Use freely available gravitational-wave education tools and resources, including Black Hole Hunter and Einstein's Messengers¶

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Description¶

The article points educators to a set of existing tools for teaching gravitational-wave science: the LIGO Science Education Center, which "hosts field trips and professional development workshops, as well as a Research Experience for Teachers program"; the Einstein's Messengers website with curricular resources tied to state and national standards; the gwoptics.org outreach material; and Black Hole Hunter, a game introducing gravitational-wave data analysis by having players search for gravitational-wave sounds in simulated noisy data.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Internet access to the listed websites and programs; for the RET program, teacher application to a six-week paid internship

Constraints¶

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students and teachers

Target Learning Goals¶

• gravitational-wave physics, detector technology, and data analysis

Related Strategies¶

• Extend the curriculum with student-built interferometer projects and a Bayesian parameter-estimation unit

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Farr, Schelbert, & Trouille. (2012). Gravitational-wave science in the high school classroom. https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.3720. doi:10.48550/arxiv.1109.3720