
What is KEA?
At the KidsEnergyAcademy (KEA), children can come into contact with science and technology at an early age. Enthusiasm and interest in scientific phenomena and laws and their implementation and application in everyday life are awakened within the children. Children who are particularly enthusiastic about technology can be challenged and encouraged at KEA.
KEA is particularly focussing on the topic of "renewable energies" as primary school children show great interest in this topic. We also want to establish a connection between local businesses and our educational institution. KEA is divided into an experimental and an interactive exhibition area.
The Energy Exhibition
The exhibition is intended to enable children to make their own experiences, to experiment, to "grasp" phenomena. In 6 exhibition rooms we have paid special attention with experimental setups and display boards to the key topic of our time: "renewable energies".
The StudentLab
In the KEA laboratory, children can experiment independently. The goal is to get young people interested in science and technology, especially in the energy industry, and to give new impulses for class.
Extracurricular science courses, project days and holiday offers
At KEA, children can start research from the age of 5. For groups of children from daycare centers we create special project programs for the morning. For children from day-care centers we offer various scientific extracurricular courses in the afternoon and during the holidays. School classes can book numerous project days according to the framework curriculum as project days with us or as events at their school.
Of course visitors to the interactive exhibition also have the opportunity to do research in the laboratory and discover new things.

KEA includes a cafeteria with a small kitchen, a lecture hall with a projector, the student laboratory and our 9 interactive exhibition rooms on the topic of "energy".
Extensive playgrounds and green areas enable outdoor activities.
The STUDENT LABORATORY offers the best conditions for experimenting with an entire class, small groups or at individual workstations.
The students have access to modern equipment with work tables made of stainless steel with electricity and water outlets, as well as an extensive laboratory equipment are available!

Let´s celebrate!
Celebrate a child's birthday or theme day at the KidsEnergyAcademy (KEA)
The first time you can celebrate with us when you turn 6 years old. Friday through Sunday, from 14:00-15:30 and 16:30-18:00, children up to 12 years old can come for their birthday or like-minded children for a theme day. We have space for groups up to a maximum of 12 children.
During the summer vacation from 18.07.2024 to 31.08.2024 we do not offer birthday parties.
You can spend the whole afternoon with us or just book an activity programme. Each programme is planned by an educational employee of the Kinder Energie Akademie. You will discuss the topic of the research and experiments and the age group with them prior to planning.
You have specific ideas and wishes?
Of course we can also plan the project topic according to your individual wishes. We charge an additional fee of 20 Euro for the additional planning service.
In addition to the research and experiments in the children's research laboratory, the children get to play outdoors and/or watch a film at KEA's children's cinema.


How do you want to celebrate?
- In the realm of the primeval monsters (dinosaurs)
- The earth spews smoldering stones (volcanoes)
- Flight through distant galaxies (rockets)
- LEGO Team (Building and Design)
- Noble and chic (jewelry design)
- Cooking laboratory (baking and cooking)
- The 4 elements (tests and experiments)
- Star Wars (fan birthday)
- The Three Investigators (criminalistics)
- The UFO Landing (Alien)
- Pirate Birthday
- Wellness for girls (cosmetics)
- The world of colors (plant colors)
- The "do-it-yourselfers" (old craftsmanship - batik, soap, printing, calligraphy)
- Experiments in the children's research laboratory (everyday phenomena)
The action part
135€/1,5h (max. 10 children) each additional child 14€ (Surcharge for weekends/holidays €20)
Time for discovery. Research, experiment, build and tinker. The activity programme is planned by an educational employee of the Kinder Energie Akademie. For this purpose, you will discuss the topic of the research and experiment programme as well as the age group of the children with them prior to planning.
Our gift for the birthday child
The birthday child receives a KEA research bag! What's in it? Shh...secret!
Registration & Info
Reservations by telephone need to be at least 7 days in advance! KEA will open its doors 30 minutes early if you book the cafeteria. If you come for the activity programme only, you and the children may arrive 10 minutes before it starts. Please make sure you leave the cafeteria on time.

The HolidayCollege
Children who want to experience exciting and interesting things during their holidays can attend a challenging weekly programme on various topics.
Each college week is led by 2 lecturers. The team is supported by an additional guest lecturer.
Parental involvement
The intensive cooperation between parents and course leaders is an essential feature of the KinderCollege as well. By pointing out your child's special interests and curiosity, you actively decide on the topics and contents of the college weeks and thus help to pick up your child's ideas and to shape them constructively.
CollegePlan 2026-27
Booked out? Feel free to send us a message if you want us to put you on the waiting list.
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Autumn Break 19–23.10.2026
Monday–Friday / €185CollegeWEEK at the Kinder Energie Akademie des EinSteinchens
A journey into the fascinating world of pyramids, pharaohs and hieroglyphs.
Get ready for an exciting expedition into Ancient Egypt! Together we'll travel in our minds to the Nile and discover a mysterious world full of powerful pharaohs, impressive pyramids and puzzling hieroglyphs.
Through research, experiments, puzzles, building, and creative activities, we'll trace the secrets of the ancient Egyptians. How were the huge pyramids built? What do hieroglyphs tell us? How did people live along the Nile, and what significance did mummies, gods, and mysterious burial chambers hold?Cost includes materials and meals, Monday to Friday, daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
Christmas SPECTACULAR 12.12.2026
Saturday / €55The big Christmas Day at the Kinder Energie Akademie des EinSteinchens
Christmas is just around the corner, and the best gifts are the ones made with your own ideas and lots of love!
In our gift workshop, you'll become a creative gift-maker. Using different materials and techniques, you'll craft personal Christmas presents worth a total of €15 for your family, friends, or relatives. You get to decide who you want to make a special surprise for this Christmas.
What gifts will be created in our workshop remains a little Christmas secret for now. Alongside crafting and creating, you can look forward to festive games, exciting challenges, and a cozy day full of creativity and anticipation.Cost includes materials and meals, Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
Winter Break 01–05.02.2027
Monday–Friday / €185The big HARRY POTTER FAN WEEK at the Kinder Energie Akademie des EinSteinchens
For the 16th time, EinSteinchen transforms into the magical school of Hogwarts! Dive with us into a mysterious world full of magic, thrilling adventures, and fantastic stories.
On the schedule: Potions, Herbology, Astronomy, Divination, the Study of Ancient Runes, and Muggle Studies. In the various classes, magical experiments, tricky puzzles, creative tasks, and mysterious challenges await you.
Throughout the week, the houses will earn valuable points for knowledge, teamwork, and successfully completed tasks. Of course, Quidditch is a must: the winning house can secure extra points for the big House Cup.
Which house will win the House Cup this year?Cost includes materials and meals, Monday to Friday, daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
Easter Break 30.03.–02.04.2027
Tuesday–Friday / €250The OVERNIGHT WEEK for teens at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee
UPCYCLING – Let's save the planet!
Trash becomes treasure! This CollegeWEEK, specially designed for teenagers, is all about upcycling, sustainability, and the question of what we can do ourselves to conserve resources and make our planet a little bit better.
From seemingly useless materials, new favorite items, practical everyday helpers, works of art, or completely wild inventions can emerge.
Of course, the week isn't only about crafting and creating: there's plenty of time to chill, listen to music, chat, and enjoy games and adventures together. Here you can be creative, try new things, and spend a relaxed vacation with peers.Cost includes materials and meals, from Tuesday 8:00 am to Friday 4:00 pm.
Open to teens in grades 5–8! -
Preschool SPECTACULAR 22.05.2027
Saturday / €45Your first adventure day at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee
Want to get to know our ForscherCAMP because you're hoping to join one of our overnight camps later on? At the Preschool SPECTACULAR, you'll get the chance!
Experience an exciting day at the tent camp and discover what awaits you at a real ForscherCAMP. Look forward to experiential adventure games, exciting experiments, sports, games, and lots of fun around the campfire with marshmallows.
Of course, a true camp feeling also includes our tent cinema: in the big community tent, we'll settle in for a movie and delicious popcorn.
This way, you can get to know the ForscherCAMP, our team, and life at the tent camp at your own pace — no overnight stay required yet.Cost includes materials and meals, Saturday from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
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Weekend CAMP 11–13.06.2027
Friday–Sunday / €120The HARRY POTTER OVERNIGHT FAN WEEKEND at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee
HARRY POTTER – Into the Forbidden Forest
Would you like to try the ForscherCAMP, but a full week feels too long? Then our Weekend CAMP is the perfect opportunity to experience tent camp life with two overnight stays!
On this special fan weekend, the ForscherCAMP transforms into a magical world. Together we'll venture into the Forbidden Forest, search for traces of mysterious creatures, solve tricky riddles, and face magical challenges.
Look forward to exciting experiments, creative activities, adventurous team games, and plenty of real camp spirit. What creatures, secrets, and challenges truly await you in the Forbidden Forest remains a well-guarded Hogwarts secret.
Pack your courage and your thirst for adventure and become part of our magical overnight weekend at Lake Helenesee!Cost includes materials and meals, from Friday 4:00 pm to Sunday 3:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
Weekend CAMP 18–20.06.2027
Friday–Sunday / €120The HARRY POTTER OVERNIGHT FAN WEEKEND at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee
HARRY POTTER – Potions, Tinctures, and Magic from Nature
Would you like to try the ForscherCAMP, but a full week feels too long? Then our Weekend CAMP is the perfect opportunity to experience tent camp life with two overnight stays!
On this special fan weekend, the ForscherCAMP transforms into a magical potions laboratory. Together we'll discover the mysterious colors, scents, and special properties hidden in plants and other natural materials.
Through research, gathering, mixing, and experimenting, we'll brew magical potions, mysterious tinctures, and extraordinary mixtures.
Also look forward to creative activities, adventurous team games, and plenty of real camp spirit. Pack your spirit of discovery and your thirst for adventure and become part of our magical overnight weekend at Lake Helenesee!Cost includes materials and meals, from Friday 4:00 pm to Sunday 3:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
1st SUMMER CAMP 01–05.07.2027
Thursday–Monday / €320A whole overnight week full of mysterious clues, exciting discoveries, and real nature adventures awaits you at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee!
NATURE DETECTIVES: The Helenesee Case File
As nature detectives, you'll explore the area around the ForscherCAMP, observe animals and plants, and investigate mysterious finds. Together you'll gather clues, document your observations, and solve tricky nature puzzles.
What mysterious cases await you and which clues you'll actually uncover — we'll find out together at the ForscherCAMP.
Of course, the classic camp activities are included too: water playground, bike tours, experiential education, outdoor games, campfire, sports, creative activities, and lots of shared fun.Cost includes materials and meals, from Thursday 8:00 am to Monday 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
2nd SUMMER CAMP 08–12.07.2027
Thursday–Monday / €320A whole overnight week full of mysterious clues, exciting discoveries, and real nature adventures awaits you at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee!
NATURE DETECTIVES: The Helenesee Case File
As nature detectives, you'll explore the area around the ForscherCAMP, observe animals and plants, and investigate mysterious finds. Together you'll gather clues, document your observations, and solve tricky nature puzzles.
What mysterious cases await you and which clues you'll actually uncover — we'll find out together at the ForscherCAMP.
Of course, the classic camp activities are included too: water playground, bike tours, experiential education, outdoor games, campfire, sports, creative activities, and lots of shared fun.Cost includes materials and meals, from Thursday 8:00 am to Monday 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
3rd SUMMER CAMP 26–30.07.2027
Monday–Friday / €320A whole overnight week full of mysterious clues, exciting discoveries, and real nature adventures awaits you at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee!
NATURE DETECTIVES: The Helenesee Case File
As nature detectives, you'll explore the area around the ForscherCAMP, observe animals and plants, and investigate mysterious finds. Together you'll gather clues, document your observations, and solve tricky nature puzzles.
What mysterious cases await you and which clues you'll actually uncover — we'll find out together at the ForscherCAMP.
Of course, the classic camp activities are included too: water playground, bike tours, experiential education, outdoor games, campfire, sports, creative activities, and lots of shared fun.Cost includes materials and meals, from Thursday 8:00 am to Monday 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
4th SUMMER CAMP 02–06.08.2027
Monday–Friday / €320A whole overnight week full of mysterious clues, exciting discoveries, and real nature adventures awaits you at the ForscherCAMP by Lake Helenesee!
NATURE DETECTIVES: The Helenesee Case File
As nature detectives, you'll explore the area around the ForscherCAMP, observe animals and plants, and investigate mysterious finds. Together you'll gather clues, document your observations, and solve tricky nature puzzles.
What mysterious cases await you and which clues you'll actually uncover — we'll find out together at the ForscherCAMP.
Of course, the classic camp activities are included too: water playground, bike tours, experiential education, outdoor games, campfire, sports, creative activities, and lots of shared fun.Cost includes materials and meals, from Thursday 8:00 am to Monday 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward! -
Autumn Break 11–15.10.2027
Monday–Friday / €185CollegeWEEK at the Kinder Energie Akademie des EinSteinchens
Get ready for an exciting research journey through the universe! In this CollegeWEEK, EinSteinchen transforms into a space station and you become part of an extraordinary space mission.
How do astronauts live in space? What do they eat during a long mission? How must a space station be equipped? And what might await us on a yet-undiscovered planet?
Together we'll prepare astronaut food, explore life in space, and develop ideas for our own space station. Through experimenting, building, and creative activities, we'll also explore rockets, planets, and the special challenges of a journey through the universe.Cost includes materials and meals, Monday to Friday, daily from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Open to elementary school children from 1st grade upward!

Field days & curriculum-oriented project days for school classes
In our well-equipped rooms you can attend various courses with your primary school class according to the curriculum. We orientate ourselves on the framework plan of the elementary school of the state of Brandenburg and thus guarantee the implementation of the required educational and training principles.
We place great emphasis on taking up the specific experiences of each individual child and the individual challenge and support of all students. Our programme intents to impart the competences to act. The focus is on the development of material and methodological skills as well as the development of social and personal competences.
Devided by subject and grade, you can individually select the content that will be taught on the project day. When organizing the project days, we implement the quality features of the elementary school's framework curriculum to structure each lesson:
- Develop independence and personal responsibility
- Consider the individuality of the students
- Promoting cooperation
- Instruction and construction
- Facilitate situated and systematic learning
- Develop problem-oriented tasks
- Consider errors as learning steps
- Enabling cumulative learning
- Teaching that is subject-related, interdisciplinary, and cross-curricular
- Include media and give rhythm to lessons
Structure of a ProjectDay
- Brainstorming
- Working in small groups
- Presentation of the results in the plenum
- Documentation of the results on worksheets, flipcharts or wall newspapers
A project day always consists of the following modules:
- Experimenting in the Children's Research Laboratory
- Working in the lecture room with media support
- Snack break in the cafeteria
- Exercise outdoors
The project days are planned and executed by the KEA team. The programme is according to the educational standards set by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs. The teachers have been working at the "EinSteinchen" since 2009 and offer project days for school classes, numerous science courses in the afternoons and college events during the holidays for pre-school and primary school children.

FieldDays & ProjectDays
Costs
Project time 9.00 - 12.00 (including break) with 2 KEA employees including all necessary materials: 130 €
Max. 20 children, each additional child 6,50 €
Free beverage supply during the entire project!
Lunch snack (optional) 3,30 € p.p.
Capacity
30 primary school childrenOpening hours for schools
Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 12.00 noon by appointment onlyTopics for grade 1 and 2
Health Promotion
Testing and describing the performance of the senses.
Objective
The students are able to describe all senses and their performance. They experimentally and playfully test the performance of the individual sensory organs.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB "Seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling, smelling
- Experiment "Taste"
- Perception games for smelling and hearing
- The five human senses (DVD)
Health Promotion
name, distinguish and compare selected plants
Objective
The students are able to name different early blossoming plants and point out characteristics of different plants. They document their observations and present their results to the group.
Content
- Knowledge transfer early bloomers
- Research in the laboratory and creation of plant fact sheets
- NABU-Quiz "Experienced Spring"
- Early bloomers (DVD)
Objective
The students are able to measure and interpret the temperature correctly. They recognize different weather symbols and can document weather phenomena.
Content
- Knowledge transfer of weather phenomena
- Research in the children's laboratory - measuring and documenting temperature
- Create a weather map and weather forecast
- What is What (DVD)
Objective
The students know different properties of water. In the laboratory they apply their theoretical knowledge in practical experiments. They prepare a complete test protocol and present their results to the group.
Content
- Exploring of the research question: Is water wet?
- Experiment Tasting and smelling / test protocol
- Test Optical properties
- "Wissen macht Ah!": Water (DVD)
Objective
The students are able to explain the connection between water and life. They can point out the effects of water shortage. They are able to name the different functions of water.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and quiz "Dealing with water in the household
- Long-term experiment for the window sill
- Construction of a mini aquarium / pond
- DVD Unicef "A drop of water
Objective
Pupils are to determine through experiments that materials either float or sink. Children recognize that the same materials behave differently on the water depending on form.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and explanation "Why do ships swim?
- Building your own boat hulls from different materials
- Test of the boats in the children's laboratory / test protocol
- What is What DVD Ships
Objective
Students are able to name the characteristics of fire. They can state possibilities of utilizing fire. In simple experiments they learn the proper use of matches and candles.
Content
- Knowledge transfer for light and heat
- Experiments in the children's laboratory
- Fire protection education
- DVD "Willi wants to know" fire department
Objective
The students are able to create a building section with different functional rooms according to a specification. They are able to make a simple sketch and build a simple model.
Content
- Knowledge Round Table
- Draft of an idea
- Construction of a cardboard model
- DVD WWW - Who finishes house construction?
Topics for grade 3 and 4
Objectives: The interest of the pupils in scientific experiments and phenomena is to be stabilised. Phenomena should be recognized and understood as such. The students know the definition of sound.
Content: >> AB Sound >> sound organ >> sound experiments in the children's laboratory >> DVD Sound and hearing
Objective: Students will experience and understand optical phenomena. They will learn about the components of the eye. They know what a visual stimulus is and apply their knowledge in experiments.
Contents: >> AB Eye >> Optical experiments >> Building a mirror cabinet >> DVD Eye and Optical Sens
Objective: Students will learn about the power of magnets, understand them and understand their occurrence in everyday life. They will learn about the properties of magnets. They will experiment with magnets.
Contents: >> AB Poles >> Expriments with magnets >> Building a magnetic spinning top >> DVD Film (Magnetism)
Objective: The students look for solutions and deal with the environment in an active, explorative way. They experience that spatial perception also includes sensory experiences and can name the individual senses.
Contents: >> AB Space and senses >> Experiments on spatial perception >> Model making >> DVD Senses
Objective: Students experience temporal processes in nature that are evident in the cycle in nature or in human life. They understand the constant recurrence of seasons and understand the process of growth and decay. They recognize that time must be regarded as something irreversible and cannot be influenced.
Topics for grade 5 and 6
Objective
Pupils know what "shadow" is. They are able to understand the interplay between light and shadow.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB Constructing shadows
- Experiments in the school laboratory "Large and small shadows"
- DVD "Light and shadow"
Objective
Pupils understand what electricity is and know how it is generated and what it is used for. Pupils recognize which objects conduct electricity and which do not.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB Electricity circuit
- Experiment in the student lab "What conducts electricity"
- Morse code application using a built circuit
- DVD "Electricity"
Objective
The pupils deal with the power of magnets. They learn to understand them, understand their occurrence in everyday life and explore the Earth's magnetic field in the school laboratory.
Content
- Building a compass
- Experiment in the student laboratory "The floating paper clip"
- Magnetic conductivity of different materials
- Experiment "The crazy labyrinth"
Describe relationships between structure and function and adaptation to habitats
Objective
Pupils are able to use simple experiments to demonstrate that living organisms adapt to their habitat in order to increase their chances of survival. They recognize the connection between body structure and functionality.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and quiz "Records in the animal kingdom"
- Experiments with webbed feet and air bubbles
- Buoyancy experiments
- DVD The human marvel
Objective
Pupils put their own sensory organ, the skin, to the test and explore its possibilities and limitations. Using simple examples, they recognize that perceptions can be deceived.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB Skin - Pressure sensation
- Experiments on the sense of touch - Braille
- Evaluation and presentation of the results
- DVD "The realm of the senses"
Objective
The students know what "sound" is. They are able to name the connection between noise and hearing damage.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB "Ear"
- Experiments in the research laboratory
- Noise Quiz
- DVD "Crime scene: Ear"
Objective
The students can name and show the taste zones of the tongue. The students can understand the connection between smelling and tasting.
Content
- Knowledge transfer "taste buds"
- Try "Is it salty, hot, sweet and sour"
- Test protocol
- Experiment " "Deceiving senses" Nose and tongue experiment
- DVD "The senses - a complete world of wonders"
Objective
The students put their own sensory organ, their skin, to the test and explore its possibilities and limits. They recognize from simple examples that perception can be deceived.
Content
- Knowledge transfer and processing AB "Skin and sense of touch"
- Station learning / experiments on the sense of touch
- Evaluation and presentation of the results
- DVD "Senses Discovery
Objective
The students experiment with light and are able to apply the findings to the construction of various optical devices. They are able to build a pinhole camera and explain how it works.
Content
- Knowledge transfer by means of experiments and tests (light/shadow, optical illusion, inertia of the eye)
- Experiment in the laboratory for light reflection and preparation of measurement data protocol
- Construction pinhole camera
- DVD Panoptikum.net
Mathematics & Biology
Objective
The students "recognize and describe geometric structures in the environment", operate mentally with lines, surfaces and bodies »can sort plane figures according to properties and assign technical terms.
Content
- Mathematical treasure hunt
- Powerball with formulas
- Puzzle
- All kinds of formulas
- Mathematical quintet (lengths)
Objective
The students use the basic principle of measuring in non-mathematical areas, select units of quantities according to the situation (especially for time, mass, money, length) and convert them. They estimate quantities with the help of ideas about suitable representatives of everyday life, take targeted measurements in their environment, take measurements from source material, and thus perform calculations and evaluate the results.
Content
- Size quiz and estimation marathon
- Building measuring instruments
- AB Measuring
- DVD "From Counting Stone to Computer - Middle Ages
- Mathematics in history
Objective
The students experience the world of numbers as tangible, applicable everyday events. They are able to apply the knowledge gained in familiar situations.
Content
The individual numbers are displayed at 12 stations. For example, we clarify the questions: Why the Sunday is called "Sunday", why the 12 is a cult number and why October is called "October" although it is not the eighth month! For example, the children recognize that a ball is only round thanks to the pentagons between the hexagons.
Objective
The students are able to give stability to different materials through individual shaping and draw conclusions about the connection between form and stability.
Content
- Knowledge transfer by means of different experiments
- AB Shape and stability
- Bridge construction - sketch and model
- DVD bridges - NZZ format (DVD)
Food - Energy and nutrition providers
Objective
Students can name various starchy plants and foods. They are able to detect starch in plants.
Content
- Knowledge transfer of energy and nutrition providers
- Detection of starch and protocol in the laboratory
- Test: Digestion of starch in the mouth
- DVD Nutrition
How plants breathe - describing substance and energy conversion processes
Objective
The students see and understand that a plant produces a gas which is very important for us. The independent way of working stimulates the students to think about their own ideas.
Content
- Knowledge transfer material conversion
- Gas experiments in the research laboratory
- Priestley's experiment
- DVD Photosynthesis
Group living beings after characteristics - botany
Objective
The students can determine different plant families. They are able to create a herbarium.
Content
- Knowledge transfer biotope plant world pond / bank
- Excursion to the locomotive bath / collecting plants
- Construction of a plant press
- Creating a herbarium
- DVD botany (FWA)

Bored?
Not with us!
Science courses for pre-school and primary school children
We offer various courses in the afternoon throughout the school year. Children who want to experience exciting and interesting things in their free time can attend a challenging course program on various topics.
The individualization of learning processes is very important - for highly interested and talented children, positive group experiences are equally important. To achieve this, they always need same leveled developed, i.e. significantly older and peer-aged, but also similarily interested and talented - playmates.
Only in this way can they repeatedly gain the valuable experience of successfully realizing their often complex play ideas together with other children and intensively discussing questions of interest.
In all courses we realize a personnel key of maximum 8 participants per teacher.
Costs
The extracurricular courses cost 50 euros/month, including materials and beverages.
Parental involvement
The continuous, intensive cooperation between parents and course instructors is an essential feature of the leisure courses. Project work should be developed by the children themselves. In doing so, the children's interests and family environment play an important role. Support the content of the recreational courses and help to strengthen and expand your children's ideas.

KEA-Courses for pre-school and primary school children
Taking part in the lab course encourages your child to take on new challenges and allows them to be flexible in unfamiliar situations without being exposed to the stress of school. A balance of varied challenges on the one hand, and fun, joy and pleasure in playing with new friends on the other, helps your child to work with perseverance and concentration and to enjoy learning.
The concept: We encourage your child to perceive their environment with all their senses, to use their childlike curiosity and thirst for adventure to understand and comprehend the world. We support your child in tackling new tasks and challenge them to gain self-confidence through experiences of success.
- LEARNING, observing, discovering, researching, understanding, recognizing, grasping
- DEVELOPING SOCIAL COMPETENCES, teamwork, helping each other
- RESEARCH, experiments, cooking and baking, constructing, building
annual contract / 1h per week / for primary school pupils of the 1st and 2nd class
tuesday 16:30 - 17:30 / Price 50€ monthly
The preparatory course for entry to grammar school is aimed at primary school pupils in year 6 who want to transfer to grammar school.
In the school laboratory, the children embark on a journey of discovery across the fields of science, crafts, technology, research and art.
The course is characterized by project work. During the course, the children carry out research in the school laboratory and consolidate the methods they have already learned:
- Designing a workspace
- Organizing work materials
- Keeping notebooks and folders
- Using various learning techniques
Our course participants work flexibly on their own, in teams of two or in working groups and practise:
- Arguing and discussing
- Reading and evaluating factual texts
- Preparing and reading tables
- Documenting and analysing results
- Creating test protocols
Further important course contents are:
- Dealing with media:
Flipchart
Pinboard
Overhead projector - Setting up presentations:
Structure
Dramaturgy
Introduction and ending
Basics of gestures
Facial expressions and posture when presenting
Own design
Practical implementation of a presentation
Working on the computer:
Introduction and basics of a PowerPoint presentation
Creating a handout
annual contract / 1h per week / open to all students at 6th grade
wednesday 17:00 - 18:00 / Price 50€ per month
Natural Science Live is an experimental course for primary school children who are curious and interested in science.
The concept: In our school lab, the children research as little biologists and chemists, physicists and astronomers, mathematicians and computer scientists, and can find answers to their questions with confidence, using their individual strengths and resources. The focus is on free experimentation and trying things out.
Annual contract / 1h per week / open for all primary school children from the 3rd grade on
wednesday 15:30 - 16:30 / Price 50€ monthly
Together with educators, parents and teachers, we have designed a preparatory course for children starting school, which does not focus on acquiring knowledge, but on teaching and practicing the necessary social skills for starting school. In the course, the children can optimally adjust to the changes that the start of school brings with it in an appropriate school environment (classroom, lesson/break rhythm, other children and teachers).
The aim is to support your child in tackling new tasks, dealing with failure and not despairing in the process, but rather looking for solutions to problems with the help of their individual strengths and resources in order to gain self-confidence and get to know themselves through experiences of success. In role-playing games, experimenting and researching, on the excursion and in everyday course situations, the children develop the following topics in a playful way:
- How do I deal with new situations that I don't know yet?
- How do I make friends in a new group of children?
- What do I do when I'm scared?
- How do I behave when there is an argument?
- What do I do if I don't understand a task?
- What am I really good at and where do I still need support?
annual contract / 1h per week / for preschoolers in the last year of KITA
LABORATORY course I wednesday 15:30 - 16:30 / Price 50€ per month
Lego lovers of all ages can give free rein to their creativity and imagination with countless LEGO bricks. With our four sets “Simple Machines LEGO® Education”, there are also numerous tasks and challenges that require precise planning and construction. Patience and dexterity are trained and developed, as well as the ability to compare and match. The course thus creates the best conditions for essential school skills: perseverance, concentration, understanding tasks and finding solutions.
We offer the children the opportunity to experiment and work with the practical tool “Science & Technology”, through which they can learn about basic mechanical principles and motorized machines, and gain important insights into mathematical, scientific and technical contexts.
The aim is to introduce the course participants to the basic principles of constructions, machines and mechanisms.
They experiment with forces and friction, and investigate quantities such as distance, time, speed, mass, force and many more.
We learn and apply social skills through teamwork.
- Planning together
- Coordinating
- Sharing in solidarity
- Looking for solutions together when we fail
- Celebrating successes as a team
annual contract / 1h per week / open for all Lego lovers
thursday 15:00 -16:00 / Price 50€ per month
PaintPlace is a course that provides space for creativity and artistic development.
Immerse yourself in the world of painting, drawing and design. At the PaintPlace, we bring your creativity to life – whether in the creation of sculptures, reliefs or collages.
Get to know the diverse techniques of art and try your hand at designing with different materials.
At PaintPlace, the focus is on experimentation and artistic freedom. You have the opportunity to make your own paints and explore new creative paths. Discover upcycling, give new life to old things and let your imagination run wild!
Together we dive into the world of graffiti and street art, explore textile design and practise creating sketches. But that's not all – we visit exhibitions and meet artists from the region to get inspired and learn from each other.
The PaintPlace is the ideal environment to discover new techniques, express yourself creatively and begin your artistic journey!
annual contract / 1h per week / open to all primary school pupils from Year 3 onwards
thursday 16:30 -16:730 / Price 50€ per month
The courses will take place if there are at least 8 registrations per course (except Jugend forscht). If more than 12 children register, two courses are offered.
Contact us: 0172 - 64 14 683


Franz Zecha

Anne Manglitz

Ole Müller

Peggy Zecha

Andreas Koczikowski


















