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.
Bernoulli blowers

Screaming balloon

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

3-d glasses and a geyser

Fun with photo booth

The video on the right was from a heat camera.

OscylinderScope

Wave machine and Resonant rings

Resonant Rods and Gaussian Melody

Giant slinky waves

Image relay

Drawing table