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MINT experiences: Students discover the world of physics up close!
On April 12, 2025, the UNI TU Cottbus offered physics student internships to inspire young talents for MINT courses.
MINT experiences: Students discover the world of physics up close!
The physics internship at the BTU in Senftenberg is very popular, not only among students, but also among high school students. The BTU reports that in this context, students have the opportunity to use modern laboratory conditions and carry out various physical experiments. These range from atomic and nuclear physics to electricity and magnetism to thermodynamics, solid state physics and optics.
The participants work in small teams of two people each, supported by engineers Ingo Berger and Shadi Sykora. Andreas Rohatsch recently visited the internship at SeeCampus Niederlausitz with nine students from the basic physics course (grade 12), where they successfully carried out two experiments. Afterwards, 14 students took part in the advanced physics course (grade 12) at the Emil-Fischer-Gymnasium Schwarzheide. This group focused on electricity experiments and deepened their knowledge of atomic and nuclear physics.
Relevance for teaching
Physics teacher Hartmut Richter emphasizes the importance of the experimental offerings at the BTU. He appreciates how relevant the experiments are for teaching and sees them as an excellent opportunity to prepare students for exams and get them excited about MINT courses. The BTU also invites other high schools and high school centers to take advantage of similar offerings and thus optimally prepare their students for their future.
This evaluates beyond the BTU internship Institute for Nuclear Physics at the University of Mainz his internship offer. This is aimed at high school students and offers one to two week internships. The interns can get to know various areas such as radiation protection, accelerator physics, vacuum technology and electronics. The central aim of the offer is to give students initial insights into physical research and modern techniques in order to support them in choosing their course of study.
Additional learning resources
There are numerous other offers for students who would like to engage with MINT topics outside of school internships. “Come on, do STEM.” for example, offers a collection of experiments that can be carried out with everyday materials. These experiments are ideal for home teaching or as inspiration for teachers in schools.
In addition, programs such as “La main à la pâte” and the Children’s Research Foundation offer comprehensive resources for early STEM education in daycare centers and primary schools. These initiatives encourage scientific exploration and provide a variety of materials and instructions that enable children to engage with science and technology in a fun way.