Junior-Uni Daun

The AVV will engage at the newly founded Junior-Uni Daun with astronomy courses for all age groups. This facility, initiated by the Lepper Foundation, is currently under construction and shall go oprational in 2023. The prototype of the Junior-Uni Daun is the Junior-Uni Wuppertal. An AVV working group is currently meeting recurrently to discuss and implement the course concept and its performance. The spectrum of the course contents will be surely rather versatile and extensive, encompassing rocket construction for the youngest students to a 'telescope operation certificate', including astrophotography.

The dictum of a Junior-Uni should be: there are many talents around that have to be fostered. A Junior-Uni permits children to learn playfully, without pressure by grades. And in the  (Vulkan)-Eifel region, astronomy is a must in the teaching programme; for the children living here are previleged - in good weather conditions they find a magnificent starry sky with many secrets above them...