2018 LIGO e-Lab Workshop at KSU

Submitted by ShaneWood
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Kansas State University QuarkNet Center

June 4-5, 2018
Cardwell Hall, Room #224 @ KSU

Small URL for page: https://tinyurl.com/ksu2018ligo

 

Objectives

Participating teachers will be able to:

  • Plot and interpret data recorded by LIGO seismic instruments; address limitations in the data.
  • Make claims based on evidence from LIGO data and provide reasoning.
  • Describe the connections between LIGO seismic data and classical physics wave concepts.
  • Explain the importance of LIGO seismic data in a gravitiational wave search.
  • Develop a plan to implement material from the workshop in an educational setting.

 

Agenda 

Times and specific activities are subject to adjustment.

 Monday 4 June

09:00     Coffee, Registration, Sign-in
                and Introductions

10:00     Videos:

10:30     Break

10:45     Waves Presentation
                   >Bharat Ratra

12:00     Lunch

13:00     Exploration of LIGO e-Lab: 

14:00     Seismology and Interferometer Review

15:00     Break

15:15     Search and analyze in e-Lab data:

16:00     Begin research

16:30     End of Day

Tuesday 5 June

09:00     Coffee, Sign-in and Reflection

  • What is the thread that ties what we are doing together?
  • What worked and did not work yesterday?
  • How are we doing on the objectives?
  • LIGO Article

09:30     Waves presentation
                  > Bharat Ratra

10:30     Break

10:45     Continue research

12:00     Lunch 

13:00     LIGO Hanford Virtual Visit?

13:30     Finish posters

14:00     Present posters    

14:30     Implementation discussion

15:00     Reflection/Evaluation

  • take-aways from the workshop
  • what you learned beyond the objectives
  • what you would like to learn more about.
  •  
  • Evaluation

15:30     End of LIGO e-Lab workshop

 

 

 

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