Thursday, May 31, 2012

LIGO Fieldtrip

On Tuesday, May 22nd we had a fieldtrip with Bayou Cajun Homeschoolers to LIGO which stands for LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE OBSERVATORY. They had lots of hands-on science activities for the kids. After lunch, there was a tour of the actual observatory, but I didn't go on that part because I stayed with the younger kids. Photobucket
Bernoulli blowers
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Screaming balloon
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Hinged mirror reflections - the angle of the mirror determines the number of reflections that you see - the bigger the angle, the less reflections; the smaller the angle, the more reflections
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3-d glasses and a geyser
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Fun with photo booth
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The video on the right was from a heat camera.
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OscylinderScope
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Wave machine and Resonant rings
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Resonant Rods and Gaussian Melody
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Giant slinky waves
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Image relay
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Drawing table
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