Projects
Research.Develop.Put to the test.
We are, above all, an online education platform. Its four worlds teach a school year of 34 weeks in English or German; around them we build a library, a language game, research, competitions and teaching materials made to measure.
Kindergarten to grade 4 · outside school
BRINK: Animal Kingdom
A system of 34 weeks in which children grow into citizens while they learn English or German. They run a village of their own, listen to its animals, solve their problems and make the village the best it can be. The year ends in a competition: the students with the most points win prizes.
Animal Kingdom is learnt outside school, at home and with the family, at the child’s own pace.
Grades 5 to 12 · elective
BRINK: The Great Wars
Everything that makes up the skills of the 21st century came to light in the two Great Wars: leadership, negotiation, judging sources, keeping a society together. Over 34 weeks our students take history, geography, geopolitics, leadership and more – and learn English or German at their own level as they go.
Every week they govern a country in an online simulation and learn how a country is run. At the end of the year the best are chosen to meet: they form the parliaments of rival countries, middle school students in the First World War and high school and university students in the Second, and try to keep the peace of the world.
Nine branches, each taught by a figure from history
- HistoryHomerWith geography and geopolitics
- Philosophy and SociologyVoltaireHow societies think, rise and fall
- EconomicsAdam SmithMoney, work, trade and prices
- Diplomacy and NegotiationBenjamin FranklinTreaties, compromises, the negotiating table
- Critical ThinkingSocratesQuestions, sources and evidence
- LeadershipOtto von BismarckWith decision-making and communication
- Science and TechnologyLeonardo da VinciInventions and the people behind them
- LiteratureLeo TolstoyWith literacy and propaganda
- Democracy and Human RightsAbraham LincolnWith ethics
The curriculum is told by figures from history, each from his own perspective: every teacher reads his branch’s lessons aloud in a voice of his own and hands the students a further reading at the end of every lesson.
Grades and levels
| Grade | World | Language (CEFR) |
|---|---|---|
| K–4 | Animal Kingdom | English or German |
| 5–8 | The Great Wars (BRINK: The War to End War, 1914–1918), Entrepreneurship or International Relations | A1–A1+, A2–A2+, B1–B2 |
| 9–12 | The Great Wars (BRINK: The German Storm, 1936–1945), Entrepreneurship or International Relations | A1–A1+, A2–A2+, B1–B2 |
The teacher chooses the level for the class. Students open the platform with one click from their own school’s learning system, and leaderboards rank every class, every school and every school together.
Grades 5 to 12 · elective
BRINK: Entrepreneurship
The world our business-minded students enjoy most. Every week, while they learn English or German, they develop a business project of their own, and along the way they take economics, entrepreneurship, critical thinking and more.
At the finale, the students whose projects are liked best meet before a panel and present them.
Grades 5 to 12 · elective
BRINK: International Relations
For students who want to take their first steps towards a career in international relations and politics. They learn the history of the world after the Second World War and the craft of diplomacy in depth.
Every week they settle a problem in an online simulation, and at the finale the students with the most points meet for a modern simulation between nations.
In development
BRINK Library
An online library our content writers and educators are building: animated books read aloud, with games after every story. The library is planned to join our systems in 2028.
Language
Dungeons and Dialogues
A system of learning and play created together by our education scientists and English teachers. Students learn the language in role-playing sessions, where they speak because their character has to.
Research
BRINK Research
Our researchers work continually on technology in education, gamification, history and interdisciplinary study, and write theses on what they find. What we learn flows back into every project.
Hindenburg Competitions
On request we come to a school with juries of experts in each field and hold competitions in posters, drawing, story writing and poetry reading.
Posters
Hindenburg Poster Competition
Drawing
Hindenburg Artists Competition
Story writing
Hindenburg Story Writing Competition
Poetry reading
Hindenburg Poem Reading Competition
On request
Hindenburg Tailored Education Materials
Interdisciplinary teaching materials, reading books, coursebooks, assignments and slides, prepared by our specialists for what your school needs and sent to you.