Wether in the display of a mobile phone, in the production of light, in the construction of sustainable houses, in environmental protection, in medicine, in the Internet... How does the world around us work and how can we shape it? STEM enlightens!

The STEM support team of DIT and other initiatives in the region want to get young people interested in technology and science.

• Bionics school visits
• Parents' consultation
• Researchers Camp
• Early study
• Girls' Day
• Girls' Day Academy
• Boys' Day
• Informatics school visits
• Children's university
• Teacher training
• Girls for Technology Camp
• STEM contributions to parents' evenings at schools
• STEM region Lower Bavaria
• Students at DIT
• School classes at DIT
• School visits Rolemodel
• TASTING
• TechHols
• Company visits
• Scientific-technical upper school

Learn more:

DIT's commitment to young STEM talents is curently supported by:
- Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art
- European Social Fund of the European Union

Our Centre for Studies (ZSB) advises prospective students, applicants and students on all questions relating to studying and university life.

You will receive comprehensive, objective and confidential advice on the following topics:

• Choice and orientation of studies
• Support and inital advice on all aspects of studying
• University admission without Abitur
• Transition from Bachelor to Master
• Subject changes and study alternatives

• Technik für Kinder e. V.

The association "TfK - Technik für Kinder e. V.” realises projects that enable children to playfully discover the exciting world of technology by doing it themselves.

• Initiative Junge Forscherinnen und Forscher Würzburg e. V.

The association "Initiative Junger Forscherinnen und Forscher e. V." is dedicated to the promotion of young researchers in the STEM sector. With school visits, teacher training and an extensive experimentarium, the association aims to spark interest in science and technology.

• Creating the future of STEM

The STEM navigator is used to search for STEM offers, either nationwide or in the region. The initiative MINT-Zukunft-schaffen offers various individual STEM initiatives a platform to better reach interested parties.

• Komm mach MINT
• Cybermentor
• Wissenswerkstatt Passau e. V.
• Think ING
• MINT-Regions in Germany
• MINT-Region Lower Bavaria
• MINT-Netz Bayern

All over the country, school are closed due to the corona virus, but you don't have to do it without STEM.

Whether it's videos, apps, online offers and experiments for the home, there's something for everyone, including parents and teachers.

Have fun and stay healthy!

FOR ALL:

• #scienceathome at STEM-Regions (in German)
• With #mintmagie on a  journey through the STEM world (in German)
• At Future through Innovation there are many interactive websites, experiments, apps and puzzles to refresh your MINT knowledge in a playful way!
• The nutshell podcast - interesting facts explained briefly and concisely! (in German)
• Many experinments on chemistry at CHEM2DO (in German)
• Take a guess - the phaneo experiement quiz answers many exciting questions (in German)

1st - 4th Grade:

• Children's university online: Online children's uni from Goethe
• You want to explore the universe? Many videos from Rosetta and Philae. There are also worksheets! (in German)
• Experiments for your home can be found at Komm mach MINT! (in German)
• The well-known Mathematicum is now also available online (in German)
• STEM - promoting reading: many scientific stories to read aloud (in German)
• Program your own game - with the MAUS

5th grade up to high school:

• Mountains, vulcanoes and the earth at night! Here you will find many interesting pictures and apps you probably haven't seen before! (in German)
• The world in infrared and how satellites record the earth's surface can be seen in exciting educational films from esero. (in German)
• In the Komm, mach MINT section of the material centre you can find reports from trainees and students on their experiences with many MINT professions 
• Are you already close to graduating high school? Test your knowledge in the STEM subjects here.
• Fancy a little physics refresher? Take a look at the MINTFIT physics course.
• Find the right job for you with BOBY (in German)
• Academic reading STEM - Promoting reading (in German)
• Create an App - AppInventor by CodeWeek explained easily!
• Freely usable TerraX Videos of the ZDF (in German)

Teachers and parents:

• MS teams for schools: instructions and information on using Microsoft Teams
• Virtual workshops of the IFJ (Iniative of Young Researcherss) (in German)
• Many esero worksheets and teaching materials on space travel, earth and space. (in German)
• The material centre and Komm, mach MINT! offers many more offers and exciting materials. It's worth browsing! (in German)
• STEM - Teaching for the future from the Bavarian State Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs (in German)
• On Lehrer-Online there are suggestions and ideas for STEM lessons (in German)
• Tips & Tricks for online teaching simply explained in this video (in German)
• ZDF's virtual classroom offers digital learning material for all age groups (in German)
• Great media tips for online lessons of the Siemens Foundation (in German)
• Tools, tips & tricks from "Coding for tomorrow" for teaching and home schooling (in German)

Our team from the STEM Foundation will answer all your questions via e-mail: mint@th-deg.de

• 13/12/2019 Realschule Pfarrkirchen
• 11/12/2019 FOS/BOS Deggendorf
• 10/12/2019 Wirtschaftsschule Seligenthal
• 06/12/2019 Gymn Landau
• 03/12/2019 Landgraf-Leuchtenberg Realschule Osterhofen
• 22/11/2019 Anton-Bruckner-Gymnasium Straubing
• 12/11/2019 Conrad-Graf-Preysing-Realschule Plattling
• 08/11/2019 Gym Vilshofen

"ESF in Bavaria - Investment in your future" supported by

How can I program an app so that the LEGO robot automatically stops at the edge of the table?

With the interactive workshop Digimania+, the STEM team with students of DIT, has been on the road in schools throughout Lower Bavaria since October 2019. They have LEGO mindstorms robots, laptops and tablets in their luggage and make programming fun in 11 teaching units.

The project, which is supported by the European Social Fund and the Bavarian State Ministy for Family, Labour and Social Affairs, is free of charge and can be carried out in all types of schools from grade 8 onwards. Enthusiasm for technology and computer science, encouragement to form critical opinions and creative teamwork are the main focus. 

20 participating schools in the 2019/2020 school year so far:

8 junior high schools, 7 grammar schools and 2 vocational/technical high schools

Are you interested or do you want more information? digimania@th-deg.de

Holiday programme 2020

Flyer Digimania+

Questionnaire for participants - unabridged version

Free online course for teachers and parents. The online material is uploaded weekly and will be available until the end of June 2020.

Small electronic circuit boards in the shape of a beetle are made to glow and write by means of graphic programming. The little beetle can also do experiments, such as closing an electric circuit for an apple light. The workshop is possible for up to 26 children and takes place by arrangement at DIT or at your school (a computer room with internet access is necessary).

Review

• 18/10/2028: Introduction Codebug for Teachers
• 01/08/2018: Codebug holiday program at DIT

Materials

DIT can provide elaborated handouts for different modules. The handouts were developed in the context of a cooperation between Technik für Kinder e.V. and the University of Passau. The schools themselves are responsible for the training, supervision and organisation. All modules need local supervisors who can familiarise themselves with the topic independently.

a) Robot programming with LEGO mindstorm (5th - 7th grade)
b) App development on mobile devices with the App-Inventor (7th - 10th grade)
c) App development with Java Android (text-based programming) (10th - 12th gradde)
d) Computer networks and physical computing with Raspberry Pi (9th - 12th grade)
e) Physical computing with mBOT (9th - 12th grade)

Modules a) and b) can be done by teachers with little previous knowledge. DIT also offers these modules as school attendance. Information and booking under.
Module c) requires supervisors with good professional knowledge.
Modules d) and e) require carers with good to specific knowledge (possibly from a relevant partner company of the school). 

NOTE: The provided handouts are memory reduced. The original handouts and further information are available at mint@th-deg.de

Links

You can find further IT offers at www.mint-niederbayern.de

School Year 2021, Starts at 5PM:

• 22 January 2021    "The Beaver - Master Builder of the Wild"
  Thomas Michler (Bavarian Forest National Park)
  
  Together we will get on the trail of the largest rodent in Central Europe, the beaver. For some years now, it has been securing its natural habitat in Bavaria again - not always to the delight of its human neighbours . and since then has been re-designing many streams and rivers. In this children's uni, they learn exciting things about this hard-working master builder of the wild, such as why do beavers have yellow teeth? Why do beavers cut down trees? Why can beavers sometimes even replace excavators? How can humans and beavers live together?
   
• 19 March 2021    "Moving is healthy - but why at all?" 
  Prof. Stefanie Hecht  (DIT Faculty of Applied Health Sciences)
  
  Excercise is healthy - every child knows that! However, everyday life does not usually look so busy: Going to kindergarten or school by car, sitting for long period at school, the afternoon at home and then there are cell phones, laptops and co. We find out how valuable and important excercise actually is for our lives. Especially physical development and learning how to benefit immensely from regular excercise. And what does "regular exercise" mean anyway? How much exercise should I do in order for it to be healthy? And how do I actually move? Do I have to do sports? Together we move towards the answers...
   
• 30 April 2021    "Come with us on a trip to a Chines elementary school!"
  Manuela Krawagna-Nöbauer (China representative DIT)
  
  In the first grade you will learn 26 letters. You think that's already a lot? But you are wrong. There are over 50,000 characters in the Chinese language. That is a lot. If you want to know how Chinese students learn to write, how to use a Chinese dictionary or what a typical day at a Chinese elementary school looks like, then come to the children's university at DIT! We will tell you there!
   
• 18 June 2021     "Fuel for our body - Which food makes us strong and smart?"
  Christa Katzdobler (AOK nutritionist and ecotrophologist)
  
  A healthy mind needs a healthy body in order to be able to fully develop its performance. What makes us strong and smart, the participants will experience in a lecture in which the influence of food on the ability to perform and concentrate is presented. This includes the rhythm of the meal, the choice of food and a look at the list of ingredients of ready-meal products. In a small quiz, the children can then guess how much sugar is in different foods.

Starts at 5pm (except at the summer festival, start at 3pm)

Location:

European Campus Rottal-Inn
Max-Breiherr-Strasse 32
Pfarrkirchen
Germany

• Cancelled - 9 October 2020: Prof Dr Melanie Kappelmann-Fenzl "How we are made - how our cells work".
• 20 November 2020 Prof Dr Sascha Kreiskott "Travelling in the virtual world - security on the Internet"
• 22 January 2020 - Lab-Ing Bernadette Busler "Optical Illusions: Why we see what is not"

• How old do I have to be?

If you are 8 years old, you are very welcome to come. For yonger children the lectures might still be too difficult, so that you would only be bored.

• Do I have to register?

No, just come to the lecture that interests you.

• What happens if I can't come?

No problem! Just come back next time. If you want, you can visit the Goethe online children's university in the meantime.

• Is there a children's uni student card?

Yes, when you come to the university for the first time, you will receive a children's university card if you like. You can then use it to collect a sticker for each subsequent event. Once you have collected six stickers, you let us know and the next time you come you will receive a certificate from the children's university.

• Do I have to bring anything with me to the children's uni?

Yes - a lot of curiosity! :-) And your student card, if you want to collect stickers. Otherwise you could bring pens and paper if you want to write something down. Or even a drink and a snack.

• Can my parents come to the lecture as well?

Yes, but only if there is enough room in the lecture hall and only in the back rows. After all, the children's university is ther for you and it would be a pity if the adults took away the children's seats or blocked the view.

• Where can we park our car?

You can park for free in the parking garage in the Edlmairstrasse (Stichstrasse in the direction of Ruderhaus/Donau)

• When should I be there?

Of course right on time at the beginning of the lecture. So that everyone who wants a sticker can get it before, it would be good to be there about 15 minutes before the lecture starts.

• What does the children's uni cost?

Nothing.

• How do I find the children's uni?

Deggendorf:

Arrival by car:
Directions.
Free parking is available in the parking garage between Dieter-Görlitz-Platz 1 and Stichstrasse in the direction of the wheel house.

Arrival by train:
The Deggendorf Institute of Technology is about 10-15 minutes walk from the train station. From Bahnhofplatz walk in the direction of the centre along Bahnhofstrasse until you reach the intersection of Hans-Krämer-Strasse. Turn right here into Hans-Krämer-Strasse and continue in the direction of the Deggendorf town hall. At the next big traffic light, cross the crossing straight ahead. This is where Edlmaierstrasse begins and after about 100 metres you will reach the University (Dieter-Görlitz-Platz 1)

Pfarrkirchen:

Arrival by car via GoogleMaps.

• Doctor

Doctors are doctors, right? No, not always. Doctors are also men and women, who know a lot about university subjects such as philosophy, mathematics, engineering or French. You can still get your doctorate after the normal graduation in any subject. You have to do research and continue studying, write a doctoral thesis and take exams. if a doctor diligently continues his research, he can later also become a > Professor.

• Lecture hall

A lecture hall is a large room with many chairs and very small tables. The largest lecture hall of a university is often called Audimax. The rows of seats in the lecture hall are often quite narrow and go up like stairs. This way, there is room for a few hundrer listeners and everyone can see what is happening at the front of the blackboard. In many lecture halls, including th children's university lecture hall, you will find modern technical equipment, for example beamers, speakers and microphones and projectors.

• Matriculation

If you want to study at the > University, you have to apply. To do this, you have to write down a lot of important data in a form, for example what grades you have in your Abitur, which subjects you want to study and why. Therefore, instead of enrollment" you often say "registration". You send the form to the university or college, and then you have to wait a while. Whether or not you get a place at the university often depends on the average grade of your Abitur: The better it is, the better your chances are getting into the university. If you have been accepted, you have to fill out a few more forms and at the end you will receive a student card and a > Matriculation number. So at the end of the enrollment you are a student.

• Examination

Just as you write school assignment, students also write written exams. These are called exams and often last a few hours. The exams are usually written at the of a > semester, so in February or July.

• Matriculation number

The matriculation number can be obtained at the > Matriculation. Each student has a unique number. This prevents students from being confused, even if they have the same name. This is important so that no grades or exams are mixed up. 

• Mensa

"Mensa" is Latin and means "table". At the > University it can be translated as "lunch table", because the Mensa is the building where students, > doctors, > professors and everyone else who usually works there have lunch. The Mensa is located on campus. This is convenient because after lunch you don't have to walk so far to the > lecture hall, the library or the office.

• Professor

At the university, teachers are not called teachers, but usually "professor" or "doctor" or more generally: "lecturer". Lecturers, i.e. also professors, give courses at the university called > lecture, seminar, exercise, practical training, excursion, etc. and thus ensure that students learn a lot and are well educated when they finish their studies. Professors are men and women who also research different topics in their subjects. That is why they are particularly well versed in their fields.

• Re-registration

Every student who is enrolled at a university must re-register regularly for each > semester. This then means "re-registration". There is always a certain deadline for re-registration, which must be met.

• Semester

In the > University, the calculation is not in school years, but in semesters. The winter semester begins on October 1 and the summer semester on March 15. Twice a year - always before a new semester begins - there is "lecture-free time", i.e. there are no courses for the students. This lecture-free period lasts two to three months. But this is not really a vacation like at school: During this time, students have to write homework (that is, long essays), do internships, conduct experiments or study for exams.

• Student card

Every student who enrolls will receive a student card, similar to the way you get a student card from the school. Like the school card, the student card has advantages: You can get cheaper prices in some stores, on the bus, at the cinema or swimming pool - because students don't earn that much money yet. And if you show your student card in the cafeteria, you pay less for food than university employees or foreign guests.

• Graduation

As at school, which ends with the Abitur (at the Gymnasium), the middle school (at the Realschule) or the Hauptschulabschluss (at the Hauptschule), the study at the > University also ends with a degree. There are different degrees - for example "Bachelor" or "Master" - for which you have to study for different lengths of time. Which degree you choose depends largely on what you want to do later as a profession. Although you cannot choose a profession by graduating from the children's university, the certificate you receive after attending several courses is worth something. It proves that you are an inquisitive, clever person who likes to learn new things and can therefore become a great student!

• University

A university is a scientific university where science is researched, taught, studied and learned.

• Lecture

In lectures, the > professors give a lecture on a specific topic and the students listen and take notes. A lecture usually lasts 90 minutes. There are also lectures or talks in the children's university. But unlike in the university for the adult students, these are not lectures where you are only supposed to listen silently. The teachers at the children's uni are happy if you ask questions or discuss with them whether what they present to you can really be true.

Programme 2018/19 Deggendorf

Programme 2018/19 Pfarrkirchen

Programme 2017/18 Deggendorf

Programme 2016/17 Deggendorf

Programme 2015/16 Deggendorf

Kinderuni representative: Angelika Hable
If you have any further questions, please contact: kinderuni@th-deg.de

Let the beetle board glow, write and do experiments.
Program the Codebug.

Build a Lego creature and teach it something.
Design and progam Lego WeDo .

Exciting holiday programmes are offered by the non-profit organisation TfK - Technik für Kinder e.V.
Here everyone can design, build and program to their hear's content.

The STEM Team will happyily answer all your questions: mint@th-deg.de

We're already looking forward to the Girls'Day 2021.

The next Girls'Day will take place on 22 April 2021.

• www.girls-day.de
• Online offers

Girls' groups between 7th and 10th grade can spend a whole or half day at DIT within the framework of a Girls'Day Academy at their school. We offer exciting lectures, laboratory tours and experiments.

Here you can find more information about the Girls'Day Academy.

Reports:

GDA of the secondary school Landau 2018

GDA of the secondary school Landau 2017

GDA of the secondary school Grafenau 2017

GDA of the secondary school Grafenau 2017

GDA of the secondary school Landau 2016

The STEM team will answer all your questions via: mint@th-deg.de

• 13 February 2020: Physics supervisor conference (for high schools) at DIT
• 23 January 2019: Computer Science Supervisor Conference (for grammar schools) at DIT
• 10 December 2018: Report training App Inventor and LEGO Mindstorms
• 12 March 2018: Report on Advanced training Lightweight Construction IJF
• 28 November 2018: Report on advanced training for enthusiasm for technology in kindergarten and elementary school
• 4 October 2018: Nanotechnology
• 13 June 2018: Research at the Technology User Centre Spiegelau
• 13 March 2018: "Lego-Mindstorms and App-Inventor - Tools for my School"
• 18 October 2017: "OLED and Grätzel cells: curriculum-relevant examples of modern technologies".
• 28 November 2016: "STEM Opportunities at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology" (Job descriptions to the engineering science courses of DIT, transition from school to university in the fields of mathematics and physics)
• 10 November 2016: "Bionic Materials"
• 27 November 2014: "Bionics"
• 22 April 2014: "New - STEM Team at DIT"

Please direct your enquiries to mint@th-deg.de

Experience study courses and student life at DIT

In addition to the general career guidance provided by the employment agency, we present the study programmes offered by the Deggendorf Institute of Applied Sciences, e.g.

1. at your own school

• Study and career information fairs
• Project seminars
• information events on the choice of subjects or training courses

1. at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology

• Trial studies
• Excursions (by arrangement)
• Themed workshops (by arrangement and available room capacities)

Trial studies offers the opportunity to participate in lectures, visit laboratories, speak with students and professord and discover the campus.

Duration: All day during holidays, otherwise 3-4 hours.

Excursion programmes include a short presentation of DIT, the presentation of one or two selected sutdy programmes, discussions with student mentors, and a campus toud with laboratory visit.

Duration: approx. 1-2 hours, maximum number of participants: 100.

Themed workshops offer an in-depth examination of selected topics in small groups. The topics available for selection can be found under the heading 11/2: In-depth study and career orientation.

Duration: depending on the number of selected workshops: 2-6 hours, possible lunch at the Mensa. Maximum number of participants: 100.

We (the centre for studies and/or professors and /or student mentors) will come to you upon invitation or organise an excursion programme or themed workshop by personal arrangement at least 6 weeks before the desired date of your visit. For taster days it is best to register 8 weeks in advance.

From mid-February to mid-March, students have the opportunity to come to DIT and take an in-depth look at the following topics related to studies and careers in selected workshops (Please make your choice):

1. Study programmes offered by the Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences (School of Management), application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
2. Applied Economics, Applied Business Psychology, Business Administration, International Management, Tourism Management, Business Informatics
3. Study programmes offered by the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Technology, application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
4. Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering
5. Study programmes offered by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics,, application and admission procedures, degrees and occupational fields:
6. Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Technical Design
7. Study programmes offered by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Media Technology and Computer Science, application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
8. Applied Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Interactive Systems/Internet of Things, Media Technology
9. Faculty of Applied Sciences and Industrial Engineering and Management, application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
10. Mechatronics - focus on Digital Production (Cham), Technical Physics, Industrial Engineering
11. Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
12. Applied Sports Science with focus on training and health, Health Informatics, Management in Health, Social and Rescue Services, Physiotherapy dual with focus on movement science, Nursing dual
13. Faculty European Campus Rottal-Inn, application and admission procedures, degrees and professional fields:
14. Health Informatics, Industrial Engineering/Maintenance and Operation, International Tourism Management / Health & Medical Tourism
15. Laboratory tours
16. Study financing
17. Requirements of university studies: students report
18. Dual study at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology
19. Campus tour
20. Library tour (1.5 hours)

The workshops are limited to 10 participants and last about 20 minutes. Afterwards there is a change, so that each group goes through all the thematic workshops. In this small group, individual questions can be answered very well. In total this programme takes about 2-6 hours, depending on how many workshops are selected, e.g.: 6 workshops in three hours, 8 in four hours (Lunch at the Mensa is possible).

A taster day during the Easter holiday and the counseling and events offered by the Centre for Studies provide further in-depth information.

The Deggendorf Institute of Technology supports project work together with cooperating companies. Students are thus given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with courses of study and occupational fields in the fields of technology, business and health. Prerequisites for this are prior consultation with the school and available time and personnel resources at DIT.

For project work that cannot be directly supervised by DIT, we try to arrange business contacts. 

In the scientific seminars, technical contents and working methods are to be conveyed on the basis of practice-oriented project work.

Methods

• Source work, text work and work analysis
• Empirical work
• Trial and Experiment
• Speech/Presentation and discussion
• Excursions and explorations
• Expert presentations
• Preparation of an individual seminar paper
• Working in a team

Skills

• Scientific information:
  • Research
  • Analyse
  • Abstract
  • Structure
  • Preparation according to topic and addressee
  • Present in a linguistically convincing way
• Argue with the opinion of others
• Check your own point of view and justify it logically
• Find creative ways and innovative solutions
• Work precisely and professionaly correct
• Apply the methods of scientific work
• Organise your own work process within a given time frame