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Tevian Dray and Mary Bridget Kustusch
published by the Paradigms in Physics Program
This small group activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students realize the connection between special relativity and electromagnetism. Students work in groups and derive part of the Lorentz transformations for electromagnetism. The whole class wrap-up discussion feeds into a lecture summarizing the group work and details the behavior of electromagnetic fields in special relativity, thus allowing students to connect their understanding of electromagnetic fields to their previous work on length contraction.
This material is part of the Paradigms in Physics project at Oregon State University. This work promotes the use of active student learning in upper division physics courses. Both learning materials and learning strategies are provided to help both students and instructors.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=13605">Dray, Tevian, and Mary Bridget Kustusch. Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, August 23, 2013.</a>
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T. Dray and M. Kustusch, (Paradigms in Physics Program, Corvallis, 2008), WWW Document, (http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_rfemlorentz.html).
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T. Dray and M. Kustusch, Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism (Paradigms in Physics Program, Corvallis, 2008), <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_rfemlorentz.html>.
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Dray, T., & Kustusch, M. (2013, August 23). Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from Paradigms in Physics Program: http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_rfemlorentz.html
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Dray, Tevian, and Mary Bridget Kustusch. Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, August 23, 2013. http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_rfemlorentz.html (accessed 23 April 2024).
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Dray, Tevian, and Mary Bridget Kustusch. Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism. Corvallis: Paradigms in Physics Program, 2008. 23 Aug. 2013. 23 Apr. 2024 <http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/activities_guides_rfemlorentz.html>.
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Author = "Tevian Dray and Mary Bridget Kustusch",
Title = {Paradigms in Physics: Lorentz Transformations for Electromagnetism},
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Number = {23 April 2024},
Month = {August 23, 2013},
Year = {2008}
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