IdeenPark in Essen attracted 320 000 people between 11th - 23rd August 2012 and was organized by ThyssenKrupp. Like 2008, St. Michael-Gymnasium participated in this technology festival with its own exhibit (photo). | The team of St. Michael-Gymnasium: Veronika Stein, Walter Stein, Binia Neuer, Moritz Plötzing and Dennis Nebe. | IdeenPark opens its gates. |
Binia Neuer shows our fridge full of chocolate "surprise eggs" to visitors and ... | explains how they can be used for building a "lunar rocket". | Moritz Plötzing supervises a group of kids building egg crash helmets. |
The first egg crash helmet is pulled up to a height of 4 m. | Veronika Stein explains to Minister for Families Ute Schäfer what children learn at the exhibit of St. Michael-Gymnasium. | Walter Stein on stage. |
Relaxing in a beer garden after the day's work is done and ... | ... having a lot of fun together. | Or one attends Rea Garvey's concert 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). |