CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY – Little answers to big scientific questions
In the year 2008 the University of Turku launched an event called Children’s University; an event never arranged in Finland before. Also this year the enormously popular Children’s University will kick off with three science lectures.
In the year 2012 lectures will be held on Saturdays in April. In the summer science camp will be held on the Seili island in the beautiful Turku archipelago. University also organizes a science camp to be held at the campus.
Summer camps provide an insight into the world of science
In summer 2011 the Children's University will offered an opportunity to take part in science camp in the Turku archipelago, more precisely on the island of Seili where the University's Archipelago Research Institute is located. The camps are intended for children aged 10 to 12, and the programme includes scientific research into insects and other organisms, and a research trip on the Baltic Sea.
Children's University has offered also a science daycamps held at the University campus. Camps are intended children aged 10 to 12 and are interested in biology, physics and astronomy.
Children are encouraged to ask and discover
"We received an enormous amount of positive feedback from the science lectures, the summer camps, and our stand at the Turku International Book and Science Fair. Children and young people are genuinely interested in science and research. This is a good start for more established activities", says Maija Palonheimo, the University's Director of Communications and Public Affairs.
"Children are naturally curious. The purpose of the Children's University is to encourage them to think further and to discover the joy of doing things on their own. While offering small answers to big scientific questions, we can help children understand the work of scientists and the research conducted at the University of Turku."
