{"id":43674,"date":"2018-08-27T10:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T08:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2018\/08\/27\/joint-efforts-in-chemistry-and-biology-have-bearing-fruit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:34:27","slug":"joint-efforts-in-chemistry-and-biology-have-bearing-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2018\/08\/27\/joint-efforts-in-chemistry-and-biology-have-bearing-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Efforts in Chemistry and Biology Have Bearing Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Jugend Forscht” School Award Presented in Braunschweig<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to the commitment of the school, the parent-teacher association, and donations from Roche, Steinm\u00fchle has had a student laboratory since the spring of 2015. There, interest-driven projects are possible starting in 5th grade. This year, Steinm\u00fchle reaped the rewards of this initiative and won the 2018 \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d school award for the Central Hesse region. <\/em><\/p>\n

Marvin Preis, Joel Rucker, and Mats B\u00f6hmer\u2014currently sixth-graders\u2014proved to be particularly clever, quick, and hardworking during experiments and lab work. The boys, who are interested in the natural sciences, demonstrated the patience required for research work\u2014repeating experiments\u2014and showed consistency in doing so\u2014not exactly typical for students of this age. This led to the three students being entered in the \u201cJugend forscht \u2013 Sch\u00fcler experimentieren\u201d competition. Most of the competition participants are 14 years old or older. <\/p>\n

This was only the second time Steinm\u00fchle had participated in this competition. Most of the schools in the competition are already seasoned veterans thanks to their many years of participation, while Steinm\u00fchle was still venturing into uncharted territory. Together with their teachers, the students developed ideas for topics they could explore in depth for the competition. With great enthusiasm and initiative, the trio\u2014who were still fifth graders last school year\u2014tinkered with their topic: \u201cHelp\u2014Acid in Juices. Titration of Juices.\u201d <\/p>\n

For 15\u201320 minutes, the expert jury asked the three boys various questions, delving deeply into the subject matter. In their answers, the trio demonstrated expertise and dedication, making it clear just how thoroughly they had studied the topic. <\/p>\n

In the end, the jury praised the exceptionally high standard of work demonstrated by the Steinm\u00fchle students, despite their young age. It decided to award the school prize in part because all other Steinm\u00fchle participants from grades 7 and 11 also performed very well. Steinm\u00fchle took second place in biology in the \u201cJugend forscht\u201d competition, first place in the \u201cSch\u00fcler experimentieren\u201d competition in chemistry, and second place in chemistry as well. The latter prize went to the three youngest Steinm\u00fchle participants. <\/p>\n

The participating teachers, Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf (chemistry) and Dr. Dietmar von der Ahe (biology), are delighted by such a high level of student engagement in the natural sciences and the time the students have invested \u2014especially given that many Steinm\u00fchlen students are actively involved in the school\u2019s cultural programs. According to the teachers, the competition has further strengthened the sense of community between students and teachers\u2014a positive side effect that extends across disciplines. \u201cYou build a closer relationship with the students and share in the excitement of the competition together with them. Teachers and students are a team. That\u2019s really something special,\u201d said chemistry teacher Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf, describing the process from her perspective. <\/p>\n

The subject teachers want to further encourage student engagement in chemistry and biology. Winning the school award provided further motivation to do so. Students can continue their research with enthusiasm: A lab for open research for grades 7\u201313 is open at the Steinm\u00fchle every Friday starting at 1:15 p.m. <\/p>\n

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The 2018 \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d school prize for the Central Hesse region, worth 1,000 euros and awarded in Braunschweig, went to Steinm\u00fchle. Principals Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer and Bernd Holly (back row, from left) and the subject teachers (Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf and Dr. Dietmar von der Ahe, front row) are proud of their students\u2019 achievements. <\/p>\n

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“Jugend Forscht” School Award Presented in Braunschweig Thanks to the commitment of the school, the parent-teacher association, and donations from Roche, Steinm\u00fchle has had a student laboratory since the spring of 2015. There, interest-driven projects are possible starting in 5th grade. This year, Steinm\u00fchle reaped the rewards of this initiative and won the 2018 \u201cJugend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":43675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49231,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674\/revisions\/49231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}