Hands-on Science

Four-day science exploration course in Prague for international high school students

August 10 to August 13 2026

Our Amazing Lecturers

The 2026 programme, day by day

For the first time we are publishing the full schedule in advance. Each day has one morning block (9:00 to 12:00) and one afternoon block (13:00 to 16:00):

🤖 Monday 10 August
morning: Martin Opatrný, Build Your Own App with AI
🍦 afternoon: Bakht Ramin Shah, Functional Foods: ice cream straight from the lab (taught in English)

🌾 Tuesday 11 August
morning: Matěj Satranský and Patrik Zimmer, Sustainable Farming as a Team Game
🔥 afternoon: Luboš Türkott, Invisible Heat: Thermal Imaging in the Field

🧪 Wednesday 12 August
morning: Martin Kulhánek, How Much Phosphorus Hides in Your Sample?
🕵️ afternoon: Kateřina Špačková, Who Eats Whom: Detective Work in the Insect World

💧 Thursday 13 August
morning: Pavel Švehla, Why and How We Clean Wastewater
🐟 afternoon: Milan Gottwald, Pike on a Mission: Fighting Invasive Fish

Why register?

Experience real scientific work first-hand

Find a topic for your own science project

Master basic research procedures

Meet researchers and have an opportunity to collaborate

See labs that are off-limits to most visitors

Learn lots of insightful information

About the course

Are you starting your 3rd or 4th year of high school this autumn and do you love biology and/or chemistry? Do you want to work with precision instruments in the lab and gain experience in field research? Do you want to visit Prague with your parents?

Then the Hands-on Science summer event at the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources of the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague will be the inspiration you’re looking for!

Price: 3000 CZK (approx. €120)
– Includes four-day program and accommodation

(After registration you will receive all the information by email.)

Please direct your questions to handsonscience@af.czu.cz or (WhatsApp only) +420 721 611 816.

What can you look forward to?

Treatment of wastewater

Invisible heat: thermal imaging in the field

Who eats whom: detective work in the insect world

Build your own app with AI

Sustainable farming as a team game

Functional foods: science you can taste

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Including accommodationLoading remaining places…3,000 CZK
Without accommodationLoading remaining places…2,200 CZK

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