In demand not only among students: The physics internship at the BTU in Senftenberg

As part of physics practicals for pupils, they carry out experiments in areas such as atomic and nuclear physics, electricity and magnetism. Together with their teachers, they take advantage of the opportunity to work under modern laboratory conditions. They can choose from a wide range of experiments in advance, for example from the fields of thermodynamics, solid state physics and optics. Participants usually work in small teams of two. Engineers Ingo Berger and Shadi Sykora are on hand to provide advice and support.

Recently, Andreas Rohatsch, physics teacher from the Oberstufenzentrum Lausitz at SeeCampus Niederlausitz, was a guest with nine participants from the basic Physics course in Year 12, and the students each carried out two experiments.
They were followed by 14 students from the 12th grade Physics course at Emil Fischer Gymnasium Schwarzheide. In preparation for their A-level exams, they carried out electricity experiments and learnt about atomic and nuclear physics.
Their physics teacher, Hartmut Richter, is delighted with the easy access to the experiments on offer at the BTU in Senftenberg: "I like to take advantage of the opportunity and that's why we come back every year. There are experiments here that we don't have or couldn't even carry out at our grammar school. The experiments fit in perfectly with the topics we have covered in class, and then most of the pupils realise what they are actually needed for."

Other grammar schools and sixth form centres are invited to take advantage of the internship in physics to prepare their final year students for exams or to inspire them to study STEM subjects.