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Classroom Activities, Lessons and Projects Related to LIGO Science

The links in the table below will take you to packages of lessons whose outcomes are referenced to science standards in both Washington and Oregon. The grade range for each package can be determined from the table. Some have versions for both middle and high school levels. The packages are linked to a set of additional activities that students would do at the LIGO Hanford site as part of a field trip. The on-site LIGO activities will hopefully provide an avenue for students to apply what they have learned in the classroom lessons to the 'real world' of science research. The classroom packages are also written to be meaningful as stand-alones in the event that a field trip to LIGO does not occur.


PackageGrades 5-8Grades 9-12
Helpful Hints for Using these Packages
The LIGO Star Chart
The Scientific Method with a Pendulum
Build and Use Your Own Michelson Interferometer 
Build and Use a Simple Spectroscope
Powers of Two
Scaling the Earth's Atmosphere
Feedback to LIGO about the Packages

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