The Physics
Classroom
1-D Kinematics
Newton's Laws
Vectors - Motion and
Forces in Two Dimensions
Momentum
and Its Conservation
Work,
Energy, and Power
Circular Motion and Planetary
Motion
Einstein's
Theory of Special Relativity
Static Electricity
Current Electricity
Waves
Sound
Waves and Music
Light
Waves and Color
Reflection
and the Ray Model of Light
Refraction
and the Ray Model of Light
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Lesson 1: Relativity - What is
it?
- Fermilab's Time
Dilation Challenge.
- The Basics
of Relativity (6
seconds)
- The Relativity Game - Challenge
what you know!
Note: For Fermilab's Time
Dilation Challenge and The Relativity Game, you need
Shockwave. You may painlessly Download
Shockwave here if you do not have it.
Lesson 2: Time
Dilation
- The
equation.
- Where does
that come from?
- I still don't get it!
Give me
the basketball analogy.
- So what? There's an equation.
How do
I use the equation in the game?
- Practice
Problems.
- Examples
to aid your practice.
Lesson 3 : Length
Contraction
- The
equation.
- Where does
that come from?
- I still don't get it!
Give me
the Alpha Century
Example.
- So what? There's an equation.
How do
I use the equation in the game?
- Practice
Problems.
- Examples
to aid your practice.
Lesson 4 : Relativistic
Mass
- The
equation.
- Where does
that come from?
- I still don't get it!
Give me
the space pool analogy.
- So what? There's an equation.
How do
I use the equation in the game?
- Practice
Problems.
- Examples
to aid your practice.
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