Relativity

Relativity Unit

Topic		Syllabus Ref. Not up to date se 2007	Text Ref	Supplemental Resources	Lesson / Activity	Assignment

Frames of Reference Electromagnetic Theory and the Speed of Light Special Relativity - Concepts and Postulates		G.1.1 - G.1.3	26-0, 26-1, Appendix E			assignment
		G.1.4 - G.1.5	(22-1), Appendix E
		G.2.1 - G.2.3 G.5.2 - G.5.3	26-1 to 26-4
Relativistic Kinematics - time dilation, length contraction, twin paradox, muon decay.		G.3.1 - G.3.8 G.5.1	26-5, 26-6	http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/ see #4. Time Dilation http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html see #42. The Lorentz Transformation http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/einstein/hotsciencetwin/ twin paradox simulation		p 819 #1,2,3,5.8.9.10 draw graph Lorentz factor vs % of c
Relativistic Mass Increase - mass energy equation , relativistic momentum and energy, relitavistic velocity addition		G.4.2 - G.4.7 G.6.1 - G.6.2	26-8 to 26-11	http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html see #44 Mass Momentum and Energy see #43 Velocity and Time (relative velocity addition)	6 mr2007 do the mass momentum and energy video and mass increase questions and # 18-23 of the mom & energy questions	mass increase p820 #13,15,17 momentum and energy p820 #18,21,23,32,37,39 relativistic velocity addition p821 #45,47
General Relativity	The Equivalence Principle	G.7.1 - G.7.3	33-3
	Spacetime	G.7.4 - G.7.6	26-7, 33-3
	Black Holes & evidence of gravitational bending of light	G.7.9 - G.7.11 G.8.1 - G.8.2	33-4
	Gravitational Red Shift	G.7.7 - G.7.8	33-3
	Gravitational Red Shift	G.8.3		wikipedia?

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