
The GFZ School Lab participated as an non-formal partner in the digital international school project "Shaking Education" with a focus on earthquakes. The participating schools are in Landstuhl / Rhineland-Palatinate, in Torquay / England and in Hveragerdi / Iceland. The 12-13 year old kids learned the basics of plate tectonics and its consequences (volcanism, earthquakes, rock formation), for example by carrying out experiments at the GFZ school laboratory. In addition, the kids were able to put their questions to Dr. Claus Milkereit from the "Earthquake and Volcano Physics" section. The GFZ School Lab staff were available to the teachers as contact persons throughout the project and provided online training on the GEOFON network.