LIGO e-Lab Workshop for VQNet in Chicago
August 11th-14th, 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.
Location
University of Illinois Chicago-Physics Building
SES2214
Agenda
Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.
Thursday August 1109:00 Coffee, Registration 09:15 Introduction
09:45 Break 10:00 Breaking News from CMS, HEP, and other exciting areas of Physics
11:00 Intro to Gravity Waves via Youtube 11:15 Interferometer activity
12:00 Lunch 13:00 Videos: 13:30 Exploration of LIGO e-Lab:
14:30 Break 14:45 Search and analyze in data: 15:30 Begin resreach
16:30 End of Day
19:05 Cubs vs. Cardinals |
Friday August 1209:00 Coffee/Reflection
09:15 Research activity
10:00 LIGO Hanford Virtual Visit 10:30 Break 10:45 Continure with Research Activity 11:15 Begin Poster Creation 12:00 Lunch 13:00 Gravitational Waves Presentation
14:30 Break 14:45 Sharing and Discussion of How We Teach Universal Gravity in High School
16:15 Reflection 16:30 End of Day |
Saturday August 139:00 Coffee 9:15 Continue to Work on Posters 10:00 Present Posters 10:30 Break 10:45 Implementation discussion 11:15 Reflection 11:30 Evaluation 12:00 End of workshop |
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