Relativity Classroom Aids

Teaching Relativity can be difficult. These classroom aids can help.

The Speed of Light

Land speed records         The  Speed of Sound         The Sound Barrier          Air and Space speed records          Galilean transformations          Galileo’s Seed of Light           Ole Roemer’s Speed of Light         Fizeau’s speed of light  Maxwell’s Speed of Light       Michelson Interferometer         Michelson-Morley Experiment                                     Speed of Light by Time of Flight     Speed of Light by Wavelength x Frequency

Special Relativity

Special Relativity Introduction          Time dilation          Space contraction          Adding velocities          Mass-energy and momentum     Simultaneity lost          Special Relativity postulates          Space-Time Minkowski Space          Twin Paradox

General Relativity I – Geometry

Equivalence Principle          Inertial vs Gravitational Mass          Absolute vs Relative Space and Time          Non-Euclidean Geometry     Measuring Geodesics          Riemannian Curvature Tensor          Einstein Field Equations

General Relativity II – Tests

Testing General Relativity Introduction     Mercury’s Orbit test          Bending Light test     Light Cone Tipping   Gravitational Redshift Test      Pound Rebka Experiment    Gravitational Time Dilation         Twin Paradox Resolved

Gravitational Lensing

  Gravitational Lensing Introduction    Einstein Rings  The Gravitational Lens Itself    Flickering Quasars to the Hubble Constant    Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae    Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies    Gravitationally Lensed Stars

Black Holes

Black Hole Introduction        Black Hole Categories    Frame Dragging and the Kerr Metric     Black Hole Formation      Accretion Disk Dynamics    Accretion Disk Jets    Anatomy of a Black Hole  First Ever Black Hole Image  Finding Black Hole Cygnus X-1    Finding SMBH Sagittarius A Star    Finding an IMBH in M4    Finding a Black Hole via a Disappearing Star     Finding a Black Hole with Gravitational Microlensing      Abell 1201 SMBH Lens    SMBH Accretion Disk Composition    A Few Interesting Super Massive Black Holes      Galaxies Orbiting a Distant Quasar    Two Oldest Black Holes    James Webb and the Big Bang Timeline

Gravitational Waves

Gravitational Waves Introduction          Gravitational Wave Geometry          Coalescing Binary Star Systems     Coalescing Neutron Stars          Coalescing Black Holes          Hulse-Taylor Pulsar              Strain Gauge         LIGO Interferometer              GW150914              GW150914 Sky Location