In a nutshell:
• 160 pupils participated with a total of 87 projects in the "Jugend forscht" Emsland regional competition
• In Bremen, 562 participants presented a total of 311 projects at the state competition
• ROSEN supported the competition in Emsland for the eleventh time and in Bremen for the third time
• Colleagues from various fields strengthened the jury of both competitions and awarded special prizes for creativity and innovation
The ROSEN Group supported the competition "Jugend forscht" and its sister competition "Schüler experimentieren" at regional level in Lingen (Ems) and at state level in Bremen again this year. Both competitions are dedicated to promoting young talent and took place under this year's motto "Make ideas big". And big ideas were demonstrated by all the young researchers in their projects. After the events had been held virtually for two years in a row, this time they were again possible entirely in presence.
The Competition in Lingen (Ems)
On February 24, 2023, 160 children and teenagers presented a total of 87 projects at the "Jugend forscht" regional competition in Lingen (Ems). Six of our colleagues were part of the jury team and decided on the awarding of the ROSEN special prizes in the categories "Innovation" and "Creativity". This year's ROSEN special prize was presented in the form of the family game „Drop it“.
Here you can find an overview of our award winners in Lingen (Ems):
Special Prize for Innovation
The special prize for innovation was won by Mattes Janssen (12) and Niklas Kleimann (12) from Gymnasium Werlte in the "Schüler experimentieren" section. In their project "Le aider Robot," they developed an auxiliary robot that can serve as a household aid in the medical field. The robot contains a first aid kit, for example. Their invention is aimed particularly at older people, to help them after a fall.
In the "Jugend forscht" section, we awarded the special prize for innovation to Jette Stanik (17) and Franziska Möller (17). In their project "Effects of temperatures on cognitive abilities", they investigated whether cool room temperatures have a negative effect on pupils' ability to concentrate or speed of thought. Due to the prevailing energy and heating cost problems, their project had a special topicality.
Special Prize for Creativity
The special prize for creativity in the "Schüler experimentieren" section was awarded to Cheyma Stiti (14) from the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium in Osnabrück. Her project entitled "The jumping chalk" investigated how chalk moves on a blackboard, especially with dotted lines. She considered not only the length of the chalk, but also its posture, angle, speed and pressure. She was also interested in the sound produced by the chalk, which she described as singing.
In the "Jugend forscht" section, Heinrich Meyer (15) from the Gymnasium Carolinum in Osnabrück was delighted to receive the special prize for creativity. In his project entitled "Transformation of a circle into a regular n-square with an attempt to generalize to a non- n-square", he researched the relationship between the radius of a circle and a regular n-square of the same area.
The Competition in Bremen
At the end of March, 562 researchers presented a total of 311 projects at the "Jugend forscht" state competition in Bremen. To participate, they had to qualify in one of three regional competitions beforehand. As part of the jury, we also awarded special prizes for "Creativity" and "Innovation" and handed over, as in Lingen, the family game "Drop it". A combination of "creativity" and "innovation" was included in the judging. At the same time, the winners were very creative with their project ideas and developed innovative solutions and research ideas.
Here you can find an overview of our award winners in Bremen:
In the section "Schüler experimentieren", the ROSEN special prizes went to the following four projects:
Mia Kobbenbring (10) researched how a biogas plant can be built and operated with household resources. To do this, she not only thought about good availability, but also about odor development and fire protection. During the competition, she was able to convince the jury with her functioning model.
Marlene Seba, Damian Gering and Nikita Moroi (all 10) investigated rainwater in their project and asked themselves what effects the acidity of rainwater has on the environment. To do this, they made their own indicator using red cabbage juice and investigated what effects, for example, acid rain has on plants and buildings.
In his project, 10-year-old Robert Viehuff developed various sorting algorithms and compared their efficiency using known methods. He took over the task of the processor himself and tested his sorting methods using Scrabble letter tiles.
In their project, Eva Cicirello (12) and Lenja Jaschin (11) dealt with individual passenger car traffic. Using a traffic model they built themselves, they investigated which journeys can be optimized and which are not necessary. In addition, the two young researchers considered how the traffic problem could be better solved in the future.
In the section "Jugend forscht", the following projects were awarded:
Simon Kelm (18) and Justin Kimmich (21) developed a marine trash can and tested how to rid the oceans of plastic waste. The two trainees from "bremenPorts" compared their solution with existing variants and focused on cost-effective implementation.
"Photometry with tea" is the name of the project by Malin Frese (15) and Bahar Erden (14). The two researchers investigated the extent to which water temperature influences the color intensity of tea. They built the necessary photometer themselves from a luxmeter. They conducted the experiments on green, black and fruit tea and came to the conclusion that the water temperature before brewing the tea has a significant influence on the color intensity of the tea. The hotter the tea brews, the darker the tea. They also won second place in the physics category for their project.
In his project, Joris Janke (15) dealt with the question of how plastics can be detected non-destructively on the basis of their physical properties. To do this, Joris used a triple spectroscopy sensor and was ultimately able to identify previously unknown plastics. The 15-year-old also won third place in the technology category for his project.
Jasper Eggert (18) dealt with the topic "AI-supported remote sensing - a method with high accuracy?" in his project. Since the amount of data in remote sensing is constantly increasing, Jasper developed an AI-supported method for automatic analysis and evaluated it as part of his work, as well as critically assessing its applicability and further expansion. For his project, he also won the first prize in the geo and spatial sciences category and will thus take part in the national competition, which will also be held in Bremen this year.
About the competition
“Jugend forscht” is Germany's most popular competition for young scientists. The aim is to get young people excited about mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology, and to find and promote talented young people. There are 120 competitions nationwide each year. Young people from the 4th grade up to the age of 21 can take part. Those who want to take part have to choose an interesting topic for their research project. The winners can look forward to attractive prizes. You can find more information here.
“Schüler experimentieren” is the junior section of the Jugend forscht competition. All young researchers who are no older than 14 on December 31 of the registration year can take part here. You can find more information here.