K-5 Lessons
This page's resources are intended as tools for teachers and educators to implement to engage their students in hands-on STEM activities. If you'd rather have a LIGO educator come to your classroom to lead an activity, please check out our "Bring LIGO to You" page.
Direct Observation of Gravitational Waves: LIGO Educator's Guide: This Educator’s Guide provides a brief introduction to LIGO and to gravitational waves, along with two simple demonstration activities that you can do in your classroom to engage your students in understanding LIGO’s discoveries.
To view lessons by gradeband, select the gradeband pages linked here: K-5 Lessons, 6-8 Lessons, 9-12 Lessons.
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LIGO Lesson Plans |
Lesson Title |
Topic |
Recommended Grades |
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Black Hole Hunter | Astronomy | 4th - 12th |
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Magnetism | Magnetism | 3rd - 9th |
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Walking Functions | Mathematics | 4th - 9th |
