BTU Children’s University: Living in the Past

Pupils in Years 3 to 6 are invited to attend on Wednesday 11 November at 5.00 pm in Lecture Theatre 11.122 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 12 November, this 45-minute Children’s University lecture will take place at 3 pm and 5 pm in theCentral Lecture Theatre Building, Audimax 2, on the BTU’s main campus in Cottbus.
Further information: https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte/kinderuni/kinderuni-cottbus

About the lecture 

In the GDR, many buildings were assembled in a short space of time from large, prefabricated concrete elements, almost as if using giant building blocks. They were often referred to as ‘Plattenbauten’ (prefabricated blocks of flats). Together with the speaker, Constanze Kummer, participants in the current Children’s University lecture will travel back to that era and explore how people lived and housed themselves at the time. How were entire neighbourhoods planned? What did the buildings look like from the outside, and what were the flats like inside? Furniture and many everyday items were even manufactured in factories to ensure they fitted perfectly into the flats. The children will discover just how exciting living can be and learn what home was like for many families not so long ago.

The Children’s University lectures are designed to spark an early interest in solving scientific problems and give children the chance to experience the atmosphere of a university.
In this way, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg is already giving pupils in Years 3 to 6 the chance to get a taste of university life, and presents approaches to solving everyday scientific phenomena in a way that is both child-friendly and exciting. This helps to foster formative experiences that are designed to spark the youngest children’s interest in the natural sciences and break down any barriers to visiting a university.

Upcoming events

Further Children’s University lectures will take place on Wednesday 9 December at 5 pm on the Campus Senftenberg and on Thursday 10 December at 3 pm and 5 pm on the BTU’s main campus in Cottbus. The speaker on the topic ‘The Secret of Sounds: Fascinating Physics Behind Music and Sounds’ is Dr Olaf Gutschker, Head of the BTU’s Unex school laboratory. 

Find out more about BTU’s projects for children and young people:

https://www.b-tu.de/unileben/btu-region-erleben/kinder-jugendprojekte