Gravitational Wave Review

Submitted by kcecire

Published: Sun, 06/12/2016 - 15:25 | Group(s):

LIGO e-Lab Workshop Facilitators

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:

What are gravitational waves?
Why do we seek to detect gravitational waves?
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)