Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Pneumatics

Course Goals

The course provides an introduction to the world of pneumatics and demonstrates how compressed air is used in technical applications. Children develop a basic technical understanding, learn to plan and implement their own constructions, and strengthen their manual skills through hands-on work with industrial-grade technical components.

Course Content

In the course "Pneumatics", children gain their first technical experiences with air pressure. Through exciting experiments with syringes, balloons, or candle lifters, they learn the basics of pneumatic systems. They build simple circuits with cylinders, valves, throttles, and logical linkages, and design their own models using the FluidSim simulation software. After building a self-designed balloon-powered car, participants work in teams to develop their own bottle robot with moving components such as a turntable, lifting arm, and gripper.

 

Target group

The course “Pneumatics” is aimed at particularly gifted and highly gifted third- and fourth-grade students of the Hector Children’s Academies program.

Inquiries and contact

Kristin Funcke

Tel.: 07071/29-76536

E-Mail: info-hkaspam prevention@hib.uni-tuebingen.de


What makes this course particularly special?

Our children are growing up in a world shaped by technology. The pneumatics course aims to provide a foundation in technical education — something that is often neglected in schools, and especially in grammar school.

Lars Möller