- en
The new app provides information on the climate in Munich’s Olympic Park
The second Mayor of Munich Katrin Habenschaden considers the project to be very successful as the paths in the Olympic Park will now become a digital adventure trail all about the climate. The new app „Muctrail“ („Munich Urban Climate Trail“) leads along with various stations in the Olympic Park and provides the user with exciting facts and information about the climate.
Ms. Habenschaden presented the climate app in the Olympic Park: „The contemporary presentation of the topic via smartphone appeals to young and old. My special thanks go to the students of the Technical University of Munich, who developed the educational trail in the Olympic Park free of charge and thus made it possible in the first place“, she said.
The Munich Urban Climate Trail was developed by the Department for Health and Environment (RGU) in collaboration with students from the „TUM: Junge Akademie”, a funding program of the Technical University of Munich.
„The new climatic educational trail informs the visitors of the Olympic Park scientifically about the changes in our environment“, explains the second Mayor Katrin Habenschaden, because „the climate change threatens our livelihoods, we are already feeling the first effects like the hot summer in Munich.“
Adventure trail with stations all about climate change
- During a walk through the Olympic Park, you will be guided to a total of six stations using a map on your smartphone.
- Quiz questions and games on topics such as „Urban heat islands”, „Sustainable building” or „Trees in climate change” is both educational and engaging.
- You will also learn from clear examples of how scientific work works and what significance this has for research into climate change.
The educational trail on climate change for children and young people
The target group for the nature trail is especially children and young people. That is why the nature trail is also playful. The goal was „to arouse joy in scientific work with hands-on experiments and comic-style pictures”, explains Jessica Neußer from the student team. „After all, as students, we prefer to learn when we deal with examples from everyday life.“
