In the canton of Zurich, high school classes will experiment with nanotechnology in the future. Starting this fall, schools will be provided with 1,200 “SimplyNano 2” experiment kits free of charge. The project is already running successfully in four cantons. It is to be implemented throughout Switzerland by 2025.
The shortage of skilled workers in technical professions is increasing throughout Switzerland. The canton of St.Gallen is taking countermeasures – among other things with the IT education offensive and its sub-project “SimplyNano 2”. Last year, the upper secondary schools in St.Gallen and Appenzell were equipped with a total of 600 experimental kits. The suitcases are designed to get young people excited about STEM subjects and technology careers with exciting nano-experiments and hands-on technology applications.
In Northwestern Switzerland, high school classes will experiment with nanotechnology in the future. Class sets of “SimplyNano 2” experimental kits will be provided to secondary schools. The aim is to get young people interested in science and technology and to help combat the shortage of skilled workers. The project is thus already running in eight cantons and is to be implemented in schools throughout Switzerland by 2025.
900 “SimplyNano 2” experimental kits are available nationwide for upper grades in the cantons of Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn. This means that the nano learning medium is already in use in all schools in eight Swiss cantons. By 2025, the learning medium should be available in schools throughout Switzerland.
In the latest SimplyNano 2 project, all secondary schools in the canton of Zurich were equipped with 1100 SimplyNano 2 cases. The teachers were trained in courses. This means that the cases are already available nationwide in five Swiss cantons.
Nano experiments are intended to get Zurich’s secondary school students excited about technical professions. An advanced training course for teachers at the company Vetropack AG in Bülach showed how nano experiments work and what career opportunities there are for young people in technical professions.