LIGO e-Lab workshop at Calumet

Submitted by kcecire

Published: Thu, 06/02/2016 - 12:16 | Group(s):

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

Learn about 2 types of QuarkNet account
Each teacher in this workshop should have both.

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:

start at https://www.i2u2.org/
log in with account
review Resources and Project Map
Seismology Review using e-Lab resources
try out features

14:15 Break

14:30 Search and analyze in data:

Oklahoma earthquake, 13 Feb 2016 (17:07:06 UTC)
GW150914 event
Random event of your choice

15:30 Exploration of LIGO posters

16:00 Reflections and discussion

16:30 End of Day

Homework: QN Teacher Survey

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

Claims. Evidence, Reasoning
NGSS practices
Info on frequency bands

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Conclude research and create posters

14:30 Presentations

15:00 Break

15:15 Implementation discussions

16:00 Evaluation

Workshop Participant Survey

16:30 End of workshop