Mentees take an online journey into space
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![Den Vortrag von Sylvia Rückheim konnten die Teilnehmerinnen am Laptop verfolgen](/storages/gleichstellung/_processed_/9/e/csm_02-Schulterblick-Zoomvortrag_b8406868b6.jpg)
The physics workshop as part of the MinTU mentoring program took place on campus on 14 July - almost. While experiments were being conducted and explained in the DLR_School_Lab, almost 40 schoolgirls from the mentoring program "MinTU - Mädchen in die TU Dortmund" (MinTU - Girls at TU Dortmund University) were amazed and took part live via Zoom.
In the workshop "The vastness of space", the team led by Dr. Sylvia Rückheim, head of the school laboratory, brought physics into the girls' rooms at home. Beforehand, the girls were given information, instructions and craft materials so that they could take part in the experiments shown in the workshop. The mentees experienced the launch into space with self-made effervescent rockets. The mentees discussed the various conditions that prevail in space in breakout sessions with their mentors. Weightlessness was also simulated at their desks at home using a jam jar, straw and plasticine. The girls all agreed that the workshop was a lot of fun, but not as much fun as a real meeting!
The mentoring program MinTU - Mädchen in die TU Dortmund (Girls into TU Dortmund University) offers around 50 schoolgirls between the ages of 12 and 14 the opportunity to get to know STEM faculties at TU Dortmund University as part of a mentoring program. The girls are supervised for a year by a mentor who is herself a student on a STEM course at TU Dortmund University and provides an insight into her subject and everyday life as a student in a personal exchange.