LIGO workshop July 25 - 26, 2018

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Submitted by Marla Glover on Wed, 07/18/2018 - 21:46

Johns Hopkins University QuarkNet Center

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 gravitational wave search
Identify and list classical physics concepts in LIGO data analysis
Develop a plan for use of the LIGO e-Lab with students.

Agenda

Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.

Wednesday July 25

09:00 Coffee/Speaker

10:00 Introductions

QuarkNet accounts (you need 2 kinds)
Objectives/Overview
Expectations
Data Porfolio

10:15 Gravitational Waves presentation

10:45 Break

11:00 Interferometer activity

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Exploration of LIGO e-Lab

log in with account
create student account
review Resources and Project Map
try out features
Seismology Review

14:30 Break

14:45 Search and analyze in data:

16:30 End of Day

Thursday July 26

09:00 Coffee/Speaker

10:00 Reflection

What is the thread that ties what we are doing together?
What worked and did not work yesterday?
How are we doing on the objectives?
Multi-messenger discovery article

10:15 Fabric of Space Activity

10:45 Break

11:00 Begin research

log in as student
Explore LIGO posters
Create research plan
Claims. Evidence, Reasoning
NGSS practices
Info on frequency bands

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Finish research/Create Posters

Break as needed

15:00 Poster Presentation

15:45 Implementation discussion/Reflection

16:15 Evaluation

Workshop Participant Survey

16:30 End of workshop

Resources

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