Experience the adventure of crystals at the children's university

Pupils from third to sixth grade are invited to attend on Wednesday, 12 November at 5 p.m. in the large lecture theatre of the Konrad Zuse Media Centre on the university's Campus Senftenberg.
Further information: https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte/kinderuni/kinderuni-senftenberg

On Thursday, 13 November, this 45-minute children's university lecture will take place at3pm and 5 pm in the Central Lecture Hall Building, Audimax 2, on themain campus of BTUCottbus.
Further information: https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte/kinderuni-cottbus

The officer is Dr Owen Ernst from the BTU's Chair of Physical Chemistry. Together with the scientist, the children will discover how crystals are formed deep underground and how they can be artificially grown in the laboratory. Crystals are far more important and common than many might expect. For example, they are found in lasers, smartphones and even solar cells. And the best thing is that the live experiments at the children's university show exactly what crystals are capable of, growing on site in just a few minutes.

The children's university lectures are designed to awaken an interest in solving scientific problems at an early age and give children the opportunity to experience the flair of a university.
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg thus gives schoolchildren from the third to sixth grades the opportunity to get a taste of university life and teaches them how to solve everyday scientific phenomena in a child-friendly, exciting way. This encourages formative experiences that awaken the youngest children's interest in science and reduce their inhibitions about university.

Outlook:
The next children's university lectures will take place on Wednesday, 10 December 2025, at 5 pm at the Campus Senftenberg and onThursday, 11 December, at 3 pm and 5 pm at the BTU's main campus in Cottbus. Under the heading "How flying robots are surveying our world", these events will focus on the topic of drones. The officer will be Matthias Nattke from the Chair of Factory Planning and Operation.

More about the BTU's projects for children and young people:
https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte