The PhysicsClub/Student ResearchCenter is located at the Albert-Schweitzer-Schule (high school) but is also open for students of all other schools in Kassel.

The students (age 14 – 19) work in small teams. They work on interesting and up-to-date subjects from science (physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, IT, geophysics). They acquire the necessary knowledge on their own.

After choosing their research topics during the first months of their studies, they begin to solve their problems and questions by themselves with the help of open-ended experiments in which they use real scientific methods.

Younger students (age 10-13) work on interesting projects and learn the expert knowledge without instruction by teachers, in particular they practice their soft-skills.

Teachers and student-teachers act only as advisors, not as instructors, they train the students in soft-skills and self-organization concerning their work.

We arrange contacts between experts at universities and enterprises which very often sponsor the equipment for the experiments.

The student research teams work on an issue for one or two years. After that some of them take part in the competition „Jugend forscht“; usually with great success. Every year they win state awards, 2006 and 2009  even the national award in physics. 2009 we take part in the european science contest.

The concept of the PhysicsClub is unique in Germany and has won a lot of important national awards.

Click here for a powerpoint presentation about the physicsclub, made by STELLA, University of Erlangen