The Lab Goes Home: astro-lab@home and the COVID Pivot in Astronomy Education

In spring 2020, the astro-lab at the University of Cologne shut down like everything else. The question was whether you could replicate a hands-on student lab using smartphones and household materials — and send it home. This is the story of how we tried, what we published in CAPjournal, and what happened when schools reopened.

14 October 2022 · 6 min · Sebastian Spicker