The surprising world of numbers, your rights on the Internet, tiny all-rounders and experimenting with air: Once again, the Children's University Dresden winter semester promises plenty of excitement and knowledge

The summer vacations are over and registration for the Children's University is just around the corner. Registration will start on August 12, 2024 at 8 am. The Children's University team has once again uncovered interesting research areas that 8 to 12-year-olds can immerse themselves in during the winter semester.

Just like last semester, the Children's University will be held in hybrid sessions. This will allow all children to either take part directly in the lecture hall or to follow the lectures from home.

You can register via an online form, which will be available at www.ku-dresden.de on the day of registration.

The lecture program for the 2024 winter semester

The first date holds surprises from the world of numbers. Prof. Andrea Hoffkamp will try to determine the size of infinity with the help of mathematics.

The second lecture will discuss self-determination and children's rights in the digital world. Junior Professor Katharina Kaesling will explain what you should look out for on the Internet to avoid falling for tricks and what you can do if a photo of your own face appears on the world wide web unintentionally.

Microbes everywhere? Disgusting!? Not at all! Prof. Thorsten Mascher will share some insights into these hard-working microorganisms. They are extremely useful and usually do their work unseen, although we actually find them everywhere.

At the end of the Children's University, things will get airy and experimental. Prof. Stefan Kaskel will bring along games to help us understand how air is structured and what it takes to make air visible. Moreover, this lecture will be about good air and bad air.

Program schedule

October 22, 2024, Tuesday, 5:30 pm
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Großer Saal
How large is infinite? Infinity in mathematics and elsewhere
Prof. Andrea Hoffkamp, Chair of Didactics of Mathematics, TU Dresden

November 5, 2024, Tuesday, 5:30 pm
TUD Dresden University of Technology, Auditorium Center, Lecture hall 03
Participating, having a say, and deciding for myself - What are my children's rights in the (digital) world?
Junior Prof. Katharina Kaesling, Junior Professorship for Civil Law, Intellectual Property, especially Patent Law, and Legal Issues of AI, TU Dresden

November 19, 2024, Tuesday, 5:30 pm
TUD Dresden University of Technology, Auditorium Center, Lecture hall 03
Mysterious hidden world: How the invisible microcosm determines our lives
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Mascher, Chair of General Microbiology, TU Dresden

December 10, 2024, Tuesday, 5:30 pm
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden, Großer Saal
What is air? A journey of discovery and experiments
Prof. Stefan Kaskel, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, TU Dresden

The Children’s University Dresden is a joint project of the Deutsches Hygiene Museum and TUD Dresden University of Technology. Please visit the following website for more information: www.ku-dresden.de.

The 2024 winter semester is supported by DRESDEN-concept and CUP Laboratories Dr. Freitag GmbH.

The newspaper Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten is media partner.

Media inquiries:

Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden

Martin Frank
Tel.: +49 351 4846-142

TUD Dresden University of Technology
Liane Drößler
Tel.: +49 351 463-32485