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15.02.2013
Regional winners of German youth science competition „Jugend forscht“ selected at DESY
Twelve projects qualified for the next competition round
Robot assistants, noise in classrooms and phosphate in the Elbe river – mid of February, nearly 100 pupils presented their research projects to the jury at the regional youth science and experiments competition taking place at the DESY school lab in Hamburg. The result was really impressive: 34 contributions were awarded and 12 qualified for the next competition round.
Golf ball finder glasses - do they help? That's the question the 13 year old Tiberius Peters asked. He won an award with his investigation. Photo: Lars Berg
The presentations included a fascinating spectrum of themes from the working world, biology, chemistry, earth and space sciences, mathematics, computer sciences, physics and technology. The youngest participants were fourth-graders, the oldest secondary level pupils. More than half of the ideas submitted to the competition came from pupils younger than 15 years.
“It is remarkable, how motivated the young researchers present their work and it is astonishing to see their talents,” said DESY director Professor Helmut Dosch. “Natural sciences and technology education of young people is of major concern to us. Our mission is to arouse enthusiasm for MINT careers already in young people.”
Because of the large number of registrations, the Hamburg regional competition was not only carried out at DESY but at two other locations as well. The Hamburg state competition takes place beginning of April at Airbus. The competition ends with the nationwide finale from 30 May to 2 June 2013 in Leverkusen. Throughout Germany, 11 411 young people registered for the 48th round of „Jugend forscht“ – more than ever before in the almost 50-year history of this competition.
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