Children's University autumn semester starts on 7 September - tickets on sale now
For many centuries, people have dreamed of flying like a bird. Admittedly, even today people do not fly as majestically as an eagle. To do so, they need extensive aids and usually a lot of technology. But how did the aeroplane of today actually develop? And which clever inventors have persevered to realise the dream of flying? Physicist Prof. Dr Peter Röben will find the answers to these exciting questions with the region's eight to twelve-year-olds on Wednesday, 7 September at 4:30 pm in the KinderUni lecture "Echt abgehoben: The path to today's aircraft" in the Audimax of the lecture theatre centre (Haarentor campus, building A14, Uhlhornsweg). And because physicists are also real tinkerers, Peter Röben naturally has experiments in his time travel luggage.
The Children's University autumn semester offers two more excursions into the world of science: on Wednesday, 14 September, it's off to the digital world under the motto "See and be seen - on the go in WhatsApp & Co.". On 21 September, the KinderUni students will become environmental detectives when the topic is "Well hidden and vital - groundwater".
The lectures start at 4.30 pm. Admission to the lecture theatre centre (A14) on the Haarentor campus is from 4.00 pm. Tickets (2.50 euros) for the three autumn lectures are available at www.kinderuni-oldenburg.de and at the offices of the Nordwest-Zeitung and all advance booking offices of Nordwest Ticket GmbH. Adults do not need an admission ticket - they are not allowed in the lecture theatre. They can follow the lectures on a screen in the foyer of the lecture theatre centre.
Without the commitment of the sponsors, the KinderUniversität project would not be possible. This year's main sponsor is once again the Landessparkasse zu Oldenburg (LzO). The project also receives considerable support from the Oldenburg Employers' Association, the EWE Foundation and the business association "Der Kleine Kreis e.V.". The media partners Nordwest-Zeitung, NDR 1 Niedersachsen and Radio Bremen Vier also make a major contribution to the success of the KinderUniversität.