{"id":46738,"date":"2025-02-27T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2025\/02\/27\/perfect-pitch-a-bubbling-fountain-and-a-great-collaboration-thats-how-steinmuehle-shone-at-jugend-forscht\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:19:24","slug":"perfect-pitch-a-bubbling-fountain-and-a-great-collaboration-thats-how-steinmuehle-shone-at-jugend-forscht","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2025\/02\/27\/perfect-pitch-a-bubbling-fountain-and-a-great-collaboration-thats-how-steinmuehle-shone-at-jugend-forscht\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect pitch, a bubbling fountain, and a great collaboration: That\u2019s how Steinm\u00fchle shone at \u201cJugend forscht\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the Central Hesse regional round of \u201cJugend forscht\u201d\u2014Germany\u2019s best-known competition for young talent in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology\u2014Steinm\u00fchle took first place four times. Following a team from the plus-MINT boarding school Steinm\u00fchle\u2019s advancement to the national competition last year, this marks another outstanding start to the competition. Now in its 60th year, the competition invites young researchers to present their projects to a 24-member jury. <\/p>\n

A total of 34 teams presented their research projects at the event, which was coordinated and jointly organized by Justus Liebig University Giessen and the Technical University of Central Hesse. Steinm\u00fchle was represented by seven teams, all of which addressed different topics in chemistry, the working world, biology, and technology. Using equipment, poster presentations, and scientific explanations, the students described their research questions and methods and reported on their findings. Key criteria included innovative thinking, the level of scientific rigor, as well as attention to detail and the ability to derive plausible and practically applicable insights. <\/p>\n

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For gentle UV filters in sunscreens<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna-Lena Griesler and Maya Fischer from 9th grade took first place in chemistry. Building on a project from the previous year, they investigated the possibility of replacing synthetic and potentially harmful UV filters in conventional sunscreens with natural and long-term stable extracts, which required specialized equipment in the form of a UV-VIS spectrometer.<\/p>\n

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A Closer Look at Film Properties<\/strong><\/p>\n

First place in chemistry also went to Leonard Berger and Nicolas Bohnstedt, who are conducting research on sustainable alternatives to conventional petroleum-based plastic wrap. Their work focused on films that are partially recyclable or biodegradable, and they used precise methods to investigate their properties relevant to everyday use\u2014including tear resistance, elasticity, oxygen barrier properties, and degradability. <\/p>\n

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Can You Learn Perfect Pitch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toshiro Beato, Leontin Schmidt, and Noah Wieder were delighted to take first place in biology. The trio of young researchers explored the topic of perfect pitch\u2014what it depends on, how it can be learned\u2014and whether it can be learned at all. To investigate this topic, the three young researchers designed questionnaires and conducted tests as part of a study. <\/p>\n

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Collaboration Between Two plus-MINT Boarding Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n

The project \u201cOrbitals \u2013 plan around the year\u201d by Fabian Sotonica, a student at Steinm\u00fchlen, and Nicklas Fuchs from the Louisenlund Foundation was the fourth project to win first place, in the \u201cWorking World\u201d category. The project focused on annual schedule management, taking into account not only individual dates but also broader time frames. An application was developed for this purpose. This project marked the first collaboration between two plus-MINT boarding schools in the \u201cJugend forscht\u201d competition. <\/p>\n

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Paper Made from Horse Manure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lara Khatib, Jana Nowakowski, and Giorgia Kuhn (7th grade) took second place in the \u201cWorking World\u201d category and won a special prize for resource efficiency with their project \u201cEnvironmentally Friendly Paper Made from Horse Manure.\u201d By producing paper from this resource\u2014which is virtually unlimited at Steinm\u00fchle thanks to the school\u2019s own horse farm\u2014tree die-off can be reduced. <\/p>\n

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Professionalizing Water Quality Testing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fabian Sotonica, Luis Gerloni, and Clara Steiner won third prize, along with the special \u201cMake Annual Subscription\u201d award, for their optimization measures aimed at the professional use of the low-cost boat they developed for the semi-automatic determination of water quality classes. The focus was on individual functions and autonomous waypoint tracking to enable completely autonomous sampling and subsequent analysis. <\/p>\n

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A Bubbling Experiment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Third place also went to Yiheng Liang, Niilo Danner, and Jakob Heck from 6th grade. The trio had investigated the height of the \u201cCoke-Mentos fountain\u201d as a function of the quantity, state, and temperature of the ingredients. The three young researchers were also interested in the fountain\u2019s speed and whether adding dish soap would change its height. <\/p>\n

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All Steinm\u00fchlen projects were ranked<\/strong><\/p>\n

This means that all of Steinm\u00fchle\u2019s \u201cJugend forscht\u201d projects have placed in the competition. To top off all these awards, Steinm\u00fchle received the MINTSPACE School Award from Hohenloher. <\/p>\n

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Many thanks to the support team!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Steinm\u00fchle projects, which achieved outstanding results among the 34 participating teams, were supervised by Steinm\u00fchle teachers Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf, Dr. Sven Freibert, Malte Klimczak, Dr. Eva Neumann, Antje Seel, Dr. Patrick Szabo, and Dr. Christian Drews (Louisenlund).<\/p>\n

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