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Issue 12/24

Students Build Small Robots for School Garden

At the Freie Waldorfschule Frankfurt/Oder, computer science teacher Sören Leonhardt shows his upper school students how they can rethink technology and the future – beyond formulas and dry programming. In a region where some young people are hopeless about the future, he teaches them to think positively and recognize opportunities instead of just seeing risks and dangers. Our author describes an exciting project that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and the school garden.

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Music from Outer Space

Geometric shapes, AI and the creativity of young people and trained musicians – these are the components of a project in Potsdam that has resulted in…
Geometric shapes, AI and the creativity of young people and trained musicians – these are the components of a project in Potsdam that has resulted in a unique symphony. Classes six and seven from the Freie Waldorfschule Werder/Havel also helped…
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Red beams and dots of light hover in the physics lecture hall

«Do atoms really exist?» This question makes you pause and think. In an innovative project, a physicist and a chemist open up new paths to…
«Do atoms really exist?» This question makes you pause and think. In an innovative project, a physicist and a chemist open up new paths to understanding atoms for students and teachers. Using modern technology, they immerse themselves in the world of…
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«Who still has an Australia?»

We share our earth with all the other people who live on it, and we only have this one. Class teacher Nina Luckner wants to convey this to her…
We share our earth with all the other people who live on it, and we only have this one. Class teacher Nina Luckner wants to convey this to her students. To do this, she combined four subjects and, among other things, built globes out of balloons and…
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Love Waits Patiently at the Doors of Our Hearts

«What if I would have been on the other side?» Noor Khatib-Thorn asked herself this question as a little girl in Jerusalem. Today, she is an English…
«What if I would have been on the other side?» Noor Khatib-Thorn asked herself this question as a little girl in Jerusalem. Today, she is an English teacher at the Intercultural Waldorf School in Mannheim. In her lessons, the woman with Palestinian…
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For Time is Life

Why is the class eight play part of the Waldorf curriculum? Our author, a teacher, explains based on the example of Michael Ende's Momo which she…
Why is the class eight play part of the Waldorf curriculum? Our author, a teacher, explains based on the example of Michael Ende's Momo which she performed with her class, which processes are tiggered by such a large stage project and how they enable…
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The Interior Space Opens Up

As one of the oldest crafts in the world, basket weaving is an integral part of the ninth grade curriculum. However, tradition alone is not enough to…
As one of the oldest crafts in the world, basket weaving is an integral part of the ninth grade curriculum. However, tradition alone is not enough to justify its existence. In her article, our author Hiltrud Kamolz explains how adolescents come into…
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Window into the Soul of a Culture

Pupils at a Hamburg Waldorf school immerse themselves in Russian lessons. In doing so, they not only discover a new language, but also valuable…
Pupils at a Hamburg Waldorf school immerse themselves in Russian lessons. In doing so, they not only discover a new language, but also valuable lessons about tolerance and respect. Our author explains how learning a language can become a commitment…
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Rise and fall of a weather balloon

As part of his year project, 17-year-old Waldorf pupil Ilian Rosenbruch launched a weather balloon he had built himself into the stratosphere to…
As part of his year project, 17-year-old Waldorf pupil Ilian Rosenbruch launched a weather balloon he had built himself into the stratosphere to explore the secrets of the weather. However, the launch brings more challenges than expected: official…
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Teacher resilience

What is the state of resilience among teachers at Waldorf schools? This was the subject of a study conducted by Alanus University around ten years…
What is the state of resilience among teachers at Waldorf schools? This was the subject of a study conducted by Alanus University around ten years ago. Our author Jürgen Peters outlines the results and relates them to the current situation.
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Nature – Community – Meaning

Alienation from nature, loneliness and loss of meaning are linked to the threefold human constitution: body, soul and spirit. The consequences of…
Alienation from nature, loneliness and loss of meaning are linked to the threefold human constitution: body, soul and spirit. The consequences of neglected human needs are reflected in the current health crisis as part of the civilisational crisis,…
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