Armed with compasses, GPS devices and plenty of a spirit of discovery, the area near Kitzingen Primary School was transformed into an open-air geography laboratory. In the mobile teaching and learning laboratory (mLLL) run by the Department of Didactics of Geography at the University of Würzburg, primary school children explored their surroundings through play, created their own treasure hunts and then designed their first digital map.

Five geography students present the many facets of water in Würzburg in a poster exhibition, covering topics ranging from floods and microplastics to water treatment, availability and supply. The exhibition can be visited until October 2026 in the Geography and Geology Building at the Hubland Süd Campus.

Clara Borman has been awarded the 2026 Wilhelm Lauer Prize by the Wilhelm Lauer Foundation for her outstanding Master’s thesis.

Didactics of Geography meets upper secondary education: Five teacher-training students from the University of Würzburg trialled a virtual reality-based lesson at St Ursula Grammar School.