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Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian rather than just read about it. In short: Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian (German: Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian) is a 2009 German animated film directed by Thilo Graf Rothkirch and Piet De Rycker. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Laura's Star, based on the book series by Klaus Baumgart.

Key takeaways

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian (German: Lauras Stern und der geheimnisvolle Drache Nian) is a 2009 German animated film directed by Thilo Graf Rothkirch and Piet De Rycker. It is a sequel to the 2004 film Laura's Star, based on the book series by Klaus Baumgart. The film was released in Germany on 24 September 2009 by Warner Bros. Pictures under their Family Entertainment label, and grossed over $4.2 million at the box office. The film received positive reviews from critics. It was followed by Laura's Star and the Dream Monsters in 2011.

Synopsis Laura is traveling to China with her family because her mother is participating in an important concert on her cello with Chinese musicians for the Chinese New Year. Her flying star flies with them, but crashes and is found by a Chinese girl named Ling-Ling. She eventually finds Laura because her aunt is also performing at the concert. The Star then brings a Dragon costume, Nain, to life, and they have fun. However, the dragon is being pursued by a dark, demonic, cloud-shaped force, which, according to an old Chinese legend, wants to prevent spring from ever coming again. The girls attempt to stop the cloud from taking over the dragon.

Voice cast Annabel Wolf as Laura Mariann Schneider as Ling-Ling Dirk Bach as Dragon Nian Sandro Iannotta as Tommy Brit Gülland as Mama Heinrich Schafmeister as Papa Susanne Dobrusskin as Aunt

Release

Home media The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Home Video on 12 March 2010.

References

External links Official website (Wayback Machine) (in German) Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian at IMDb

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian

In research: Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000s German animated films, 2009 German-language films, 2009 German films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian in simple terms?

Why does Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Laura's Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian.