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There's something fun and educational here for everyone.<br />  </p> <ul> <li><a href="classroom-activities">Classroom Activities </a>- All sorts of activities you can bring to your classroom that concentrate on LIGO, or concepts related to LIGO (such as, waves).</li> <li><a href="teacher-professional-development">Teacher Professional Development</a> - Visit this page to learn about the teacher professional development programs offered through each of our two observatories.</li> <li><a href="field-trips">Field Trips </a>- Want to take a school field trip to LIGO? Click on this link to book a field trip to one of our two observatories.</li> <li><a href="ligo-in-classroom">Bring LIGO to You</a> - If you can't bring your class to LIGO, then we may be able to bring a LIGO educator to you. Click here to learn more.</li> <li><a href="GWPhoneAlerts">GW Alerts on Your Phone</a> - Get notified of new gravitational wave candidate detections!</li> <li><a href="ask-ligo">Ask a LIGO-ite</a> - Do you have a question that's not answered anywhere else on our site? Click here to ask a question of a real LIGO scientist!</li> <li><a href="recommended-reading">Recommended Reading and Video</a> - Some of our favorite resources related to the science behind LIGO <ul> <li><a href="https://ligo.org/science-summaries/" target="_blank">Science Summaries</a>: available in many languages, these are condensed and simplified versions of a selection of LIGO's published papers.</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="activities-try-home">Try This at Home</a> - Here are some LIGO related activities you can try at home!</li> </ul> </div> <div class='clear'></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class='footer panel primary_color_light'> <div class='container'> <div class='row'> <div class='span6'> <div class='row'> <div class='span6'> <h6> <a href="/page/contact">Contact LIGO Livingston</a> </h6> <div class='location_details'> <p> Physical/shipping address: <br> 19100 LIGO Lane <br> Livingston, LA 70754 </p> </div> <div class='location_details'> <p> Postal address: <br> PO Box 940 <br> Livingston, LA 70754 </p> </div> <div class='location_details'> <p> Other Outreach Inquiries: <a href="mailto:%6f%75%74%72%65%61%63%68@%6c%69%67%6f-%6c%61.%63%61%6c%74%65%63%68.%65%64%75">Outreach Department</a> <br> </p> </div> <h6> Information: <a href="tel://2256863100">(225) 686-3100</a> </h6> </div> </div> <p class='policy_links'> <a href="/page/employment">Careers</a> </p> <p> <a href="/page/anti-harassment-statement">Anti-Harassment Policy</a> | <a href="/page/image-use-policy">Image Use Policy</a> | <a href="/page/privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> </p> </div> <div class='span6'> <div class='partner_logos'> <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/" alt="The U.S. National Science Foundation" title="The U.S. National Science Foundation"><img alt="Footer_nsf" src="/assets/logos/footer_nsf-b095d1e913dd555437f6682a15d70afb.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.caltech.edu" alt="California Institute of Technology" title="California Institute of Technology"><img alt="Footer_caltech" src="/assets/logos/footer_caltech-dffffad68d75521d67f82d4d77917573.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.mit.edu/" alt="Massachusetts Institute of Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology"><img alt="Footer_mit" src="/assets/logos/footer_mit-7e6fffaf2cde13a3af99772740d5df1d.png" /></a> </div> <div class='logo_details'> <p> The LIGO Laboratory is supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation award PHY-2309200 and <br> operated jointly by Caltech and MIT. 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