Staff office for the Laboratory for Schools
General information
The Quantum Leap Laboratory for Schools was established in 2002 with the aim of promoting dialogue between the scientific community and the public. Recent years have seen a marked decline of interest in the natural sciences and technology among schoolchildren in Germany. The Laboratory for Schools fosters the development of new generations of scientists and engineers. It provides young people with an opportunity to conduct independent experiments and thus learn how to work and think in an interdisciplinary scientific environment.
"Quantum Leap" Laboratory for Schools
Spectrum of activities
- Providing schoolchildren with hands-on experience in science
- Supplementing the traditional school system with an authentic extracurricular educational facility
- Presenting the work of scientists and research departments
- Conveying the fascination of science
- Promoting the next generation of scientists and thereby strengthening Germany as a research location
- Boosting awareness of the principal areas of research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht and thus helping to eliminate preconceptions and anxieties
- Helping the public to develop informed opinions about contemporary, and often controversial, scientific topics
- Cooperating with other laboratories for schools within the School Labs Network of the Helmholtz Association
