Gravitational Wave Review

Please diviide into 3 groups. Each group takes on the Foundational Question and on of the three Group Questions, using the provided online resources..

When each group is finished, the members should make a poster giving the main points learned. The posters should include diagrams. 

Finally, each group should share their poster with the other groups.

Foundational Question: What is spacetime?

Resources: 

• Physics of the Universe (http://tiny.cc/pmgxpy)
• Gravity - Aristotle to Einstein (http://tiny.cc/xogxpy)
• Wikipedia (http://tiny.cc/ypgxpy)

Group Questions:

1. What are gravitational waves?
2. Why do we seek to detect gravitational waves?
3. What are the sources of gravitational waves?

Resources:

• LIGO site (http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/what-are-gw)
• LIGO Educator's Guide (http://tiny.cc/3qgxpy)
• Wikipedia (http://tiny.cc/7qgxpy)