Practical science education in remote sensing at the DLR_School_Lab Oberpfaffenhofen

Abstract

The DLR_School_Lab Oberpfaffenhofen, operated by Germany's national research center for aeronautics and space (DLR) is a typical extracurricular science lab, its main objective being to attract secondary school students to Mathematics, Informatics, Natural Sciences, and Technology (MINT). It has been developed and operated since 2003 and offers thirteen hands-on experiments for secondary school classes, as well as advanced teacher trainings in physics and geography. Based on the expertise gained in the past eight years with approx. 18,000 students and 2,000 teachers, the concept behind the DLR_School_Lab is described, with special focus on its remote sensing experiments radar, laser, and infrared technology, optical environmental remote sensing, satellite navigation, and earth observation with satellite data. Furthermore, the issue of effectiveness of extracurricular science labs is addressed, as well as their suitability for talent support.

Die Wirkung der Authentizität von Lernort und Laborgeräten auf das situationale Interesse und die Relevanzwahrnehmung beim Besuch eines naturwissenschaftlichen Schülerlabors

“…Er basiert auf den zwei etablierten Experimenten "Infrarotmesstechnik" und "Optische Umweltfernerkundung" des DLR_School_Lab Oberpfaffenhofen (vgl. Locherer et al 2012). Sie behandeln strahlungsphysikalische Themen, die eingebettet sind in die Kontexte Fernerkundung von Hochtemperaturereignissen wie Waldbränden und Fernerkundung von Vegetation mit spektroskopischen Verfahren.…”

Providing Creative Environments for Young STEM Talents’ Research Projects

“…The Oberpfaffenhofen site of the German Aerospace Center DLR has been operating the DLR_School_Lab since 2003-An out-of-school lab that has to date been visited by some 40,000 secondary school students and some 5,000 teachers (see Locherer, Hausamann & Schüttler, 2012;Euler, Schüttler, & Hausamann, 2015).…”