“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.”
Chinese Proverb
Collaboration with XLAB
THE XLAB IS THE UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN’S SCHOOL LABORATORY FOR STEM SUBJECTS AND A CERTIFIED LEARNING CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. ITS AIM IS TO COMBINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SCHOOL LESSONS AND TO CREATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF BASIC RESEARCH AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR OUR LIVES AMONG TEACHERS AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS PARTNERS, IT OFFERS PARTICIPANTS AN EXCITING AND CHALLENGING EXPERIMENTAL EXPERIENCE IN ITS PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES.
The young people of today are the scientists of tomorrow. The XLAB – Göttingen Experimental Laboratory for Young People – was founded 25 years ago and is one of the largest student laboratories in Germany. It supports STEM education with a variety of high-quality, hands-on experimental courses in which participants work together with highly qualified scientists on state-of-the-art equipment. Thanks to the cooperation with sponsors and partners, the XLAB offers young people insights into research facilities in Göttingen and international science. The experimental courses cover both basic scientific topics and a variety of current applications. The participants are international talents, students and pupils.
The collaboration with ICASEC adds the topic of energy conversion to the portfolio and led to the development of a new course entitled “Energy Conversions”, which emphasizes the importance of energy conversion in physics, chemistry and biology.
Experiments:
- Comparison of petroleum and biodiesel
- Production and use of hydrogen as an energy source
- Structure and performance of solar cells
- Fuel cells
- Energy storage with the redox flow battery
- Construction of open laser systems
- Determination of the energy content of food
- Light and dark reactions of photosynthesis
- The Pasteur effect