Get young people excited about MINT at Future Day 2024

zdi community presents offers in the NRW state parliament

In a building with a glass roof, individuals take part in the Future Day 2024 technology presentation. You will participate in various technology presentations and use virtual reality devices.

For Future Day on April 22nd, the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament opened its doors and invited young people to find out about various career profiles in Düsseldorf. As part of the opening event in the Wandelhalle, the Vice President of the State Parliament welcomed Berivan Aymaz, the around 180 students in parliament.

After a very lively and interactive insight into the work of the NRW Parliament, the visitors continued with activities relating to careers in the fields of technology, crafts and natural sciences, which were offered at the stands in the Wandelhalle. The zdi community was also represented here and presented its offers.

Versatile MINT offering

At the following stands, young people had the opportunity to explore the diverse offerings of the zdi community in detail:

A woman puts on a VR headset at the public exhibition “Future Day 2024”. She interacts with a virtual reality simulation that recreates the interior of a train.

At the stand of zdi center ANTalive The young people were able to experience crafts both virtually and analogue: they were able to paint virtually using the Chamber of Crafts' VR simulators.

Two people sit at a workshop table and assemble wooden models during Future Day 2024. They are surrounded by laptops and tools. There are also several spectators in the room.
You can see a person taking part in a Future Day 2024 simulation with a VR headset. Others watch the same simulation on a laptop screen.

Also at the stand zdi network Gelsenkirchen you could immerse yourself in virtual reality and work on wood with a saw. Those who preferred to work “in real life” also had the opportunity to do so with analogue wooden construction sets.

A group of people chat at a busy booth at the Future Day Conference 2024. Advertising banners can be seen in the background.
In Future Day 2024, students will take part in an electronics workshop. They work at a table with wires, circuits and tools.

mint4u – The zdi network in Bottrop and Oberhausen presented its Girls' Academy offering and offered young people the opportunity to let off steam creatively with 3D printing.

In the picture you can see students at a workshop table for Future Day 2024 doing an electronics project. They assemble circuits and discuss their work.

The zdi center BeST Wuppertal not only had the robot Pepper in its luggage, which was particularly well received by young people. Here the students were also able to glue paper circuits, i.e. create circuits on paper using electrically conductive adhesive strips.

At the busy Future Day 2024, young adults will take part in a hands-on science demonstration. Electronic devices and advertising banners can be seen.
Two women examine objects with microscopes at a scientific laboratory table during Future Day 2024. Various laboratory equipment and materials lie around them.

At the stand of zdi student laboratories KITZ.do There were experiments from M to I and N to T to be experienced: things could be examined under the microscope and programmed, and the entire range of MINT was presented to the students here.

In Future Day 2024, four people interact with a digital dashboard display. The background is decorated with information banners.

The zdi state office was also represented. Here the young people were able to test experiments, for example how to make one themselves lavalampe can build. The instructions for this and other experiments are in the ShareBox Available free of charge on the zdi community platform.

You could literally feel the enthusiasm for MINT among the young people. The stands were well attended and the exhibits and experiments were very well received.

zdi.NRW is not only committed to cliché-free career and study orientation on Future Day or Girls' Day & Boys' Day. Every year in zdi heroines October Let's focus on female role models in the MINT sector and show why MINT is for everyone!

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