{"id":47114,"date":"2026-02-22T21:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T20:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/more-eco-friendly-baby-diapers-all-six-jugend-forscht-projects-took-first-place\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:31:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:31:04","slug":"more-eco-friendly-baby-diapers-all-six-jugend-forscht-projects-took-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/more-eco-friendly-baby-diapers-all-six-jugend-forscht-projects-took-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"More Eco-Friendly Baby Diapers: All Six “Jugend forscht” Projects Took First Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Steinm\u00fchle sent six projects to the regional \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d competition over the weekend\u2014and returned with six first-place finishes! All of the Steinm\u00fchle\u2019s participating projects won the regional title in their respective fields! As a result, the Marburg high school will travel to Kassel from March 20 to 21 with a total of 11 students and five projects to compete in the state competition of \u201cJugend Forscht Junior.\u201d One group will compete in the state competition for older students in Darmstadt. <\/p>\n

Ideas… they don’t really exist. Marietheres Schwabe, Aurelia Wild, and Fatma Sepetcigil from 5th grade had one. In their research, they focused on making baby diapers more eco-friendly\u2014using plant power instead of superabsorbents. <\/p>\n

Under the guidance of teachers Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf and Dr. Patrick Szabo, the group\u2019s project in the \u201cWorking World\u201d course sought an ecological alternative to the non-biodegradable superabsorbent used in baby diapers. In extensive tests of absorption capacity, absorption speed, and pressure stability, the students found that a mixture of apple pectin and konjac powder works very well. This combination of materials even passed the practical test in a \u201cmodified diaper\u201d with Aurelia\u2019s little brother. <\/p>\n

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A Closer Look at Elephant Toothpaste<\/strong><\/p>\n

Marlene Jerrentrup and Ida Watzlawek from 6th grade, under the guidance of Dr. Patrick Szabo and Antje Seel, conducted a \u201cLiving Foam\u201d experiment in their chemistry class: Elephant Toothpaste<\/p>\n

The group investigated how temperature, the amount of yeast, the amount of dish soap, and the concentration of hydrogen peroxide affect the amount of foam produced. Among other things, the young researchers found that you should use a lot of yeast, but not too much dish soap. <\/p>\n

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Unraveling the Formula for Flight<\/strong><\/p>\n

Isabella Kuhl and Lotte Wagner, seventh-graders, tested the formula for flight under the supervision of Malte Klimczak and Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf in the physics department.<\/p>\n

The two researchers re-examined a recently discovered formula that can be used to calculate the wingbeat frequency of insects and birds based on the animals\u2019 masses and wing areas. To do this, they measured and analyzed free-flying insects and butterflies they had raised themselves using video analysis. They also investigated how changes in the mass of an ornithopter (a wind-up model bird) affect its flight behavior. <\/p>\n

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A special project by young car enthusiasts <\/strong><\/p>\n

Akaash Bhagwat (8th grade) and Emil Zuckermann (6th grade) focused their project on the potential interaction between smart fluids and smart cars. Under the guidance of Dr. Jutta T\u00f6hl-Borsdorf and Dr. Sven-A. Freibert in their physics class, they investigated the fascinating properties of magnetorheological fluids and subsequently conducted experiments they designed themselves, which demonstrated how viscosity and damping behavior can be specifically controlled by magnetic fields. Finally, the students filled the shock absorbers of a model car with the magnetorheological fluid and demonstrated adaptive damping using a ramp test. <\/p>\n

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Paper made from horse manure has been further developed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lara Khatib and Giorgia Kuhn from 8th grade worked on further developing their project, which involves producing eco-friendly paper from horse manure. Under the guidance of Dr. Sven Freibert and Dr. Eva Neumann, the two students were able to significantly improve the production of their eco-friendly paper from horse manure in this follow-up project as part of the \u201cWorking World\u201d course. Among other things, adding starch reduced the paper\u2019s brittleness. The result is a second-generation (Gen2) paper that is sturdy, thin, uniform, and easy to write on. <\/p>\n

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The AIceBear is a seasoned competitor <\/strong><\/p>\n

The AIceBear has already traveled with siblings Sophie and Felix Sacher to many competitions, including one in Singapore (as we reported). Now, the project\u2014an AI-driven assistance system for chronically ill children\u2014has been presented at Jugend Forscht in the \u201cWorking World\u201d category and has qualified directly for the state competition. To present it to the jury, they\u2019ll be heading to Darmstadt at the end of March, while the younger students will have to explain their experiments to the experts in Kassel. <\/p>\n

The students are feeling confident about the next round.<\/p>\n

(Angela Heinemann)<\/em><\/div>\n
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The Steinm\u00fchle sent six projects to the regional \u201cJugend Forscht\u201d competition over the weekend\u2014and returned with six first-place finishes! All of the Steinm\u00fchle\u2019s participating projects won the regional title in their respective fields! As a result, the Marburg high school will travel to Kassel from March 20 to 21 with a total of 11 students […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":47117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,85,105,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contests-awards","category-news","category-stem","category-talent-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47114","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\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53427,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47114\/revisions\/53427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}