Johns Hopkins University QuarkNet Center

In this activity students will search for the evidence of simulated gravitational waves in noisy data sets. Although the activity's discussion centers on the science of gravitational waves, the…

No events were detected at LIGO, until they made some upgrades such as: re-examined the coating and size of the mirrors. They looked at the how a laser beam can slightly heat and deform mirrors,…

Link Link to my poster https://docs.google.com/document/d/106xKcWwk8MMFvTs-CvrGeHpCfEvkoFpKwopM-ZNl1bI/edit?usp=sharing  

Google DocGoogle Doc for shared collaboration with the seismic review questions   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vLrAXwdsPVBac8nR6AibniBzpyfcpzybIQa3XFMYomc/edit?usp=sharing    

Authenticity of Scientific Anecdotes Nature volume157, pages196–197 (16 February 1946) THERE are two famous anecdotes told concerning-Michael Faraday and the usefulness of scientific discoveries.…

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    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…

Here is a Google Slides presentation about a 3-day lesson plan I did with my IB Physics seniors with the cosmic ray e-Lab. I have a muon detector in my classroom, so we use that, but you don't need a…

This is the college or AP C (with calculus) version of the video series that Tim Durkin was talking to us about. The entire video series is available from Caltech on YouTube through here:   http://…