LIGO Education and Public Outreach

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) is an ambitious basic physics experiment that is attempting to directly measure gravitational waves predicted by Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. As part of its mission, LIGO engages in a number of education and outreach projects to teachers, students, and the general public. I will discuss some of these programs, including the exhibit for the World Science Festival in New York, the Science Education Center at the LIGO Livingston Louisiana Observatory, laboratory tours at the LIGO MIT laboratory in Cambridge, and the screensaver data analysis program Einstein@Home.