“Youth Research”: Both Teams Take First Place and Another School Award
Once again this year, our teams performed very well at the regional “Jugend Forscht” competition, which unfortunately could only be held online this time.
Given the difficult conditions caused by the pandemic, only two groups competed this year, both of which were supervised by Dr. Jutta Töhl-Borsdorf.
Qualification for the State Competition
Just like last year, the team consisting of Joshua Wieder, Morten Köhler, and Benjamin Schul (10th grade) took first place in chemistry. They were able to successfully expand their project on heating pads for ski boots. With the project
With their project “The Ski Boot Problem, Part 2—New Metals, Catalysts, and Oxidizing Agents,” they qualified for the state competition in Darmstadt.
The team received two certificates, as they also won a special prize from Heise Medien: a one-year subscription to “Make,” a magazine popular in the maker scene.
Our photo shows (from left) Dr. Jutta Töhl-Borsdorf, Morten Köhler, Joshua Wieder, Benjamin Schul, and Principal Björn Gemmer.
“A high level of expertise for someone so young”
In the junior division of “Schüler experimentieren,” Leontin Schmidt, Leonard Berger, and Mats Egbring from 7th grade also took first place in the chemistry category with their project “Nitrate—Is It a Problem in the Lahn, Too? Measurements and Experiments for Removal.” They have thus qualified for the state competition in Kassel.
In addition, Steinmühle won the Hessian School Prize from the “Jugend Forscht” sponsor pool, which is funded by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus Foundation.
In the laudatory speech, special recognition was given to the fact that, as in previous years, the students at Steinmühle possess a remarkable level of expertise on their project topics, especially given their young age.
Our photo shows (from left) Leontin Schmidt, Dr. Jutta Töhl-Borsdorf, Leonard Berger, and Principal Björn Gemmer. Mats Egbring is not in the photo.
Our photo shows the certificate that Steinmühle received as the winner of the Hessian School Award from the “Jugend Forscht” sponsor pool.
