Hands-on Science

Are you starting your 3rd or 4th year of high school this autumn and do you love biology and/or chemistry? Do you want to work with precision instruments in the lab and gain experience in field research? Do you want to visit Prague with your parents?

Then the Hands-on Science summer event at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague will be the inspiration you’re looking for!

When? From August 12 to August 15, 2024

Where? Laboratories, lecture halls and experimental facilities at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources of ČZU in Prague, Czechia

What can you look forward to?

1. Insects as farm animals

2. Water cycle tracking: soil – plant – atmosphere

3. Treatment of wastewater

4. Bio-waste as a valuable raw material

5. Maintaining quality of animal products

6. Meteorology, the role of weather, a prognostics portal for researchers and the public

Why register?

• Experience real scientific work first-hand
• See labs that are off-limits to most visitors
• Meet researchers and have an opportunity to collaborate
• Learn lots of insightful information
• Master basic research procedures
• Find a topic for your own science project

The course fee is 500 € (includes accommodation and lunch for you and your parents). After registration you will receive all the information by email.

Thank you for your interest, please direct your questions to event@af.czu.cz or +420 721 611 816.