Topic:
    Subtopics

Reading
(Main, Optional)

Reference Frames:
   Inertial Frame
   Galilean Transformations: Movies
   Linear Acceleration

TM §2.1-2.
TM §14.1-2

2-D Rotations:
   Rotating Coordinate Systems
   Centrifugal & Coriolis Forces
   Group Work: Constructing Solutions
   Group Work: Turntable Hockey
   Group Work: 2D rotations

Notes: 2D
Paradigm 6: Notes, Addendum, Worksheet

3-D Rotations:
   Rotating Coordinate Systems
   Centrifugal & Coriolis Forces

Notes: 3D
TM §10.1-10.3

Motion Relative to Earth: PowerPoint slides (pdf)
   Group Work: Earth Hockey I
   Group Work: Earth Hockey II

4 Journal Articles

Motion Relative to Earth:
   Ocean & Air Currents
   Missiles
   Foucault Pendulum

TM §10.4
Notes: Foucault

Special Relativity:
   Einstein's Postulates
   Time Dilation
   Length Contraction

GE §12.1.1-12.1.2

Special Relativity:
   Lorentz Transformations I
   Group Work: Paradoxes

GE §12.1.3
Taylor & Wheeler   (Ch. 3, L, 4)

Special Relativity:
   Spacetime Movies
   Rotations & Boosts

TD §1,2,3

Special Relativity:
   Spacetime Diagrams
   Lorentz Transformations II
   Group Work: More Paradoxes

GE §12.1.4 Taylor & Wheeler   (Ch. 5, 6)

Relativistic Mechanics
   Proper Time
   Energy & Momentum

TD §4
GE §12.2.1-12.2.2

Newtonian Dynamics:
   Conservation of Momentum
   Conservation of Mass
   Collisions

TM §9.1-9.7
GE §12.1.1

Relativistic Dynamics:
   Collisions & Scattering
   Group Work: Relativistic Particles

GE §12.2.3-12.2.4
TM §14.11

Relativistic E & M:
   Magnetism via SR

TD §5
GE §12.3.1-12.3.2

Relativistic E & M:
  Tensors
  Lorentz Transformations III
  E&M via Tensors

GE §12.3.3-12.3.5

Summary:   
   Doppler Effect
   Uniform Acceleration
   General Relativity

FINAL EXAM 7:30 - 9:20 equations