The STEM Day inspired over 800 female students

On the 7th Hamburger MINT Day on 28.11.2024, everything stood once again in the sign of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. The day offered exciting insights and practical experiences: fifth-graders solved tricky puzzles about flying objects, analyzed their center of gravity and flight behavior, and then built their own airplanes. Teens dealt with the construction of CO₂ measuring devices with data storage and alarm function, based on a computer science project that a ninth-grader had developed.

This year, mathematical understanding and manual skill were particularly in demand: The competition task consisted of building as stable trees as possible from recycled waste paper, with many branches and twigs. It was not only about creativity and stability, but also about precise work, because the trees had to be able to stand independently in the end.

At Gymnasium Rahlstedt, 36 classes with more than 800 students — from fifth grade to upper secondary — participated with zeal. There was cutting, gluing and building until the works were finished. Finally, the results were presented with hopeful anticipation of victory by the competition organizers. Although our classes could not win a prize this year, the fun and enthusiasm in the work were unmistakable!

A report by Benjamin Nyarko