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| Lucy Fischer shows her invention at the regional competition in Bonn | Lucy Fischer presents her project at the state compitition in Düsseldorf (source: Henkel AG) |
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Nick Fischer with his improved barkeeper at the regional competition in Düsseldorf |
| Nick Jakoby and Levin Reiners with their Cardlifter at the regional competition in Bonn |  |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Daniel Mertens and Dennis Nebe receive the award for the best "Jugend forscht school" of North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| Lisa Reichel and Athina Georgi with teacher Daniel Mertens and their thermochromic roof tiles at the regional competition | Teacher Daniel Mertens with Athina Georgi and Lisa Reichel at their exhibit at the state competition |
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| Teacher Dennis Nebe and Nick Fischer with his invention at the regional competition | Teacher Dennis Nebe and Nick Fischer at the state competition |
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Marian-Jonas and Emily Schneider with their measurement apparatus at the regional competition (source: Volker Lannert / University of Bonn) |
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| Teacher Dennis Nebe and Lucy Fischer at the regional competition | Teacher Dennis Nebe and Lucy Fischer at the state competition | Lucy with her proud parents and her plant pots at the state competition |
| Henri Weiler, teacher Nikolaus Weiler and Jenna Wegmann at the regional competition |  |
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Ole Schlüter with his pump and teacher Nikolaus Weiler at the regional competition |
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| Rufus Wegner wins the digital regional contest in biology with his polyculture | Rufus becomes a state champion by winning the award for the best interdisciplinary project | Second place biology nationally! Rufus and his supervisor Nikolaus Weiler at the national competition |
| Rufus shows how soil can be improved (source: Jugend forscht) |  |
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Marian-Jonas Justen wins the second place in chemistry with his water decontamination system |
| Felix Freis shows his innovative dehumidifier at the digital regional contest |  |
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Johanna Bungart and Hannah Wagner-Gillen win the digital regional contest in biology with their fungal barrier |
| David Mohr wins the second place in physics with his project about the Coanda effect |  |
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Marian-Jonas Justen wins the third place in chemistry with his gravitational electrosysis plant |
| Elisa Heymann wins the third place in work environment with his hypothermia protection mat |  |
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Winners of St. Michael-Gymnasium at the regional contest in Bonn |
| Louis Dorweiler, Hannah Wagner-Gillen and Johanna Bungart present their fungal barrier at the regional contest in Bonn |  |
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Simon-Stefan Köhl shows at the regional contest in Bonn how artificial intelligence can be used |
| Elias Günthner, Joshua Gritzner and Nico Prinz show their water-saving solution for cleaning swimming pools at the regional contest in Bonn |  |
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Benjamin Schmitz shows his improved hookah at the regional contest in Bonn |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | The winners of the Michael's award of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation receive their certificates in the presence of our mayor Sabine Preiser-Marian (left) and headmistress Annett Schorrlepp (2nd from right) |
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| Joshua Gritzner, Nico Prinz and Elias Günthner present their invention at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Elias Günthner, Nico Prinz and Joshua Gritzner with their mirror at the state contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Bayer AG) | Nico Prinz, Elias Günthner, Joshua Gritzner and their supervisor Nikolaus Weiler at the state contest |
| David Mohr with his concrete-reinforcing bamboo structures at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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The exhibit of Johanna Bungart, Louis Dorweiler and Hannah Wagner-Gillen at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |
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| David Mohr presents his bamboo-reinforced concrete at the regional contest in Bonn | David Mohr wins the regional contest in Bonn (Source: Uni Bonn) | David Mohr at the state contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Bayer AG) |
| Katrin Spenst and Marie König with their award certificates at the regional contest in Bonn |  |
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Julia Hellmann setting up her exhibit at the regional contest in Bonn |
| Our young researchers at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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Marie König and Jan Roitzheim present the results of their algae experiments |
| Jennifer Eiring, Gwendolin Münch and Aileen Jahr with their biogas plant |  |
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Jonas Franck at his exhibit |
| Björn Bouwer and Marie Baum with their counterflow cooler |  |
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Yannik Dumon and Timo Keller with their apparatus |
| Niklas Keischgens, Aaron Philipzen and Henri Kühn present their work |  |
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David Mohr at his exhibit |
| Frederik Dumon and Marc Heinrichs with their fish fin power plant |  |
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Nico Prinz at his exhibit in Düsseldorf |
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| Our successful young researchers at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Principal Anne Schorrlepp with the award winners of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation |
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| Supervisor Veronika Stein with the regional champions in physics Adrian Lenkeit and Max Oehmichen | Marvin, Adrian and Max in front of their presentation at the state contest | Supervisor Veronika Stein, Horst-Günter Thum, Walter Stein, Marvin Lohaus, Max Oehmichen and Adrian Lenkeit at their exhibit at the state competition |
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| Marvin Lohaus, Max Oehmichen and Adrian Lenkeit with their experimental setup (source: Bayer AG) | At the awards ceremony, Adrian, Max and Marvin become ... | State Champions in Physics |
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| Adrian, Maximilian and Marvin with Horst-Günter Thum, Veronika Stein and Walter Stein in front of their exhibit at the national competition | Maximilian Oehmichen, Marvin Lohaus and Adrian Lenkeit with their metamaterials (source: Jugend forscht) | Marvin, Max and Adrian win the national Award for Information Technology, which is endowed with € 1000 (source: Tobias Kaufmann) |
| Alexander Hihn and Leon Heinen present their microbrewery at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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Yannik Dumon is awarded the 2nd place in physics at the regional competition in Bonn |
| Jan Roitzheim and Max Bieger at their exhibit at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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Charlotte Assenmacher and Melissa Gießen present their project at the regional competition in Düsseldorf |
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| The regional champions in engineering: Anna Lieder, Elias Günthner and Leo Lenz with their supervisor Christian Plötzing at the regional competition in Bonn | Supervisor Christian Plötzing with his students Leo Lenz, Elias Günthner and Anna Lieder at the state competition | Anna, Leo and Elias wait for their award at the state competition's award ceremony |
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| The regional champions in biology: Marla Cyriax, Marlene Parschau and Julia Peintinger with their supervisor Nikolaus Weiler at the regional competition in Krefeld | Marla Cyriax, Marlene Parschau and Julia Peintinger with their supervisor Nikolaus Weiler at their exhibit at the state competition | Marla, Marlene and Julia present their project on the stage in front of a large audience |
| Henri Kühn, Aaron Philipzen and Niklas Keischgens win the 2nd prize in work environment at the regional competition in Bonn |  |
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David Mohr with his insulation at the regional competition in Krefeld |
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| Our regional champions at the regional contest at University of Bonn | Our supervisors Walter Stein, Franziska Merten and Stefan Hück at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | The young scientists of St. Michael-Gymnasium and their supervisors after the regional contests |
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| Walter Stein (middle) is awarded Düsseldorf's sympathy prize 2015 by the directors of the regional competition Rainer Linden and Ulla Backes | Our successful team at the state contest Jugend forscht | Youth jury at the state competition Jugend forscht including Stefan Heimersheim (2nd from left) |
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| Walter Stein receives the School Award NRW 2015 from Minister for Schools NRW Sylvia Löhrmann (source: Bayer AG) | Our successful team at the Rotary Student Contest |
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| The 50th national contest Jugend forscht is being opened (source: Tobias Kaufmann) | Impressive show | Impressive show continued |
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| German President Joachim Gauck gives a speech (source: Tobias Kaufmann) | Moritz Plötzing (national champion 2004), supervisor Walter Stein, Adrian Lenkeit, Matthias Schäfers and Heiko Burau (national prize winner 2008) |
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| Evgeny Ulanov and Philipp Schnicke present their Memristor at the regional competition in Düsseldorf | Evgeny and Philipp and their exhibit at the state competition (source: Bayer AG) | Evgeny Ulanov and Philipp Schnicke become state champions in physics |
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| Evgeny Ulanov and Philipp Schnicke present their project at the national competition | Evgeny Ulanov and Philipp Schnicke win the award for microelecronic applications, which is endowed with € 1000 (source: Tobias Kaufmann) | Philipp Schnicke and Evgeny Ulanov are proud of their 4th place at the national competition, which is also endowed with € 1000 |
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| Supervisor Walter Stein with Adrian Lenkeit and Matthias Schäfers at their exhibit | Adrian and Matthias with their experiment at the state competition (source: Bayer AG) | Adrian Lenkeit and Matthias Schäfers become state champions in engineering |
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| Adrian Lenkeit and Matthias Schäfers are recognized with the 5th place engineering on the national level (source: Tobias Kaufmann) | Matthias Schäfers and his exhibit at Intel ISEF 2016 in Phoenix, Arizona (source: Dr. Frank Paul) | Matthias Schäfers wins the 2nd award of the Acoustical Society of America at ISEF in Phoenix (source: Dr. Frank Paul) |
| Matthias Schäfers and Adrian Lenkeit with their ISEF award certificate and their medals |  |
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Dominik Neu and David Pitsch show their PCR machine at the regional contest |
| Katharina Garrelfs, Maike Dunkelberg and Franziska Keutgen present their work at the regional contest |  |
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Justus Beyerling on the screen, Leon Heinen and their 3D printer |
| Jan Roitzheim and Finn Cyriax at their exhibit |  |
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| Nico Hochgürtel and Björn Bouwer present their robotics project | Björn Bouwer is being interviewed | Björn Bouwer and Nico Hochgürtel at their exhibit at the state contest |
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| Björn Bouwer, Nico Hochgürtel and Sylvia Löhrmann, Minister for Schools and Continuing Training NRW | State champions Nico and Björn present their soft robotic hand on the stage | Björn Bouwer and Nico Hochgürtel at the Rotary Student Contest |
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Nico and Björn explain their project to the jury |
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| Yannik Dumon at his exhibit | Yannik Dumon explains his spin coater to the press | Yannik Dumon shows his spin coater at the Rotary Student Contest |
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| With Yannik Dumon's spin coater, St. Michael-Gymnasium wins the 1st place at the Rotary Student Contest | St. Michael-Gymnasium is awarded the 1st place at the Rotary Student Contest | Yannik also wins an iPad |
| David Mohr at his exhibit |  |
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| Mike Dederichs and supervisor Stefan Hück at Mike's exhibit | Mike Dederichs at his exhibit at the Rotary Student Contest | Supervisor Stefan Hück at the cocktail bar at the Rotary Student Contest |
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Matthias Justen, David Frohnau and Hans-Herbert Hornstein with their efficient vacuum cleaner |
| Alexander Kaspari presents his noise prevention device at the regional contest |  |
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Rena Lingscheidt and Chantal Tholen at their exhibit |
| Lena Hegemann and Hannah Wagner-Gillen with their automated cat feeder |  |
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| Elias Günthner and Anna Lieder in front of their exhibit | Elias Günthner and Anna Lieder attend the Rotary Student Contest as guests |
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| Our successful students at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Veronika Stein receives the School Award NRW which is sponsored by TÜV NORD GROUP on behalf of St. Michael-Gymnasium (source: Bayer AG) | Principal Paul Georg Neft receives the school award of the Ministry for Schools for the school with the best junior research programme in North Rhine-Westphalia (source: Bayer AG) |
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| Festive dinner after the awards ceremony of the state contest "Jugend forscht" | Supervisors Martin Bitterberg, Veronika Stein and Walter Stein at the national contest Jugend forscht 2014 | Supervisors Veronika and Walter Stein with Sylvia Löhrmann, Minister for Schools and Continuing Training NRW |
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Our proud award winners with their parents and Minister for Schools NRW Sylvia Löhrmann |
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| Laura Eschweiler, Rolf Hartmann and Ramona Pick with their supervisors Veronika Stein and Martin Bitterberg in Bonn | The renewable energy team with supervisors Martin Bitterberg and Veronika Stein in Leverkusen | Ramona Pick, Laura Eschweiler and Rolf Hartmann with their silphium perfoliatum plants (source: Bayer AG) |
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| The silphium perfoliatum researchers explain their results to the WDR TV crew | Ramona, Rolf and Laura at the national contest (source: Jugend forscht) | The silphium perfoliatum researchers receive the Michaels Award in Künzelsau |
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| Laura Eschweiler, Ramona Pick and Rolf Hartmann receive the Special Award Renewable Energy (1500 €) | The silphium perfoliatum researchers win the 2nd place in biology on the national level (2000 €) |
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| Frank Hartmann, Josef Nagelschmidt and Stefan Heimersheim present their project in Düsseldorf | The quantum entanglement team with supervisor Walter Stein in Leverkusen | Josef Nagelschmidt, Frank Hartmann and Stefan Heimersheim with their exhibit at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) |
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| The state champions in physics explain their work in simple terms to the WDR TV crew | Josef, Stefan and Frank are successful at the national level contest (source: Jugend forscht) | Josef Nagelschmidt, Stefan Heimersheim and Frank Hartmann with the Michaels Award of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation |
| Josef Nagelschmidt, Stefan Heimersheim and Frank Hartmann are recognised with the 4th place physics at the national contest (€ 1000) |  |
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| Noah Schneiders and Evgeny Ulanov with their supervisor Horst-Günter Thum at the regional competition in Düsseldorf | The radio astronomers with their supervisor Horst-Günter Thum in Leverkusen | Evgeny Ulanov and Noah Schneiders demonstrate their radio interferometer at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) |
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Andreas Kirch, Leon Heinen and Donald Hansen with their exhibit |
| Adrian Lenkeit, Matthias Schäfers and Leon Heinen present their experimental results |  |
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| Adrian Lenkeit impresses the jury at the regional competition in Bonn with his many-body simulations | Adrian Lenkeit's many-body simulations win the state level competition (source: Bayer AG) | Adrian explains to the WDR TV crew why he enjoys research |
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| Adrian presents his simulations at the national contest (source: Jugend forscht) | Adrian Lenkeit with the Michaels Award certificate in front of his exhibit | Adrian Lenkeit as well as Josef Nagelschmidt, Stefan Heimersheim and Frank Hartmann win 4th places that are endowed with € 1000 at the national level competition |
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| Adrian Lenkeit is awarded the 4th place physics and astronomy at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2015 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA (source: Leonard Bauersfeld) | Adrian's award certificate from ISEF 2015 in the USA |
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| Björn Bouwer, Nico Hochgürtel and Adrian Lenkeit with their robotic arm in Düsseldorf | Björn Bouwer, Nico Hochgürtel and Adrian Lenkeit with their robotic arm at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | State champions Björn, Adrian and Nico receive their certificate from the Minister for Schools NRW Sylvia Löhrmann |
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The state champions in engineering together with their parents and supervisor |
| Finn Cyriax and Christoph Mörsch present their their bird protection device to the jury |  |
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Yannik Dumon with his novel emergency telephone |
| Jakob Assenmacher and Lorenz Assenmacher at their sports desk |  |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Our successful young researchers with their supervisors Veronika Stein and Walter Stein at the state competition "Jugend forscht" | Principal Paul Georg Neft receives the award certificate from the Ministry for Schools |
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| Our young researchers with their supervisor Walter Stein at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Jury members Florian Kotzur, Stephen Schulz and youth jury member Tobias Kaufmann | The happy recipients of the Michaels Award 2013 of the Hans-Hermann Franzke Foundation |
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St. Michael-Gymnasium is recognized as the most successful school at the state contest "Jugend forscht" with the school award 2013 of the Ministry for Schools NRW |
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| The Rotary Student Contest "Jugend und Technik 2013" took place at Burg Namedy | Exhibits at Burg Namedy | Matthias Schäfers explains his project to the jury |
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| Finn Cyriax and Adrian Lenkeit in the courtyard of the castle | The happy award winners with their parents and their supervisor |
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| Walter Stein is awarded the Knight's Cross by German President Joachim Gauck on 6th Mai 2013 in Bellevue Palace | German President Joachim Gauck and Walter Stein discuss the contest Jugend forscht | The award certificate that Walter Stein received with his Knight's Cross |
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| European champion of the student competition of the Siemens Foundation Marion Kreins (right) with her supervisor Veronika Stein (source: Siemens Foundation) | Marion Kreins studies her yellow mustard plants (source: Stiftung Jugend forscht e. V.) | Marion Kreins wins a five week research visit to the United States |
| Marion Kreins wins the 2nd place in geosciences/astronomy on the national level in front of 1200 guests in the BayArena |  |
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| Katja Schneider, Leon Heinen and Matthias Zalfen impress at the regional contest in Düsseldorf with their work on nanowires | Leon Heinen, Matthias Zalfen and Katja Schneider at their exhibit at the state contest | Katja Schneider, Matthias Zalfen and Leon Heinen show their nanowires (source: Bayer) |
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Matthias Zalfen, Katja Schneider and Leon Heinen at the awards ceremony of the state contest |
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| Stefan Heimersheim and Josef Nagelschmidt present their project at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Josef Nagelschmidt and Stefan Heimersheim at their exhibit at the state contest | Josef Nagelschmidt and Stefan Heimersheim with their metasurface lenses (source: Bayer) |
| Stefan Heimersheim and Josef Nagelschmidt are recognized with the 2nd place in physics at the awards ceremony of the state contest |  |
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| Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner at the regional contest in Düsseldorf | Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner present their astrophysics project at the state contest | Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner study cosmic masers (source: Bayer) |
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Supervisor Horst-Günter Thum visits the exhibit of the maser researchers at the state contest |
| Noah Schneiders and Evgeny Ulanov present their project at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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Eric Paßlick presents his findings about osmoregulation in case of Paramecium caudatum at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |
| Sebastian Klick presents his novel redox flow cell at the regional contest in Jülich |  |
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Johanna Büchel, Ria Theilken and Rebecca Bertram at the regional contest in Bonn |
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| Adrian Lenkeit and Matthias Schäfers impress at the regional contest in Düsseldorf with their radio interferometer | Adrian Lenkeit and Matthias Schäfers at their exhibit at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" in Essen |
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| Jakob Assenmacher, Lorenz Assenmacher and Jan Roitzheim receive their winner's certificate at the regional contest in Solingen (source: Andrea Römer) | Jan Roitzheim, Lorenz Assenmacher and Jakob Assenmacher with their robots at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Finn Cyriax used high voltage to produce wind at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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Nico Hochgürtel, Adrian Lenkeit and Björn Bouwer won the 3rd prize in work environment at the regional contest in Solingen |
| The young researchers of St. Michael-Gymnasium at the regional contest in Düsseldorf |  |
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| The exhibit of St. Michael-Gymnasium at IdeenPark | Our team receives the "Creator of Ideas Award" which is endowed with € 2500 from Ralph Labonte (board member of ThyssenKrupp), Sylvia Löhrmann (Minister for Schools) and Thomas Wels (Editor of Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung) for their project "Miniforschung" at IdeenPark (source: ThyssenKrupp) | This is the award certificate (source: ThyssenKrupp) |
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| Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner at their astronomy exhibit | Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner present their project at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) | Our state champions with their supervisors Horst-Günter Thum and Walter Stein |
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| Florian and Daniel with their supervisors Walter Stein and Horst-Günter Thum at the national competition | Florian and Daniel at the national competition (source: Jugend forscht) | The stage just before the awards ceremony |
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| Sebastian Klick shows his nanostructured electrodes | Sebastian at the state contest in Leverkusen | Sebastian with his nanostructured electrodes at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) |
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Sebastian Klick (3rd from left) - proud national champion of the contest "Energie im Wandel – Wasserstoff- und Brennstoffzellentechnologie" - at the awards ceremony in Stuttgart (source: NOW-GmbH) |
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| Paulina Banszerus, Pia Demary and Hannah Thillmann at their "Jugend forscht" exhibit | Pia Demary, Hannah Thillmann, supervisor Veronika Stein and Paulina Banszerus compete at the student competition of the Siemens Foundation at RWTH-Aachen | The proud winners and their supervisor |
| Award recipient Paulina Banszerus with supervisor Veronika Stein |  |
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Daniel Reschetow and Florian Büttner present their galactic astronomy project at the regional competition in Bonn |
| Katharina Springer separates oil and sand using ionic liquids |  |
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Anne Bornkessel and Jens Börnicke demonstrate how their organic solar cell works |
| Matthias Schäfers and his model of a radio telescope |  |
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Adrian Lenkeit and Leonhard Decker with their wheelchair that is controlled via the internet |
| Leon Heinen, Lukas Trippe and Leon Yeghiazarian at their exhibit |  |
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Finn Cyriax and Daniel Gelbke with their walking robot |
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| Former research team members like Stefan Hück, Michael Schmitz and Luca Banszerus help Walter Stein with supervision of the young researchers | Michael Schmitz and Luca Banszerus tell about becoming national champions and all the exciting events that followed this great success | Director of the regional competition Rainer Linden gives principal Paul Georg Neft the school award that is endowed with € 1000 |
| District President Anne Lütkes and the directors of the chamber of industry and commerce and the turbine hall with the winning teams. Only one student is not from St. Michael-Gymnasium! |  |
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| The young researchers of St. Michael-Gymnasium with their supporters | Speech of our former researcher and current youth jury member Florian Kotzur | The state champions "Jugend forscht" 2011. Cai-Oliver Thier and Tobias Kaufmann are on the left in front (source: Bayer AG). |
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| Tobias Kaufmann and Cai-Oliver Thier at their exhibit at the regional contest | Director of the regional contest Rainer Linden gives regional champions Tobias Kaufmann and Cai-Oliver Thier there certificates | The quantum physics researchers with their supervisor Walter Stein |
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| Tobias Kaufmann and Cai-Oliver Thier present their quantum camera at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) | Tobias and Cai-Oliver become state champions in physics | Our quantum physicists travel to the national competition in Kiel. Tobias Kaufmann and Cai-Oliver Thier together with State Contest Director Dieter Römer. |
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Tobias Kaufmann and Cai-Oliver Thier in front of their exhibit at the national competition |
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| Jochen Dierichsweiler, Anton Lang and Yannick Haas with their supervisor Veronika Stein at the regional contest | The heating system developers with their supervisor Veronika Stein at the state contest | Jochen, Yannick and Anton (source: Bayer AG) |
| Yannick Haas, Jochen Dierichsweiler and Anton Lang win the 3rd place in engineering at the state level |  |
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Sarah Meyer, Katharina Springer and Sebastian Klick present their project at the regional contest |
| Daniel Reschetow and Bastian Diel explain their work on impedance spectroscopy at the regional competition |  |
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Florian Büttner and Maurice Wald at their exhibit |
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| Leon Heinen and Lukas Trippe with their surprising source of X-rays | Lukas and Leon are being interviewed by a TV channel while principal Paul Georg Neft is watching | Lukas Trippe and Leon Heinen listen to the reasons why they are being upgraded to the state competition "Jugend forscht", where older students compete |
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| The X-ray researchers with their supervisors Luca Banszerus and Walter Stein at the state competition | Leon and Lukas at their exhibit (source: Bayer AG) | Lukas Trippe and Leon Heinen win the 2nd place in physics at the state competition |
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| Matthias Schäfers, Laurenz Walkowsky and Adrian Lenkeit with their robot at the regional contest | Our robot developers surrounded by an interested audience | Laurenz Walkowsky, Matthias Schäfers and Adrian Lenkeit win the regional competition |
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| Our robotics team is being interviewed by moderator Heike Knispel | Laurenz Walkowsky, Matthias Schäfers and Adrian Lenkeit become state champions in engineering |
| Romi Schmitz, Charlotte Assenmacher and Mariana Wiedenau present their project about learning at the regional contest |  |
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Kilian Günthner and Niklas Marx show their results at the regional contest |
| Mattis Deisen presents his novel sensor at the regional contest |  |
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Matthias Zalfen and Luca Mennen show their apparatus for imaging the human eye's retina at the regional competition |
| Lorenz Assenmacher and Jakob Assenmacher present their analysis of the consequences of volcanic eruptions at the regional contest |  |
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Max Binder with his invention at the regional contest |
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| Our recipients of the Michael's Award of the Hans-Hermann-Franzke-Foundation with principal Paul Georg Neft (right) and supervisors Walter Stein and Veronika Stein (left) | Our young researchers with principal and supervisors at the regional contest in Cologne | St. Michael-Gymnasium wins the school award at the regional contest in Cologne |
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| Walter Stein (supervisor), Ingo Dobbert (director CTS), Paul Georg Neft (principal) and Dr. Nico P. Kock (board member Jugend forscht) at the awards ceremony of the CTS School Award 2010 for the best "Jugend forscht" school at the regional contest Cologne (source: CTS Gruppen- und Studienreisen GmbH) | Our successful young researchers at the regional contest in Düsseldorf (source: Ulrik Eichentopf) | The participants of the state contest "Jugend forscht" hosted by Bayer in Leverkusen include 13 regional champions from our school (source: Bayer AG) |
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| Five of our young researchers are amongst the state champions "Jugend forscht" of NRW (source: Bayer AG) | Our successful teams are back at St. Michael-Gymnasium after the national contest |
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| German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel greets the national award recipients of the contest "Jugend forscht" together with Minister of Education Prof. Annette Schavan | The German Chancellor discusses working methods and time management with the young researchers | German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel with the successful young researchers of St. Michael-Gymnasium |
| Federal Minister of Education and Research Prof. Annette Schavan with the national award recipients of St. Michael-Gymnasium |  |
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| German President Christian Wulff emphasizes the importance of science and engineering for Germany | Chairman of the Executive board of ThyssenKrupp, Dr. Ekkehard Schulz presents his book "55 reasons for becoming an engineer" (55 Gründe Ingenieur zu werden) during the panel discussion | Tobias Kaufmann (Jugend forscht national champion 2008) explains how he developed enthusiasm for technology |
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| Participants of the panel discussion: Walter Stein, Dr. Julia Imlau, Christoph Lanz, Dr. Ekkehard Schulz, Prof. Dr. Ulrike Woggon, German President Christian Wulff, Prof. Dr. Ursula Gather, Tino Fischer, Ines Nolte, Tobias Kaufmann | German President Christian Wulff and Chairman of the Executive board of ThyssenKrupp Dr. Ekkehard Schulz discuss the book "55 reasons for becoming an engineer" (55 Gründe Ingenieur zu werden) |
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| Three of 6000 schools qualified for the finals in the selection of Germany's best Jugend forscht School 2010 | And the winner is ... St. Michael-Gymnasium | The sign for Germany's Jugend forscht School 2010 |
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| The certificate from the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the states | The press release of the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs |
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| Luca Banszerus and Michael Schmitz at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) | Our graphene researchers become state champions in physics | Luca and Michael with their supervisor Walter Stein at the national contest "Jugend forscht" |
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| Luca and Michael with their graphene sensors at the national contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Stiftung Jugend forscht e.V.) | Federal Minister of Education Prof. Annette Schavan explains why the project of Luca Banszerus and Michael Schmitz makes them national champions | National champions Luca and Michael share their joy with the Federal Minister of Education |
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| Jens Nettersheim, Michael Garzem and Sebastian Klick present their redox flow cell at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Jens, Sebastian and Michael at the state contest (source: Bayer) | Sebastian, Jens and Michael become state champions in chemistry |
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| Michael, Sebastian and Jens with their supervisor Veronika Stein at the national contest | Michael, Jens and Sebastian present their redox flow cell at the national contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Stiftung Jugend forscht e.V.) | Sebastian, Jens and Michael win the 2nd place in chemistry nationally |
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| Andreas Bülow, Stefan Hück and Jasmin Bentler report on their metamaterials project at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Jasmin, Stefan and Andreas at their exhibit at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) |
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| Katharina Springer, Sebastian Klick and Sarah Meyer show their results at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" in Düsseldorf | Our liquid crystal researchers at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) |
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Simon Roggendorf presents his work on electrospinning at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" in Düsseldorf |
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| Luca Mennen and Matthias Zalfen present their project on recognition of vascular disease at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" in Düsseldorf | Matthias and Luca at the state contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Bayer AG) | Matthias wins the first national award of the Christian Blind Mission |
| Eric Paßlick presents his work at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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Kilian Günthner shows his automated graphene mapping system at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" in Düsseldorf |
| Romi Schmitz and Charlotte Assenmacher present their behavioural study of fish at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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Nina Zimmer and Mariana Wiedenau report on their insects at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Florian Büttner and Maurice Wald present their model of a scanning electron microscope at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" in Düsseldorf |  |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest | Our national award recipients Florian Kotzur (2005) and Tobias Kaufmann and Michael Schmitz (2008) visit the regional contest | Our students Michael Schmitz and Tobias Kaufmann speak about becoming national champions in 2008 |
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| Supervisor Walter Stein and youth jury member Florian Kotzur at the state contest "Jugend forscht" | Youth jury member Florian names the winners |
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| Mike Schmidt, Niklas Trzaska and Andreas Bülow present their project at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Mike, Andreas and Niklas at their exhibit about THz radiation at the state contest |
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| Peter Schmitz presents his work at the regional contest | Peter surrounded by the jury | Center.TV interviews Peter at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" |
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Peter at his exhibit at the state contest "Jugend forscht" |
| Sebastian Klick shows his redox flow cell at the regional competition |  |
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Syliva Kleefisch, Martina Mayer and Hanna Mertens present their project at the regional contest |
| Benjamin Nöke and his exhibit at the regional competition |  |
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Kilian Günthner shows his homemade reflecting microscope at the regional contest |
| Charlotte Assenmacher and Marike Sammet present their work on earthworms at the regional competition |  |
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Severin Mauel and Yannick Haas at their exhibit at the regional contest |
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| Our supervisors at the regional contest: Vera Küppers, Daniela Klein, Walter Stein and Niko Kittner. | The youth jury including Benedikt Lorbach and Moritz Plötzing at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" with Dr. Nico Kock, the deputy managing director of Jugend forscht. | Our state champions Tobias Kaufmann, Heiko Burau, Luca Banszerus and Michael Schmitz with their supervisor Walter Stein at the state competition "Jugend forscht" |
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| State champions NRW (source: Bayer) | Heiko Burau, Walter Stein, Michael Schmitz, Luca Banszerus and Tobias Kaufmann at the national competition |
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| Tobias Kaufmann and Michael Schmitz give a picture of St. Michael-Gymnasium to German Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel | Michael explains how to contact graphene | Walter Stein explains how to supervise young researchers (source: Axel Schmidt) |
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| The team of St. Michael-Gymnasium at Science on Stage in Berlin | The European Physical Society recognizes the work of St. Michael-Gymnasium with an award worth € 1000 | Gala evening at Schöneberger Rathaus: Good atmosphere and international contacts |
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| Our activities include inventing, building and testing rockets ... | ... and designing and testing egg crash helmets | In the meantime, Walter gives advice to the parents of the young researchers |
| The participants of the panel discussion of the parliamentary evening on 3rd March in Berlin at the permanent representation of Baden-Württemberg were Chairman of the Executive Board at ThyssenKrupp Dr. Ekkehard Schulz, Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg Günther Oettinger, Director of Studies (teacher) Walter Stein and Federal Minister of Labour Olaf Scholz (source: Frank Ossenbrink) |  |
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| Michael Schmitz, Luca Banszerus and Tobias Kaufmann present their project at the state contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Bayer) | Luca, Tobias and Michael at the national contest (source: Jugend forscht) | Federal Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan recognizes our graphene researchers as national champions |
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| Tobias, Michael and Walter meet Nobel Laureate in Physics Prof. Dr. Peter Grünberg | Michael speaking to Nobel Laureate Peter Grünberg | Radio Euskirchen selects our graphene researchers as people of the year 2008 |
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| Heiko Burau and his exhibit at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Heiko at the state contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Bayer) | Heiko explains at the national contest why the GPU can perform some simulation tasks much faster than the CPU (source: Jugend forscht) |
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Jochen Dierichsweiler and Sebastian Klick present their project on photonic crystals at the regional contest |
| Peter Schmitz presents his computer science project |  |
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| Kilian Günthner demonstrates his flood protection method at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Kilian signs the golden book of the city of Cologne | Rodrigo Henriquez from LANXESS gives Kilian a large supply of superabsorbent polymers for his self-sealing doors and windows |
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| Tjarko Rahlf and Benjamin Nöke present their research at the regional contest | Benjamin and Tjarko with young scientist Stefan Hück |
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Wiebke Mauel and Anna Schmitz present their project at the regional contest |
| Eric Paßlick reports on his study of hermit crabs at the regional contest |  |
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Alexander Garrelfs and Florian Büttner present their study of gravestones |
| Moritz Raitz von Frentz and Yannick Haas at their exhibit at the regional contest |  |
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Michèle Erler, Leonie Zeyen and Paula Pütz report on their project at the regional contest |
| Denise Dahmen, Lisa Kienitz and Carolin Spilles with their carnivorous plants at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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Aline Ambrecht, Katharina Prall and Wiebke Rahlf at their exhibit at the regional contest |
| Niklas Marx and Marius Erler report on their project at the regional contest |  |
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| Our biology teams at the regional contest in Cologne with supervisor Vera Küppers (left), principal Paul Georg Neft (back right) and supervisor Karl Heuel (front right) | Our successful young scientists with their supervisors Walter Stein and Vera Küppers at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" hosted by RWE in Bochum |
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| Walter Stein in front of Bellevue Castle | German President Horst Köhler and his wife Eva Luise Köhler greet the guests of the summer party at Bellevue Castle | Former German President Richard von Weizsäcker speaking with Walter Stein |
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| Stefan Hück and Andreas Bülow win the regional competition in physics | Stefan and Andreas present their project at the state contest |
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Sebastian Benden at his exhibit at the regional competition |
| Tobias Kaufmann and Luca Banszerus present their project at the regional contest |  |
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| Jochen Dierichsweiler and Sebastian Klick at their exhibit at the regional contest | Jochen and Sebastian win the regional contest in computer science | Sebastian and Jochen with their suitcase-computer at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
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Jochen and Sebastian win the state contest in computer science |
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| Cai-Oliver Thier at the regional competition | Cai-Oliver wins the regional contest in engineering | Cai-Oliver with his safe laser pointer at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Cai-Oliver wins the state contest NRW in engineering |  |
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| TV reporters interview our crayfish researchers at the regional contest | Philipp Wegener, Benedikt Broich and Hendrik Nettersheim win the 3rd award in biology at the state competition |
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Jiexia Chen and Anne Bornkessel present their energy project at the regional contest |
| Sebastian Klick at his exhibit at the regional competition |  |
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Nicklas Garrelfs presents his osmotic water tap at the regional contest |
| Benjamin Nöke and Tjarko Rahlf report their findings on dangers of nanoparticles at the regional contest |  |
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Nicole Mrosek and Karin Mrosek report their findings at the regional competition |
| Aileen Meyer, Carolin Sampels and Judith Suhr at their exhibit at the regional contest |  |
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Our young researchers at the regional contest hosted by ThyssenKrupp in Düsseldorf |
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| Creator of Ideas Walter Stein with student researchers Meike and Binia | Physics teacher Walter Stein becomes "Creator of Ideas 2006" | Walter Stein and his wife Veronika after the awards ceremony |
| Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl and TV show host Günther Jauch recognize Walter Stein as "Creator of Ideas 2006" at IdeenPark in Hanover |  |
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| Stefan Hück and Florian Kotzur at their exhibit at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" (source: ThyssenKrupp) | Florian and Stefan become regional champions in physics | Stefan and Florian at the state competition "Jugend forscht" |
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| Bastian Polaczek, Daniel Reschetow and Sebastian Dederichs show their laser safety goggles at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Bastian, physics teacher Walter Stein, Daniel and Sebastian after becoming state champions in work environment |
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Stefan Krumpen and Giugliano Wutschka present their project on collective intelligence at the regional contest |
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| Heiko Burau at his exhibit at the regional contest | Heiko at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" (source: ThyssenKrupp) |
| Sebastian Benden presents his work at the regional contest |  |
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| Karlotta Schlösser and Carolin Salmon at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Karlotta and Carolin with physics teacher Walter Stein |
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| Sebastian Klick at the regional competition "Schüler experimentieren" | Sebastian at the awards ceremony of the regional contest |
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| Benjamin Nöke, Benjamin Weigand and Tjarko Rahlf answer the questions of the biology jury at the regional contest | Tjarko, supervisor Vera Küppers, Benjamin W. and Benjamin N. in front of their exhibit about eco-friendly production of hydrogen |
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| The young researchers of St. Michael-Gymnasium | Benedikt Lorbach, Meike Spiess, Walter Stein and Moritz Plötzing at the national contest "Jugend forscht". Every year, the national champions of past years are invited to the national competition. |
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| The "Japanese Garden" is located right next to the BayKomm venue where the state competition usually takes place. | The awards ceremony is always followed by an outstanding buffet. |
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| Florian Kotzur and Stefan Krumpen in front of their exhibit at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Stefan and Florian are recognized as state champions in physics by Minister for Schools NRW Ute Schäfer and state contest director Dieter Römer | Florian and Stefan at the national contest hosted by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
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| Heiko Burau at the regional contest hosted by TyssenKrupp AG in Düsseldorf | Heiko at the state contest (source: Bayer AG) | Heiko at his exhibit at the state contest in Leverkusen |
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| Sebastian Benden at his exhibit at the regional contest | Sebastian Benden presents his project at the state competition "Schüler experimentieren" hosted by RWE in Bochum | State contest director Dieter Römer recognizes Sebastian as state champion in physics |
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Sebastian with his parents at the state contest |
| Stefan Hück at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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Katharina Nuß at her exhibit at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Karlotta Schlösser and Carolin Salmon at their exhibit at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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An occasional mess is part of experimenting. Hopefully this will be cleaned up before Walter Stein sees this... (unlikely). |
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| Meike Spiess, Benedikt Lorbach and Moritz Plötzing at the national contest "Jugend forscht" (source: Jugend forscht) | Benedikt Lorbach is being filmed at the national competition | German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder congratulates Moritz, Benedikt and Meike on becoming national champions at CeBIT (source: The Press and Information Office of the Federal Government) |
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| Florian Kotzur and Stefan Krumpen at their exhibit at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) | Stefan Krumpen and Florian Kotzur at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" at RWE in Bochum | Stefan Krumpen and Florian Kotzur with their supervisor Andrea Frick at the state contest |
| Johannes Turinsky and Björn Schlüter present their toll collection system at the regional contest |  |
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| Frederik Vus, Sophia Uhlmann and Rita Waldukat at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Rita Waldukat, Frederik Vus and Sophia Uhlmann with their supervisor Veronika Stein at their exhibit |
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Enrico Skoruppa and Matthias Turinsky at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |
| Stefan Hück and Heiko Burau at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |  |
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Sebastian Benden in front of his exhibit at the regional competition |
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| Binia Neuer, Benedikt Lorbach and Moritz Plötzing with their experimental setup at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) | Moritz, Walter Stein, Binia and Benedikt at the national contest "Jugend forscht" | Binia, Moritz and Benedikt with German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder in the Federal Chancellery |
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| Eric Plum at his exhibit at the state contest "Jugend forscht" in Leverkusen (source: Bayer AG) | Eric surrounded by an interested audience at the state contest | Eric at the national competition "Jugend forscht" in Ludwigshafen (source: BASF) |
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| Daniel Merget, Florian Merget and Robin Stein with their modified wheelchair inside St. Michael-Gymnasium | Robin, Florian and Daniel at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Robin, Florian and Daniel become state champions in engineering |
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| Florian Kotzur and Jens Ruland present their project at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) | Jens and Florian in front of their exhibit at the state contest "Jugend forscht" | Jens and Florian demonstrate how their system makes overtaking safer using models at the state contest |
| Gundula Broich, Juliane Mielke and Sebastian Benden present their project at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |  |
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Johannes Turinsky and Michael Rieck in front of their exhibit at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |
| Marcel Held and Maik Metzen present their project at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |  |
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Heiko Burau shows his robot at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |
| Enrico Skoruppa and Matthias Turinsky with their novel safety boot at the regional contest (source: ThyssenKrupp Services AG) |  |
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| Group picture at the regional contest | Benedikt and Andreas Goris at the regional competition in Düsseldorf | Benedikt and Henrik after the awards ceremony of the state contest |
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| Henrik Krupp with his model airplane at the regional competition | Henrik at the state competition in Leverkusen (source: Bayer AG) |
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| Benedikt Lorbach with his remote-controlled fire engine at the regional contest | Benedikt at the state competition in Leverkusen (source: Bayer AG) |
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Florian Dederichs, Frederik Vus and Sophia Uhlmann in front of their exhibit at the regional contest |
| Binia Neuer and Moritz Plötzing present their project at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" |  |
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Florian Merget, Sebastian Osterspey and Daniel Merget in front of their exhibit at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Gundula Broich and Anna Wendel present their work at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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Robin Stein presents his jack of all trades at the regional competition "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Group picture at the regional contest |  |
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Eric Plum presents his novel bike lights at the state competition |
| Meike Spiess and her exhibit at the regional contest |  |
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Robin Stein and Moritz Plötzing with their microwave oven at the regional competition |
| Anna Schweinem and Sophia Uhlmann present their project at the regional contest |  |
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Stefan Hück and Julian Merget explain their spectroscopic experiments at the regional contest |
| Group picture at the regional contest |  |
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Annika Baron and Philip Siefer present their project at the regional competition |
| Meike Spiess presents her 3D printer at the state competition |  |
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Daniel Merget, Florian Merget and Sebastian Osterspey in front of their exhibit at the regional contest |
| Ronja Stein and Jennifer Ulrich present their project regarding dirt at school at the regional contest |  |
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Robin Stein, Daniel Merget and Meike Spiess at the state contest |
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| Moritz Plötzing is being interviewed by a TV reporter at the national contest | The Plötzing family at the national competition |
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| Meike Spiess and Daniel Merget present their intelligent street signs at the regional contest | The intelligent street sign experimental setup at the regional competition |
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| Robin Stein presents his project at the state contest | Robin at the awards ceremony of the state competition |
| Group picture of our participants at the regional contest |  |
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| David Schnicke, Britta Pielen and Tobias Plötzing in front of their exhibit at the regional competition | Tobias, Britta and David present their work on protecting the environment via satellite imaging |
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Christian Dally and Alexander Grefrath at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" |
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| Ronja Stein with her popcorn packaging material at the state competition "Schüler experimentieren" | Ronja with Minister for the Environment NRW Bärbel Höhn |
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| Annika Baron and Philip Siefer present their project on "Digital Biology" | Philip at the regional competition "Schüler experimentieren" |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest | Our teams at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Our participants at the state contest "Jugend forscht" in Leverkusen |
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| Daniel Schlich presents his virtual radio sky at the regional contest "Jugend forscht" | Daniel is being interviewed in front of his exhibit | Daniel at the state contest "Jugend forscht" |
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| Alexander Goth with his experimental setup at the regional competition | Alexander in front of his exhibit at the state contest |
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| René Kermis and Reinhold Gau at the regional competition | René and Reinhold at their exhibit | René and Reinhold explain to the jury how they control their radio telescope |
| Thomas Tondorf and Felix Schoroth present their solution for avoiding glare at the regional competition |  |
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| Wenzel Schoroth, Felix Giepmann and Christian Plötzing at the regional contest | Wenzel, Christian and Felix at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Their homemade cloud chamber for the detection of radioactive particles |
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| Alexander Solms and Stefan Maibücher present their project at the regional contest | Alexander and Stefan at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
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| Robin Stein at the regional competition | Robin lifts a cobblestone (and Daniel Schlich makes sure that it does not fall on Robin's head...) | Robin at the awards ceremony of the regional contest |
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Nadine Lilienthal, Nadja Mayer, Andreas Bednarz and Thilo Waasem present their work at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
| Katharina Solms, Susanne Schreiber and Ramona Klonisch at their exhibit at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" |  |
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| Our young researchers at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren": Alexander Solms, Stefan Maibücher and Hermann Hoever | Supervisor Walter Stein, principal Paul Georg Neft, teacher Herbert Schlößer and our participants on the national level Daniel Schlich, Britta Pielen and Tobias Plötzing |
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| Daniel Schlich, Britta Pielen and Tobias Plötzing in front of our St. Michael-Gymnasium | Supervisor Walter Stein with Tobias, Britta and Daniel at the national contest | Daniel, Britta and Tobias on the ZDF TV channel |
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| Axel Wilberg wins the regional contest in physics | Axel at his exhibit at the state contest |
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Daniel Schlich, Axel Wilberg and Mario Simons present their project at the regional contest |
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| Gerd Nolden and Michael Henninghaus show their invention at the regional contest | Michael and Gerd at their exhibit at the regional competition |
| Martin Hagner shows his experiments at the regional contest |  |
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| Stefan Maibücher and Alexander Solms present their concepts for a chlorine-free swimming pool at the regional competition | Stefan and Alexander win the regional contest in engineering | Stefan and Alexander present their work at the state contest "Schüler experimentieren" |
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| Hermann Hoever at the regional contest "Schüler experimentieren" | Hermann explains his project at the regional competition |
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| Felix Giepmann and Wenzel Schoroth present their "forward-mirror" at the regional competition | Wenzel and Felix at the awards ceremony of the regional competition |
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Our young researchers with principal Paul Georg Neft |
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| Daniel Schlich presents his project at the regional contest | Daniel and his supervisor Walter Stein at the state contest |
| Tobias Plötzing at his exhibit at the regional competition |  |
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Nadine Lilienthal and Anna Schumacher present their biology project at the regional contest |
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| Gerd Nolden, Mario Simons and Silke Kremer at the regional competition "Jugend forscht" | Gerd, Silke and Mario present their radio telescope at the state contest in Leverkusen | back: Gerd, supervisor Walter Stein, Mario, front: Karl-Heinz Hoesgen and Silke at the state contest "Jugend forscht" |
| Jan Behrend and Christian Bornkessel present their project at the regional contest |  |
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Thomas Benden at his exhibit at the regional contest |
| Andreas Schmitz with his presentation at the regional contest |  |
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Bianca Irnich and Judith Acksteiner present their project about caterpillars at the regional contest |
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| Our young researchers at the regional contest | Our students at the awards ceremony of the regional competition |
| Stephan Giernich presents his brake light for bicycles at the regional contest |  |
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Christian Bornkessel and Dennis Schneider at their exhibit |
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| Sarah Prygotzki at her exhibit at the regional competition | Sarah Prygotzki and Dorothee Schlich present their project to the jury | Dorothee and Sarah are being interviewed by a journalist |
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| Marc Bungart and Jan Erlinghagen present their astronomy project at the regional competition | Marc and Jan at the awards ceremony |
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| Markus Hergarden (left) presents his work at the regional contest | Markus at the awards ceremony |
| Miss Riedel and Bibiane Waasem present their project at the regional competition |  |
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Judith Acksteiner and Bianca Irnich at their exhibit |
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| Patrick Aßelborn and Jan Behrend present their biology project at the regional competition | Jan Behrend and Patrick Aßelborn receive their certificates at the awards ceremony |
| Supervisors Walter Stein and Karl Heuel |  |
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| Andreas Goris, Alistair Göpffarth and Rudolf Scheuren at the telescope on the school roof | Rudolf, Alistair and Andreas at the state contest "Jugend forscht" |
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Alexander Neubauer and Thorsten Brangenberg present their project at the regional contest |
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| Martin Schwarz, Markus Gleitz and Markus Hergarden at the regional contest | Markus Gleitz, Martin Schwarz and Markus Hergarden present their project to the jury |
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| Thilo Kazmierczak and Oliver Büser at the regional contest | Thilo and Oliver present their work |
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| Andreas Goris, Daniel Schlich and Michael Henninghaus in our school's physics lab | Michael and Daniel show their spectrometer at the regional contest |
| Ulrike Arnold and Christian Bornkessel at their exhibit at the regional contest |  |
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Sven Wingartz presents his project at the regional contest |
| Markus Tondorf and Nicole Held prepare for the contest "Jugend forscht" |  |
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Nicole Held, Sven Hendricks, his sister Katja Hendricks and Heiko Moors in front of their exhibit at the state competition |
| Our young scientists |  |
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Bernd Schumacher, Alexandra Ofer and Markus Assenmacher present their project at the state contest |
| Michael Mittelstaedt, Nico Hamacher and Michael Winter |  |
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Jörg Spilles in front of his exhibit at the state competition "Jugend forscht" |
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| A bottle of the delicious St. Michaels-Brew | Our young researchers present the special brew | "Guinea pig Obelix" seems to love the herb beer |
| Michael Winter, Michael Mittelstaedt and Bernd Austermann present their project at the regional contest |  |
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| The exhibit of Andreas Goris at the regional competition | Andreas at the awards ceremony of the regional contest |
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| Janosch Recker at his exhibit at the regional contest | Janosch wins the 2nd place in physics |
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Björn Prigge and Jörg Spilles present their work at the regional competition |
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| Andreas Kowalik and Alistair Göpffarth in front of their exhibit at the regional contest | Alistair and Andreas at the awards ceremony |
| Oliver Kissling and Thomas Köhn present their project at the regional contest |  |
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| Michael Mittelstaedt, Susanne Schell and Michael Winter at the regional contest | Michael, Susanne and Michael present their work at the state contest | The first solar storm detected at St. Michael-Gymnasium (24th July 1987) |
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Stephan Schuh and Niclas Wohlleben present their project at the regional contest |
| Andreas Goris presents his work on solar astronomy at the regional contest |  |
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| Claus Schumacher, Daniel Nitsch and Bernd Zettel in front of their exhibit | Bernd, Daniel and Claus explain their project | Claus, Daniel and Bernd at the regional contest |
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| Markus Kaspari and Michael Mittelstaedt present their work | Markus at the regional competition | Markus and Michael win the special award "Clean Experimentation" |
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| Michael Hutzler, Susanne Schell and Detlev Köpp at their exhibit at the regional competition | Detlev, Susanne and Michael at the awards ceremony of the regional competition |
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Niclas Wohlleben and Klaus Greven present their project about chaos at the regional contest |
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| Transport of the mirror | Everything works. Finally! | Betina Böttinger reports live from the school roof |
| Michael Mittelstaedt develops his mathematics software |  |
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| Markus Kaspari and his novel game of chess | Improved 3D-Chess |
