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11/30/2018 | Pressemitteilung

The Kassel Children's University starts the winter semester

This winter, children can once again attend lectures at the University of Kassel. In each 45-minute event, scientists prepare major topics for eight- to twelve-year-olds in a way that is easy to understand. The content ranges from music in movies to moving pictures and good life for animals to the secrets of mushrooms. All lectures take place on the campus at Holländischer Platz, with the first date on December 14.

Image: Michael Meier.

How does the music get into the film? When does it sound good? How does it actually work that images move? How can we humans find out how animals are doing? What powers do mushrooms have? These and other questions will be answered by scientists at the Kassel Children's University. The events take place in lecture hall 0117 in the Kurt-Wolters-Strasse 3 building, the large silver building directly on Holländischer Platz. Each event begins at 4:30 p.m. About 45 minutes are planned for the lectures; there will be time for the children's questions afterwards.

Since space is limited, children attend the lectures without their parents (mothers and fathers are welcome in the nearby cafeterias on campus). Tickets for the Children's University at a price of 2.50 euros can be purchased directly on the day of the event from 3:30 p.m. at the ticket office by the lecture hall. On the day of the first lecture, it is possible to purchase tickets as a subscription (for all four events).

Tickets are also available online at https://www.eventbrite.de/e/kinderuniversitat-kassel-tickets-53091947444 and at the HNA advance ticket office in the Kurfürstengalerie.

Dates and topics:
December 14, 2018: Seeing differently with music
Prof. Dr. Frauke Heß, Institute of Music

January 18, 2019: How pictures learned to walk
Prof. Jan Peters, Visual Communication course at the Kassel University of the Arts

February 22, 2019: What do cow and chicken need to be well?
Prof. Dr. Ute Knierim, Department of Farm Animal Ethology and Animal Husbandry

March 22, 2019: Goo monsters, poison dwarfs and white giants - The exciting world of fungi
Prof. Ewald Langer, Department of Ecology

More information at www.uni-kassel.de/kinderuni.

Contact:
UniKasselTransfer
Email: kinderuni[at]uni-kassel[dot]de