MINT on Demand

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Laboratory tours, show lectures, workshops or exciting experiments: With our free, bookable STEM offers, we want to give school classes an insight into the university and the diverse, exciting world of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology.

In addition to this offer, there is also the opportunity to get to know study programs, departments and current research areas at our institutes.

Are you interested in visiting the university with your school class, your advanced course or an interested group as an extracurricular place of learning for the STEM subject spectrum?

Here's how it works:

Select an offer at www.uni-kassel.de/go/mint-on-demand
Send a request by e-mail to mint-hub[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
We will organize your appointment and get back to you

Flyer for download

Flyer MINT offers for school classes (DIN A6) - PDF 3 MB

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Laboratory tours in civil and environmental engineering

Exciting insights into the test facilities, measuring equipment and technology as well as various areas of engineering practice and research.

Suitable: from 10th grade
Duration per lab: approx. 60 minutes

Experimental chemistry lectures

Real insight into chemistry lectures for first and second semester students with exciting experiments from general and inorganic chemistry.

Suitable: from 10th grade
Duration: 45 or 90 minutes

Full-body scanner - deep insights before take-off

Body scanners are one of the standard devices used at airport security checks. How they work in principle and how they are constructed will be discussed in the presentation.

Suitable: from 8th grade
Duration: approx. 90 minutes

Hands on - we program!

Workshop formats for programming in M5Stack, Calliope mini and app development for IOS and Android.

Suitable: from 8th grade
Duration: 60 - 120 minutes

Off to the IT lab

Guided tours through the communication technology laboratories with the topics of augmented reality, virtual reality and activity recognition via smartphone.

Suitable: by arrangement
Duration: by arrangement

Hands on - We are building a network

Workshops on network technology in the communication technology labs, e.g. Ethernet cabling,
IP addresses and subnets, routing, security of WLAN networks, etc.

Suitable: from high school
Duration: by arrangement

Laboratory tours in experimental physics: Femtosecond laser

Guided tour of the femtosecond spectroscopy and ultrafast laser control laboratories, where research is being carried out into the use of ultrashort laser pulses.

Suitable: from high school
Duration: approx. 60-90 minutes

The exciting world of mushrooms

Insight into the world of fungi, their life cycle and the associated vocabulary and workflow for experimental and creative work with mycelium materials.

Suitable: from 5th grade
Duration: approx. 90 minutes

E-mobility with green electricity

A generally understandable lecture on the topic of electromobility, which anchors the idea of sustainability in the use of electromobility with green electricity.

Suitable: from 10th grade
Duration: approx. 45 minutes

Fuel cells in the energy supply - use of hydrogen

A presentation that explains the use of fuel cells in energy supply and shows their use in traction drives for large trucks.

Suitable: from 9th grade
Duration: approx. 45 minutes

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From potato, sunflower & Co to the finished component

Lecture and guided tour through our laboratory with hands-on character: Find out what bioplastics and biocomposites are and how the Department of Plastics Engineering works and researches them.

Suitable: from 9th grade
Duration: approx. 90 minutes

Individual offers

If you would like to visit a STEM area of the university with your school class or group, we will be happy to organize a suitable experience for you individually.

Send us your informal request to mint-hub@uni-kassel.de or use our contact form.