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LIGO Science Education Center

Trafton 2018

Pinhole Theater

Eye Model & Pinhole Theater

Create a basic model of the eye, then get into it and use it as a pinhole theater. Learn more about your detector - they eye - by modeling it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For More information on the pinhole theater, check out Eric Muller's write-up at: http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/personal_pinhole.pdf

 

Mirror investigation

 

Mirrors and Reflections

Investigate with a variety of mirrors to see how an image changes when the shape of the mirror changes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirror-Image sequence of numbers

Mirror Images

An activity on symmetry & reflection using mirror images of numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirror-Image Challenge

Mirror challenge

Use a flat mirror to see if you can successfully recreate these mirror challenges with the mirror and half the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Touch the Paper-clip

Touch the paper-clip

This is a 'snack' (science interactive) of LIGO's _Touch the Spring_ exhibit using a special front surface concave/parabolic mirror (discontinued)._Touch the Paper-clip_