The eXploregio.mobil

The eXploregio.mobil in the School-Yard of the School GGS Am Höfling, Aachen

Pupils experimenting at the eXplorgio.mobil

An experimenting vehicle for the school-yard

The eXploregio.mobil is a multi-functional experimenting vehicle in the form of a fold-out trailer.

The bright-yellow eXploregio.mobils presents the network of extracurricular learning locations as an experimenting station, which rolls directly into the school-yard.

After unfolding the multi-functional  trailer, pupils can experiment in small groups and under expert supervision. The following subjects are currently being offered for primary schools:

• Earth – dirt or more?
• Energy -   without it (nearly) nothing works
• Magnetism and electricity – invisible but there
• How do pollen grains get into the honey?
• Milk Olympics

In the 1 – 3 days that the eXploregio.mobil is at a school, pupils in groups of 20 from grades 2-4 can survey the experiments. The approach of both the eXploregio.mobil as well as the extracurricular learning locations is to let pupils work independently at hands-on stations. The experiments are mainly lent from everyday situations and facilitate learning with all the senses and obviously with a lot of fun, as many pupils remark in their feedback. Working in a team and classifying information and results is another “researcher's” experience which can also be made in this short time.