The project ‘Climate Change: Understanding and Taking Action’ was launched at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and is being further developed in collaboration with schools and committed teachers. The educational programme shows teachers ways to work with pupils on the greatest challenge of the 21st century and to combine STEM subjects with climate protection. The LMUClimate Kit was developed to enable pupils to gain hands-on experience of the scientific background and consequences of climate change through experiments. 

The LMU Climate Kit is an educational resource that addresses not only the causes and consequences of current climate change, but also the opportunities still available to us today – in other words, it is an essential component of a shift in societal thinking. After all, only those who understand the scientific background to climate change can act in a sustainable and informed manner. Using the experiments in the Climate Kit, groups of pupils can explore the STEM aspects of climate change – including its local and global impacts – as clearly presented in the Climate Change Handbook.

Further information on the LMU Climate Kit and the project can be found here on the project’s website.

Materials

The educational programme ‘Climate Change: Understanding and Taking Action’ provides a range of (teaching) materials. The Climate Kit handbook contains a brief summary of the scientific background for teachers, but can also be used to great effect when working with pupils. It also includes instructions and worksheets for the experiments in the Climate Kit.

Using the LMU Climate Kit, various relationships in natural science can be investigated in pupil experiments using simple set-ups, ranging from the absorption of thermal radiation by CO₂, through the albedo effect, to ocean acidification.

A wide range of resources has been compiled and is freely available on the ‘Climate Change School’ project website:

Here you will find the instructions for the FLIR thermal imaging camera

• Instructions for the FLIR thermal imaging camera

Loaning the LMU Climate Kit

The THI offers teachers, educational professionals and interested institutions the opportunity to borrow the Climate Kit, including a thermal imaging camera, free of charge.

This is based on a loan agreement concluded between the THI and the school or institution. The duration of the loan depends on the scope of the project and is agreed in advance. 

Please feel free to contact us to arrange a loan.

The Deutsche Telekom Foundation’s MINTeinander project has developed a concept for nursery schools, primary schools and secondary schools, using resource boxes to ensure that STEM topics are taught in a way that builds logically on one another and enables teaching and learning across different educational levels. This enables pre-school and primary school children to acquire skills early on which they can build upon as they progress through their school careers. The kits are designed to be used for workshops and lesson sessions with children and young people in groups or with whole classes.

The contents and materials in the experiment kits are produced by the Caritasverband für den Kreis Coesfeld e.V.

The ‘Forces and Balance’ topic has been adapted for the following levels:

• Early years (pre-school)
• Primary level (primary school)
• Secondary level (from Year 5 onwards)

Loaning the activity kits

THI offers teachers, educational staff and interested organisations the opportunity to borrow the Telekom Foundation’s experiment and materials kits on the topic of ‘Forces and Balance’ for use in workshops with children and young people.

The loan of the MINTeinander material kits, including the handbook, is free of charge for schools, nursery schools and institutions in the region for use in lessons, after-school clubs or projects.

This is based on a loan agreement concluded between the THI and the school, nursery or institution. The duration of the loan depends on the scope of the project and is agreed in advance. 

Please feel free to contact us to arrange a loan.

The Makeblock kits are a set of programmable electronic blocks that help children improve and learn artistic skills and coding in a fun and playful way.
The kits include, amongst other things, electronic blocks (sound sensor, LED strip, distance sensor and more), various cardboard templates, plywood tools and much more. Using these materials and their own imagination, children have the opportunity to create artistic projects.
Here, coding is learnt just like an artist!

The kits are compatible with two free companion software programmes: the Neuron App (Flow-based) and mBlock (based on Scratch 3.0). There are also a wide range of step-by-step guides to help children explore coding.

Loaning out Makeblock kits

THI offers teachers, educational professionals and interested organisations the opportunity to borrow the Makeblock Neuron kits to run workshops with children and young people.

The loan of Makeblock kits is free of charge for schools, nurseries and institutions in the region for use in lessons, after-school clubs or projects.

This is based on a loan agreement concluded between the THI and the school, nursery or institution. The duration of the loan depends on the scope of the project and is agreed in advance. 

The following kits are available for loan:

• Makeblock Neuron Explorer Kit
• Makeblock Neuron Artist Kit

Please feel free to contact us to arrange a loan.

Using the microscope on loan from our partner at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, specimens can not only be magnified up to 400 times, but – thanks to the phase-contrast illumination technique – even unstained, living cells can be visualised. Compared to a conventional microscope, the inverted microscope allows us to examine not only standard specimens but also Petri dishes (e.g. plankton). As the microscope is equipped with a projector and PC connection, it is particularly useful for teaching, as the class can follow everything on screen, take photographs and make measurements.

Hire and requirements

The microscope can be booked by teachers from all types of schools and all year groups for teaching purposes. The only requirement is a preparatory training session at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt to ensure the optimal use of all functions and the correct handling of this highly sensitive equipment.

To borrow the microscope, please contact:

Dr Maximiliane Schumm
, Biology Education

Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Tel.: +49 8421 93-21644