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Jugend Forscht, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary, provides a chance for pupils across Germany to perform research and present their results. The pupils can do research in any number of scientific or social science fields, and at DESY, this diversity was on show. Some groups created technologies to help those with special physical needs. Others tested artificial intelligence methods for pattern recognition or even finding lost items at home. Still others built complex robots that could easily perform tasks, while some looked at the efficacy of human behaviours, such as multitasking. And a great number looked at the effects of climate change on the environment and how these changes could be mitigated. The competition is split into two categories, the regular division (from 15 years old and up) and junior division (up to 14 years old), with the regular division being allowed to move forward if their projects are judged to be first place winners.
The regional competition was held on the grounds of physik.begreifen, DESY’s school laboratory in Hamburg. For thirteen years, the lab has hosted the regional competition. “The positive and constructive atmosphere is really wonderful to experience,” says Karen Ong, who leads the school laboratory. “To provide the kids as well the experience of being on a real science campus with scientists who work on the Campus Bahrenfeld is really a plus in helping grow the next generation of curious researchers.”
In the end, every group went home having learned something, but seven teams got the big prize for this competition. One biology, two mathematics and informatics, one physics, and three technical experiments are moving on to the state competition, which will take place on 3 and 4 April at Airbus in Hamburg. The winners at the state competition will advance to the national competition, held between 29 May and 1 June in Hamburg at the Helmut Schmidt University.
2025/02/26
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Jugend Forscht gives kids’ research a chance at the national stage
Forty-six projects compete at DESY to advance in German-wide science competition
Soil bacteria studies of climate impacts, optimized plant behaviour, artificial intelligence in super markets, a robot dog prototype: all things that you could find at DESY at the regional Hamburg-Bahrenfeld competition of Jugend Forscht (lit. “Young people do research”). The Germany-wide science fair allows children the chance to perform actual research and compete on the strength of their results. In this regional competition, held for the 13th time at DESY, the research groups competed for coveted first place positions, which would allow them to advance to the state competition.
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The German-wide science fair had its regional Hamburg-Bahrenfeld part hosted by DESY. Here the pupils learn who has managed to win what prizes and who could move forward in the competition.
The German-wide science fair had its regional Hamburg-Bahrenfeld part hosted by DESY. Here the pupils learn who has managed to win what prizes and who could move forward in the competition.
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The students presented their research results at DESY's school laboratory.
The students presented their research results at DESY's school laboratory.
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The experiments dealt with a number of topics in the natural and social sciences.
The experiments dealt with a number of topics in the natural and social sciences.
