The link below takes you to a version of the AQA textbook for Turning Points section 3 - Special Relativity. Please use this and your own textbook to read about absolute motion and the Michelson Morley experiment, make notes on what they did, what they tried to prove and why their null result was significant, plus answer the questions on page 6. You will get a printed copy of this next week.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_-6rEo3ljnValJjaTN0VFg2YWs
Thanks and see you next week
Ms H
Friday, 24 February 2017
Sunday, 19 February 2017
Y13 work for Ms Hamnett - no lessons Monday or Tuesday
Dear Year 13
I am really sorry but I am unwell and have bronchitis so there are no lessons at the start of this week and possibly not till next week. I am setting a bit of cover work now so that we don't fall behind and I will add more here later this week if needed.
Introduction to special relativity
1. Read the first section on this in your text books and start to make notes on the two postulates (don't worry, it will all make sense in the end!)
2. Watch the great relativity show linked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_exSXi0xI several times and make notes on what it claims
3. Read more about the idea of a light clock (referred to in the video) and draw a labelled diagram explaining what it is (it is a sort of thought experiment to exaplin some observations)
4. Finally, read through the first few thought experiments linked here http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p139/exp/gedanken.html and make notes on what they show.
Your head will probably hurt, don't worry that is perfectly normal. All will become clear!
Thanks
Ms H
I am really sorry but I am unwell and have bronchitis so there are no lessons at the start of this week and possibly not till next week. I am setting a bit of cover work now so that we don't fall behind and I will add more here later this week if needed.
Introduction to special relativity
1. Read the first section on this in your text books and start to make notes on the two postulates (don't worry, it will all make sense in the end!)
2. Watch the great relativity show linked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi_exSXi0xI several times and make notes on what it claims
3. Read more about the idea of a light clock (referred to in the video) and draw a labelled diagram explaining what it is (it is a sort of thought experiment to exaplin some observations)
4. Finally, read through the first few thought experiments linked here http://aether.lbl.gov/www/classes/p139/exp/gedanken.html and make notes on what they show.
Your head will probably hurt, don't worry that is perfectly normal. All will become clear!
Thanks
Ms H
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