5. March '24
Children sit in a classroom at Hochschule Coburg, filling rows of wooden seats. Two boys in the foreground converse, one holding a pencil. The room is bustling with activity as other kids chat and engage with their surroundings.
Children sit in a classroom at Hochschule Coburg, filling rows of wooden seats. Two boys in the foreground converse, one holding a pencil. The room is bustling with activity as other kids chat and engage with their surroundings.
Four topics, eight lectures, each child can choose two: On Saturday, March 16, eight to twelve-year-old boys and girls will become students for a day at Coburg University of Applied Sciences’ Children’s University.
Get to know the exciting world of science, ask professors questions, join in, get a taste of campus life: On Saturday, March 16, those who register for the Children’s University will experience in a playful way how much fun it is to explore the mysteries of the world.
Prof. Dr. Niko Kohls is talking about a superpower: how resilience helps us to stay healthy and strong and to overcome difficult situations.
Resilience shows us how we can learn from mistakes without giving up and gives us the strength to keep getting up, no matter how many times we fall down.
Through games, friendships and challenges, we learn to strengthen our resilience so that we can go through life like superheroes, ready for any adventure that awaits us!
Prof. Dr. Christian Holtorf takes the children on a journey into history.
In the summer of 1858, the first electric telegraph cable was laid through the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
The spectacular underwater connection between Europe and America marked the birth of the “world-wide web”.
An adventurous story full of visions, disappointments and major changes is the subject of the lecture “How old is the Internet? On the trail of the first deep-sea cable”.
With Prof. Dr. Oliver Koch , the young listeners explore a special aspect of technology: under the motto “How do machines feel?”, the focus is on questions such as: How does the kettle know that the water is boiling?
How does the alarm clock know when to ring?
This will be explained as part of the children’s university lecture on the subject of “Sensors”.
Prof. Dr. Susanne Esslinger is a scientist who studies the health of our planet.
The planet is like a living organism.
The earth can therefore also be sick like a living being.
But what can we do to make the earth healthy again?
Answers can be found in the lecture “Sick earth – sick people: let’s act together!”.
Select two of four lectures
The KinderUni at Coburg University of Applied Sciences has space for 260 children.
The participation fee is two euros (including lunch).
The children have to choose two of the four lectures.
The event starts at 10.30 a.m., everyone receives a student ID for the day and then it’s off to the lecture hall, where the professors report exciting facts from their subject area and answer questions.
Everything else about registration, visiting the canteen and the timetable can be found at www.hs-coburg.de/kinderuni
