Children, families and schools

Both children and researchers are curious about how the world works. This page offers inspiring examples, stories and experiences of public engagement projects with children, families and schools.

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  Meet the Professor Utrecht University professors visit Utrecht primary school children, who get to ask them all the questions they have.
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  Fossil hunt by Utrecht University Museum Researcher Jelle Reumer takes families on an audiotour to visit the fossils that can be found in the Utrecht city centre [in Dutch]
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  Science show Together with researchers, families discover answers to research questions in the science show Operation Rack-Your-Brain [in Dutch].
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  Terrorism in the school class TerInfo is a program that helps primary school teachers talk about terrorism and political violence with the children in their class [in Dutch]
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  Interview: Science Weekend Corette Wierenga developed an activity for the Science Weekend where children can discover how brain connections work.
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  School visits Researchers visit primary schools to meet primary school children and tell them about their work [in Dutch].

We would like to not only show children in primary education what a scientist does, but also how they can make up their own research questions and answers.