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Counting with butterflies
Stefanie Lieschke runs the BIP Creativity Daycare Centre on the campus:
How can you tell if a child is gifted, and more importantly, in which area? In the 1970s, Hans-Georg Mehlhorn developed a novel teaching method based on talent, intelligence, and personality—the German words resulting…
In conversation with Melissa Horchemer
The WISTA project manager wants to show young people career and academic opportunities in the natural sciences:
Coming from a non-academic family living in a socially disadvantaged area of Duisburg, Melissa Horchemer was far from predestined for a career in the STEM sector. Yet, this background didn’t hold her back—it inspired…
Supercharging talent
How the Technology Park in Adlershof supports the next generation of STEM professionals:
According to a study, around one-fifth of young people aged ten to 16 have a ‘fear of mathematics.’ This applies equally to most STEM subjects. Why? And what can we do about it? For Tobias Bohnhardt, these findings…
20 years of promoting science in the school lab
38,000 schoolchildren visited the school lab at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin:
Twenty years ago, on 29 November 2004, Klaus Böger, then Senator for Education in Berlin, opened one of the capital's first school laboratories. Since then, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), in cooperation with the…
What a Feeling
The learning materials from the start-up ‘Little Feels’ are a great way to train children’s emotions:
“We are currently living in a type of mental health crisis,” says Mariette Herzog. “Every fourth child in German daycare centres exhibits signs of social-emotional developmental deficits. Twenty percent of all…
The runner
Jessica Gosse is an engineer as well as an experienced relay runner:
It was the 2013 Girl’s Day, a career event for young girls in STEM subjects, when Jessica Gosse decided on her future career path. The then 14-year-old got a sneak peek into what it meant working for the…
Customized solutions addressing skilled labor shortage
Ferdinand-Braun-Institut and the Aus- und Weiterbildungsnetzwerk Hochtechnologie (Advanced Training Network for High Technology) are committed to promoting young talent:
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, in collaboration with the Aus- und Weiterbildungsnetzwerk Hochtechnologie (Advanced Training Network for High Technology) (ANH Berlin), is committed to securing the next generation of…
Our heart beats for high-tech
The opinion of Katrin Robeck, Managing Director of B.I.G. Corporate Services, on the topic of talent:
The ‘talent issue’: Is it as threatening as it is sometimes portrayed? As a medium-sized company with a very high demand for high-skilled workers from the STEM sector, we take the issue very seriously. However, at the…
Winged visitors
A project involving chickens is winning over children, parents and teachers at the “Am Studio” nursery:
“The group consists of four chickens, the head of which is called ICE-Fressnapf,” says Ulrike Becker, who runs the nursery. Always the first to run to the food, the top chicken was collectively and democratically…
Hidden heroes and their role models
A high school student, a young workshop manager, and a retired professor tell what it all comes down to:
What drives young people? Why are role models so important for fostering young talent? And is it possible that young talent then becomes a role model for others? A high school student, a young workshop manager, and a…
Labs, radio and co. to get young people excited about science
How research institutions reach STEM talent:
Doing it yourself. Being amazed. Seeking knowledge. This is the triad aimed at sparking enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or STEM, among Berlin’s youth. To do so, Adlershof’s research…
Science up close at Adlershof Technology Park
At long last, the “Long Night of the Sciences” could take place once again:
Thousands of visitors flocked to the “Long Night of the Sciences”, which took place on 2 July in Berlin and Potsdam. The fact that the Science and Technology Park Adlershof again was once again one of the crowd…
In conversation with Franziska Hagos
She is a true Polyanna and head of the Humboldt Explorer project:
When asked about role models guiding her career path, Franziska Hagos has to think long and hard. One thing she couldn’t resort to was the experience of growing up in a household of academics. Finally, she remembers…
In conversation with Manuela Peters
She has been the manager of the “Melli-Beese-Haus” nursing school for six years:
“Diverse, sustainable, and rewarding” is what Manuela Peters thinks about her work with our youngest. She has been a childcare worker since 1984 and the head of “Melli-Beese-Haus” for six years. Located right next to…
Gardeners in the beehive
A glimpse into everyday life of a sustainable daycare centre:
Protecting plants and animals, being mindful of fellow human beings, treating each other peacefully, not wasting food, and recycling—we look inside a daycare centre to see how Adlershof’s youngest are learning about…
Helmholtz-Zentrum is one of the best trainers in Berlin
The Berlin-South Employment Agency awarded the Certificate for Young Talent Promotion 2019/2020 to the HZB:
The Berlin-South Employment Agency has awarded the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for an innovative procedure to select applicants for apprenticeships and dual studies not only on the basis of their grades, but also to…
“Jugend forscht” – the talented Ferdinand presents his new projects
A young student develops a turning assistant for lorries:
Ferdinand is only 13-years-old and very tall for his age. However, at ‘Jugend forscht’, the renowned German national youth science competition, he is a veteran. In February, he will take part for the third time. Among…
Cash for calculus
A quote attributed to the Greek mathematician an physicist Archimedes reads, “There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied Mathematics.“ The others are the ones studying it: at the…
The Long Night of the Sciences
On 28 May 2011:
On 28 May 2011 WISTA-MANAGEMENT GmbH will play host to the annual Long Night of the Sciences for the 11th time. Adlershof con.vent. will also play a special role this time. In the large hall in the new center of…