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FerienKinderUni: "Wardrobe research workshop"
The children should wear hard-wearing and weather-appropriate clothing.
With agricultural engineer Ines Fehrmann and student Tony Lindenau.
Clothes: We love them and wear them every day or we keep pushing them to the back of the wardrobe. After all, we have enough of them! Every person in Germany consumes around 14 kg of clothing a year, which is the equivalent of 140 T-shirts. But where do these clothes actually come from, who made them and what raw materials go into them?
The children spend a week exploring plant fibers from bananas to nettles under expert guidance. They use all their senses in the tropical greenhouse, experience production processes and explore the journey of their clothes from the field to the closet and beyond with the help of research assignments, microscopes and practical and creative tasks. There is a whole series of questions to answer: Which plant is hiding in my jeans, which in my car or string? What does cotton need to grow and what does a disappearing lake have to do with my jeans? The children decide democratically how the program should be adapted according to their wishes.
On Monday, the researchers discover different fiber plants and find out where the fibers are in the plant. They try out how they can be extracted and think about what they can be used for. Small experiments may show how large fertile fields can turn into areas where nothing grows.
Tuesday is all about the journey of clothing from the plant to the wardrobe. The children go on a world tour with their jeans. Are there really children who help harvest the fibers and therefore don't go to school? Do they like it? The children research, spin and weave. They experience what it feels like to work in a sewing factory, they encounter "toxic" T-shirts and learn about alternatives.
On Wednesday, the focus is on people and children. What is my favorite clothing and why? What is important to me? Is it similar in other countries? The children learn about West African handicraft techniques in the museum, learn the difference between industrially manufactured pieces and handmade items and explore the creative use of cloth. Explorers can then test the properties of various fibers. Why is cotton a good dressing material and what does a banana do in a tea bag?
Thursday is initially for detectives: the aim is to solve a criminal case. The children have to use their ingenuity to find out what clothes the perpetrator was wearing. There are microscopes and magnifying glasses to solve the mystery! Careful observation and deduction are required here.
Fashion designers with creativity are then required: What actually happens to our old clothes? Quite simply, we make something new out of it in our fashion workshop, e.g. shoulder bags, hairbands, cell phone holders or small stuff boxes, depending on taste.
The aim on Friday is to finish all the weaving, art or sewing projects we have started. The young researchers are also sure to find answers to one or two research questions.
To keep up with the strenuous work, there will be a joint breakfast break.
Note: Subject to all approvals - in compliance with the applicable hygiene regulations . Please note that we have to react flexibly to current regulations and requirements!
Cooperation between Bildung trifft Entwicklung, Bündnis für Familie and WeltGarten Witzenhausen.
For children from 8-12 years, 80€/child.
Ines Fehrmann 05542/72812, registration by October 10.