Girls' und Boys' Day
Future Day at Hereon
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For many years, the Hereon has participated annually in Girls' and Boys' Day with a varied and exciting program.
We look forward to many interested students every year!
Future Day on April 3, 2025 - register now!
Apply by emailing zukunft@hereon.de by February 28, 2025 with the following information:
• First and last name of the student
• E-mail address
After registration, you will receive a confirmation email with more detailed information about the projects, including a template for prioritising the projects.
As soon as we have received all the feedback, we will match the pupils to the projects and try to take the project requests into account. Please note: As all participants submit project requests, we cannot guarantee an allocation to their favourite projects.
Participation slots are limited and will be processed by email date received.
We look forward to an exciting Future Day!
The following projects await participants 2025 at the Geesthacht campus:
| • From the idea to the finished product: Have you ever wondered how a product is created? Come to the technical centre and design your own key fob - from CAD design to implementation in the workshop! |
| • Metal research meets art and technology! In the student lab, you will experimentally discover metal properties and create your own piece of jewellery. |
| • Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of plastics! At our school laboratory, we offer you the opportunity to experience exciting experiments on the topic of polymers. What exactly are plastics, where do we encounter them in everyday life and how are they produced? |
| • Bionics, on the trail of nature! In our school laboratory you will find experimental answers to questions such as: Why can geckos stick to the ceiling? Why do some plant leaves always stay dry and clean? |
| • Electronic cube: Participants will build an electric cube and gain an insight into electronics. |
| • Healthy and fit at work - What will the healthy workplace of the future look like? Immerse yourself in the world of occupational health management and find out how people can stay healthy and fit at work! Together we will explore what it means to work in an office or research laboratory and consider the challenges that these professions entail. |
Insight into the future day 2024
Photo: From the young reporters
Where baby nappies and lasers come together
Every year in April, the Future Day gives schoolchildren the opportunity to visit the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon and take part in various projects. This year, around 40 children and young people took part in Future Day. The young journalists from the Communication and Media department did some research and put together an overview of the various projects:
In the laser lab, the pupils work with a laser and produce components for a heat exchanger. As the laser can be dangerous to the eyes, the pupils wear protective goggles. Working with the laser is similar to 3D printing.
A few buildings further on is the membrane research centre. This is where membranes are manufactured and tested. A membrane is a filter for gases and liquids. They are rubbery and come in different sizes. Membranes are used, for example, to extract petrol vapours in suction nozzles at petrol stations.
In the school laboratory, the pupils experiment with liquids on climate change. They took water samples and tested the CO2 saturation and pH value of the Elbe water.
The pupils are also investigating the absorption of water by special plastics, e.g. polyacrylate. A small amount of polyacrylate absorbs a lot of water and then turns into a jelly. These plastics are used in nappies, for example.
At another station, electric cubes are built to make board games easier because these electric cubes cannot fall off the table. Pupils can solder their own cubes together and build them completely themselves.
In the measuring room, you can take a closer look at the technical side of things and learn how machines work and why it is so important to use the right measuring equipment, because research must be reproducible.
The young reporters
Caroline
Lara
Philip
Ryan
For information on vocational training, please get in touch with Ms Anja Badura, Human Resources Development in the Human Resources Management unit: