Hands-on Science
Four-day science exploration course in Prague for international high school students
August 9 to August 12 2027
Our Amazing Lecturers
How the 2026 programme looked
We will publish the 2027 schedule in spring. This is how last year looked, with one morning block (9:00 to 12:00) and one afternoon block (13:00 to 16:00) every day.
🤖 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:
There is a participation fee for all attendees. The fee for 2027 will be announced together with the other details by the end of 2026.
(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
Registration form
Applications are not open yet. The date is set: the course runs from Monday 9 to Thursday 12 August 2027 at CZU in Prague. We will announce the details and open applications by the end of 2026. Please watch this page.
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