The second video in the series on Special Relativity introduces the concept of perspective, relative distance, and graphing spacetime. Simple illustrations create clarity while describing each concept in depth.

Concepts

the theory of special relativity, perspective, translations

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Practice drawing spacetime diagrams

Classroom Considerations

• Last minute of video contains an advertisement, not content
• Assumes prior knowledge of graphing, ordered pairs, and the distance formula

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Works well in traditional or flipped classes
• Provides closed captioning for ease of note taking

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 SL.11-12.2 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4