Educators help to introduce children and young people to previously unknown things. These include materials that also play a role in later life: A person’s first experience with a material that he or she works on or calculates in his or her profession often takes place during childhood and adolescence.

The Composites United e. V. (CU) has set itself the task of informing experts and the public about the properties of fiber composite materials and getting them excited about carbon as a material. For this reason, the MAI Carbon Leading-Edge Cluster has been tasked since 2012 with establishing an end-to-end education chain for fiber composite technology.

This education chain, which was developed in cooperation with practitioners and experts, ranges from early childhood education to factory lessons and project work in general education school types and vocational qualification to bachelor education under scientific supervision.

On the following pages you will find the teachers’ handbook “Fiber Composites”, information on teacher training courses, the handout for daycare centers and elementary schools “Materials of the Present and Future”, information on educators’ training courses and various teaching materials. All materials are available in German only.