At Sensor_Space, children and young people learn tools, skills and competences for the development and application of future technologies. Courses and working groups in the afternoons as well as other event courses are designed to supplement school lessons - with experimentation taking centre stage. These subject areas can be experienced in the Sensor_Space:

• Programming, CNC, automation, big data, IoT data processing, artificial intelligence
• High-tech manufacturing: Soldering, milling, ceramic production, 3D printing, production control and evaluation
• The basics of sensor technology

The Sensor_Space programmes are primarily available to pupils from around 40 secondary schools (mainstream schools, grammar schools and comprehensive schools) in Eastern Thuringia. Around 15,000 pupils between the ages of 10 and 16 have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with Sensor_Space at various events. The aim is to reach around 300 to 500 pupils a year with weekly programmes after a start-up phase of the hands-on lab. An educational STEM specialist and trainers from the individual companies will support the Sensor_Space in its implementation.

The Sensor_Space STEM cluster is funded by the Computing Science. In addition to Chemiedidaktik Oldenburg, the project partners are the Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research Thuringia, the Saale-Holzland-Kreis District Office, the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems and, in particular, Tridelta Campus Hermsdorf e.V.