Collecting data for research Since autumn 2016, Kiel Science Factory accompanies the Germany-wide citizen science campaign plastic pirates for children and teenagers aged 10 to 16. The campaign used to be part of the science year 2016*17 – seas and oceans from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). [...]

Living in a unique habitat The baltic sea is a unique habitat. Changing abiotic conditions such as salinity requires highly flexible organisms. The main investigations of this program focus on the inhabitants of the baltic sea and their strong links among themselves. Starting with plankton, the groups investigate the different [...]

Marine mammals: whales, seals, sea lions, sirenians, sea otters and polar bears Marine mammals enjoy special attention worldwide. They are an important part of the marine ecosystem and have remarkable abilities. At the same time, these popular animals are highly endangered. Especially anthropogenic threats such as pollution, bycatch, habitat loss [...]

Project day on plastic waste in the ocean:lab Starting with school year 2018/19, the Kieler Forschungswerkstatt introduced a new six-hour long program about plastic waste in oceans. Boys and girls from classes 7 to 13 tackle this problem during their project day. Moreover, they learn about what everybody can do [...]

Afternoon activities in the students' research center During the afternoon activities in the students' research center of Kiel Science Factory, children and teenagers from third grade upwards are able to conduct their own research and work on scientific projects independently. Therefore, girls and boys find the optimal equipment in our [...]

Changes of the baltic sea through anthropogenic impact The impact of humankind will lead to massive changes of the ecosystem baltic sea. At the German baltic sea coast, we expect warming of 2 °C to 4 °C in the next 100 years, for instance. The increased CO2-concentrations, caused by anthropogenic [...]