Boys Day 2025: Discovery tour into the world of plants and biodiversity [09.04.25]
Courious boys came to the Hohenheim campus to lern new things about biodiversity and species knowledge - KomBioTa coordinated the fully boocked workshop for career day.
On Hohenheim's green campus, the students embarked on a journey into the world of botany. (Photo: KomBioTa)
This year, the Center for Biodiversity and Integrative Taxonomy (KomBioTa) was again delighted that the workshop at the nationwide Boys' Day on 3dt April was fully booked within a short time. Twelve boys from grades 7 to 9 took the opportunity to explore the University's green campus and spend a morning learning about species. They were able to experience how important this knowledge is for the future of our planet in our today's world.
Under the guidance of environmental educator Claudia Preker and the Master's student Niclas Magnussen, they considered where we encounter biodiversity in everyday life and started on a botanical exploration tour in the Hohenheim gardens. They identified numerous native plants and focussed on the details of various species.
This knowledge was further deepened in the teaching kitchen of the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics. The boys made a healing ointment from their collected flowers, which they were allowed to take home as well as a lot of information about research projects in promoting biodiversity that the scientists in the competence center are driving forward.
Many thanks to all those who made the Boys Days workshop possible, and of course, especially to the curious pupils for their active participation and for their interest in our research topics.
The young biologists were able to discover numerous native species and identify them under expert guidance. (Photo: KomBioTa)
Feedback of the participants:
‘I took part in the workshop because I wanted to learn new things. We were outside for a long time, which I liked. It was cool that we were allowed to take a homemade ointment with us.’
‘I signed up because I like nature and biodiversity and I think that nature should be preserved. I particularly liked the fact that we were allowed to collect flowers and find out their names. I thought it was all very good.’
‘I was impressed by the large university garden. I would have liked to spend more time in the garden. That was great!’
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