The Heriburg-Gymnasium Coesfeld was represented with an impressive five teams in the pilot season of the zdi Science League. They were subsequently awarded for their participation.
Category: Sustainable energy management
Category for contributions to the motto of the year 2023
zdi-MINTlab: Discover sustainable circular economy in the new school laboratory
Science Minister Ina Brandes officially opened the student laboratory zdi-MINTlab in the SMART RECYCLING FACTORY Pohlsche Heide. The offers of the laboratory deal with the topics of recycling management and environmental technology.
Sustainable energy management during the zdi summer holidays: A look back
The zdi networks and student laboratories again had a wide range of hands-on activities and holiday courses to offer this summer. The focus was not only on sustainability issues, the theme of the Science Year 2023 "Our Universe" was also taken up at many locations. In this review, we show a small selection from the wide range of zdi activities.
In an interview: Julia Krayer from Fraunhofer UMSICHT about mushrooms as sustainable materials
Julia Krayer from Fraunhofer UMSICHT has been researching how materials made from fungi and plant fibers can be used in the “FungiFacturing” project since 2019. In an interview, she tells us what special challenges and properties these sustainable materials entail and how these special features can be made accessible to a broad public in terms of knowledge transfer.
EU project: Girls Go Circular
The EU-funded Girls Go Circular project aims to reduce gender gaps in these sectors. Since 2023, all learning content has also been available in German.
In an interview: zdi-Science League jurors Stefan and Philipp Lindner
Gwendolyn Paul from the zdi regional office talks to Stefan and Philipp Lindner, the founders of the Bonn indoor farm Urban Green, about urban farming and their role as jurors at the Science League.
Under the magnifying glass: How sustainable is space travel?
You can read here how sustainable space travel actually is and what role the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) play in it.
In an interview: Jenny Kociemba and Elita Wiegand, jurors of the zdi-Science League
Gwendolyn Paul from the zdi regional office talks to Elita Wiegand and Jenny Kociemba about their job as jurors at the Science League and how competitions can not only inspire STEM, but also do STEM girls work.
Science League: Completed the first day of play
In the Science League - the new format of zdi.NRW - ten teams from all over NRW compete for an annual task from the STEM field. On February 13, the first of a total of five match days came to an end. How did the teams fare? And what lessons could be learned from the first matchday?
Under the magnifying glass: No energy transition without new battery technologies!
Batteries are one of the key technologies of the energy transition. They help us to store regenerative energies and to do without fossil raw materials. What are the necessary steps?
How geosciences get young people excited about sustainability
With courses in student laboratories and on-site projects, zdi.NRW inspires young people with sustainability issues and thus ensures more commitment.
Under the magnifying glass: sustainable energy management
The success of sustainable energy management lies in the intelligently interlinked mix of renewable energies. How can this succeed and what are the challenges?