| Topic | Activities | How tested? |
|---|---|---|
| Critical experiments and postulates , Length contraction, Time Dilation, Relativistic Mass, Twin Paradox, Experimental Verifications | Lectures, Read The Time and Space of Uncle Albert, with comments Work through the sections about relativity in "Gedanken Physics" | Multiple Choice test (I will try to provide an example here) |
| E=Mc2, Nuclear Binding energies, Fission / fusion |
| Effect of Gravity on light. Effect on clocks. Curvature of Space Existence and properties of black holes | Lectures, Read Black Holes and Uncle Albert, with comments Work through more sections about relativity in "Gedanken Physics". Consider curvature of earth, (Erathostenes, maps, etc) | Multiple Choice test (I will try to provide an example here) |
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| In general, get acquainted with how pictures can be used to describe the theory of relativity. | ||