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Special Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Relativity on Rotated Graph Paper Model displays Minkowski spacetime diagrams on rotated graph paper.  The worldlines of three inertial observers carrying horizontal light clocks…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11540&DocID=2464
Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram model uses light-trajectories to show the effect of relative motion when observing (recording) events in special relativity. In the default…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10383&DocID=1855
Physlet Quantum Physics - Special Relativity 
  
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Physlet Quantum Physics Section 2: Special Relativity provides simulation-based interactive resources that illustrate the basic concepts of special relativity. The chapters in this…
https://www.compadre.org/PQP/special-relativity/
Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model 
  
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The Spatial Geometry of a Uniformly Rotating Reference Frame JS Model explores the spatial geometry of the relativistic and the Newtonian reference frames. The left window depicts a…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15700&DocID=5449
Relativistic and Newtonian World Lines JS Model 
  
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The Relativistic and Newtonian World Lines JavaScript model simulates the motion of a particle in two inertial frames, and in the context of two different theories: a) the Einstein's…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15572&DocID=5435
Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frames JS Model 
  
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The Uniformly Accelerated Reference Frames JavaScrip model shows the world lines for six particles. The these point mass particles move in a Cartesian, inertial coordinate system in…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=15584&DocID=5440
Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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W. Christian and L. Wee
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The Simultaneity Spacetime Diagram model uses light-trajectories to show the effect of relative motion when observing (recording) events in special relativity. In the default…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16733&DocID=5856
Relativity Metric Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Relativity Metric program displays the effect of relative motion on the spatial and temporal separation of events in special relativity. In the default scenario, by dragging the…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7236&DocID=409
Simultaneous Events Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Simultaneous Events program displays the effect of relative motion on the relative ordering of events in special relativity. In the default scenario two simultaneous events are…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7237&DocID=410
Twin Paradox Program  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Twin Paradox program displays the effect of time dilation on a moving twin as seen from a stationary twin. In the default scenario the light signals sent from the moving twin are…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=7238&DocID=411

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