LIGO e-Lab workshop at Calumet

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Submitted by kcecire on Thu, 06/02/2016 - 12:16
Purdue University Northwest QuarkNet center

June 9-10, 2016

 

Objectives

Participating teachers will be able to use the LIGO e-Lab to:

  • Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments
  • Explain the importance of LIGO seismic data in gravitiational wave search
  • Use LIGO seismic data to demonstrate classical physics concepts.

 

Agenda 

Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.

Thursday 09 June

09:00     Coffee, Registration

09:15     Introduction/Objectives/Overview/Data Porfolio

09:45     Break

10:00     Gravitational Waves presentation

11:00      Interferometer activity

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Exploration of LIGO e-Lab: 

14:15     Break

14:30     Search and analyze in data:

15:30     Exploration of LIGO posters

16:00     Reflections and discussion

16:30     End of Day

Friday 10 June

09:00     Coffee/Recap of Yesterday/Plan for Today

09:15     Create:

  • Research plan
  • Questions about LIGO

10:00     LIGO Hanford Virtual Visit

10:30     Break

10:45     Research activity

12:00     Lunch 

13:00     Conclude research and create posters

14:30     Presentations

15:00     Break     

15:15     Implementation discussions

16:00     Evaluation

16:30     End of workshop

               

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