Dr. Nicolai ter Horst
Dr. Nicolai ter Horst
Habilitation project
Modern and realistic chemistry lessons - between didactic reconstruction, extracurricular learning locations and the use of digital technologies
Research focus
- Digital (basic) competences of students
- Student laboratory research (motivation, learning success)
- Digitally differentiated learning modules
- Interest-orientated chemistry lessons
- Development and testing of innovative teaching and learning materials
Topic of the dissertation: digitalchemlab - conception, implementation and evaluation of digitally differentiated learning modules for the student laboratory
- Differentiation matrix as a method for inclusive science lessons
- Interactive eBooks and iPads in chemistry lessons
- Development of digitally differentiated learning modules
2022-2024 Funding from the Joachim Herz Foundation (€ 15,000) for the research project "digitalchemlab - digital and differentiated in the school laboratory"
2024 3rd prize in the "Digital school laboratory" category of the LeLa Prize (€ 2000) for the contribution "The digitally differentiated learning module nanomedicine - modern chemistry meets modern subject didactics"
Memberships
- Associate member of the working group DiCE (Digitalisation in Chemistry Education) of the Division of Chemistry Education, German Chemical Society
- Member of the research initiative RIDE (Research Initiative Digital Education)
- Junior Fellow in the 5th year of the "Kolleg didaktik:digital" of the Joachim Herz Foundation
Short vita
- 1993 born in Hanover
- 2009: A-levels in Hanover
- 2009 -2015: Studied chemistry & Latin as a teacher at the GAU Göttingen
- 2013-2014: ERASMUS stay at Durham University (Great Britain)
- January 2015: Graduation with the Master of Education
- 2015-2017: Trainee teacher at OHG Springe/ STS Hameln
- February 2017: Graduation with the State Examination
- 2017-2019: Probationary teacher at RGS Stadthagen
- 2020-2025: Research assistant (pre-doc) at the FSU Jena
- August 2025: Completion of the doctorate (summa cum laude)
- since October 2025: Visiting researcher at the FSU Jena
- since November 2025: Research assistant (post-doc) at the CvOU Oldenburg
Publications
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke (2024): Digitalchemlab - Digital and Complexity-Differentiated Learning Modules in an out of School Student Laboratory. doi. org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01228Externer Link .
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke (2024): Digital-differentiating learning modules in a student laboratory context: a pilot study. DiCE conference 2023 - Digitalisation in Chemistry Education. doi. org/10.22032/dbt.59413Externer Link .
- A. Fruntke, N. ter Horst, C. Bley, B. Blümbott, M. Behnke, L. M. Stafast, A. Vollrath, U. S. Schubert, T. Wilke (2023): Nanomedicine in Chemistry Education: Development of a digital learning environment with real life experiments W. J. Chem. Educ. 11(3), 97-103.https://doi.
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke (2023): Digital and difficulty-differentiated Learning Modules in a Student Laboratory Context: A Pilot Study. New Perspectives in Science Education, Conference Proceedings 2023, Filodiritto Publisher, 36-41. ISBN 979-12-80225-55-9.
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke (2022): Digital and differentiated in the school laboratory - the digitalchemlab concept. Conference Proceedings FGCU-Tagung 2021, CHEMKON 29 (S1), 227-232, doi.org/10.1002/ckon.202100095Externer Link
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke (2022): Reimagining student laboratories: creating a digitalised chemistry lab. New Perspectives in Science Education, Conference Proceedings 2022, Libreriauniversitatia.it, 62-67. | ISBN: 979-12-80225-41-2
- M. Simon, N. ter Horst & T. Wilke (2021): Reimagining Student Laboratories: Design and Evaluation of Two Innovative Concepts. New Perspectives in Science Education, Conference Proceedings 2021, Libreriauniversitatia.it, 92-98.| ISBN: 979-12-80225-14-6.
- T. Wilke, N. ter Horst & T. Waitz (2015): Experiments with Fluorescent Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: A Teaching Course Design for Upper Secondary Chemistry Class. New Perspectives in Science Education, Conference Proceedings 2015, Libreriauniversitatia.it, 112-116. | ISBN: 978-88-6292-600-3
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke & T. Waitz (2015): A Guided Learning Introductory Course on Nanotechnology for Secondary Schools. New Perspectives in Science Education, Conference Proceedings 2015, Libreriauniversitatia.it, pp. 173-178. | ISBN: 978-88-6292-600-3
- A. Sdunek, E. Irmer, N. ter Horst & T. Waitz (2014): Creative chemistry lessons with chain reaction machines. PdN-ChiS, 6 (63), 41-45
Lectures, workshops & important work
Presentations & Posters:
- N. ter Horst: re:Che Rethinking chemistry - A real-life approach to chemistry teaching (FGCU conference 2025)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digital and/or differentiated? Effectiveness of different learning modules in the student laboratory (GDCP conference 2025)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Complexity-differentiated learning to support students' lab work in out-of-school student laboratories (ESERA conference 2025)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: The digitalchemlab concept: digitally-differentiated learning modules in student laboratories, research workshop presentation (LeLa conference 2025)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digitally differentiated learning modules in the student laboratory - an overview, poster (LeLa conference 2025)
- T. Wilke, N. ter Horst: Development of an AI assistant for chemistry lessons, presentation (FGCU Annual Conference 2024)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digitalchemlab - digitally differentiated learning modules in the school laboratory, poster (FGCU Annual Conference 2024)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digitally differentiated learning modules: an alternative to the classic school laboratory? Presentation (GDCP Annual Conference 2024)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digital and complexity-differentiated learning modules - a step towards adaptive learning? Presentation (ECRICE conference 2024)
- A. Fruntke, N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Das digital-differenzierte Lernmodul Nanomedizin - moderne Chemie trifft moderne Fachdidaktik, award lecture (LeLa-Tagung 2024)
N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digital-differenzierte Lernmodule für das Schülerlabor: erste Erkenntnisse, flashlight lecture + poster (LeLa-Tagung 2024) - N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Potentials of digitally differentiated learning modules for chemistry lessons, presentation (DiCE conference, 2024)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: digitalchemlab - digitally differentiated learning modules in the school laboratory, presentation (GdCP annual conference 2023)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: digitalchemlab - digital and differentiating learning modules in the school laboratory context, poster (Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2023)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dietrich, T. Wilke: Digital-differentiating learning modules in the school laboratory context: a pilot study, presentation (DiCE conference, 2023)
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Digital and Difficulty-Differentiated Learning Modules in a Student Laboratory Context: A Pilot Study, presentation (New Perspectives in Science Education - 12th Edition, 2023).
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Digitalchemlab digitale und differenzierende Lernmodule im Schülerlaborkontext, poster and talk (18th LeLa Annual Conference, 2023).
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Household cleaners: Acid-base chemistry made easy! . A digital differentiation matrix for the school laboratory, poster (38th advanced training and lecture conference of the chemistry education section, 2022)
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Reimagining student laboratories: creating a digitalised chemistry lab, Poster (New Perspectives in Science Education Virtual Conference, 2022).
- N. ter Horst & T. Wilke: Digital und differenziert im Schülerlabor - das Konzept digitalchemlab, lecture (37th Advanced Training and Lecture Conference of the Chemistry Education Group, 2021).
- N. ter Horst & T. Wilke: Digital und differenziert im Schülerlabor - das Konzept digitalchemlab, poster (Digitale NAWIgation von Inklusion, 2021).
- M. Simon, N. ter Horst & T. Wilke: Reimagining Student Laboratories: Design and Evaluation of Two Innovative Concepts, presentation (New Perspectives in Science Education Virtual Conference, 2021).
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke & T. Waitz: A Guided Learning Introductory Course on Nanotechnology for Secondary Schools, Poster (New Perspectives in Science Education, Florence 2015).
- J. Dege, E. Irmer, N. ter Horst, T. Wilke & T. Waitz: Vom Tensid zur Biomembran - Ein Public Outreach Projekt zur Verbindung von Schule und Universität (61st MNU Bezirkstagung Bremerhaven, 2014).
Workshops & further education:
- N. ter Horst: Digitally differentiated learning modules: a new method for chemistry lessons? (DiCE conference, 2025)
- N. ter Horst: Digitally differentiated learning modules: a new method for chemistry lessons? (Network digitalised chemistry teaching 2025)
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke, A. Fruntke: Digitally differentiated learning modules - nanomedicine (DigiProMIN 2024 summer conference)
- N. ter Horst, A. Fruntke, T. Wilke: Exploring nanomedicine experimentally and digitally - modern research meets modern specialised didactics (MNU Bundestagung 2024)
- N. ter Horst, E. Dietel, T. Wilke: Teaching with iPads - MINT (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2024)
- N. ter Horst, E. Dietel, T. Wilke: Teaching with iPads - an introduction (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2024)
- N. ter Horst, M. Wejner, T. Wilke: Experiments for Christmas (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2023)
- N. ter Horst, A. Fruntke, T. Wilke: Exploring nanomedicine experimentally and digitally - modern research meets modern didactics (Mitteldeutscher MINT-Kongress 2023)
- N. ter Horst, A. Fruntke, T. Wilke: Exploring nanomedicine experimentally and digitally - modern research meets modern specialised didactics (Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2023)
- N. ter Horst, E. Dietel, T. Wilke: Teaching with iPads - an introduction (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2023)
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: Experiments for Christmas (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2022)
- N. ter Horst, T. Wilke: digital learning module household cleaners (LFBZ Jena-Leipzig 2022)
- N. ter Horst, J. Dege, K. Wolf & T. Wilke: Nano - A dimension with high didactic potential for chemistry lessons (Regionaler MNU-Nachmittag Göttingen, 2014).
- J. Dege, E. Irmer, N. ter Horst, T. Wilke & T. Waitz: Vom Tensid zur Biomembran - Ein Public Outreach Projekt zur Verbindung von Schule und Universität (61st MNU Bezirkstagung Bremerhaven, 2014).