From Exoplanets to the Star Wars Universe or the Gulf Stream — Follow-Up Activities for the Exoplanet Student Laboratory at the University of Cologne

About This Paper

This article addresses what happens after students visit the exoplanet student laboratory at the University of Cologne. The authors developed and evaluated a range of follow-up activities that connect the laboratory experience to broader contexts: the habitable worlds of Star Wars, the role of ocean currents in Earth's climate, and the detection of biosignatures on exoplanets. The paper includes implementation notes and evaluation data.

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Astronomie + Raumfahrt im Unterricht, 56(1), pp. 10–16, 2019.