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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/
Sunspot Science: Measuring the Frequency and Period of Sunspots  [ Report ]
  
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This activity for introductory physics introduces authentic sunspot data from NASA's Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) to promote understanding of period and frequency in the…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14987&DocI...
Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy-Content? 
  
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This is an English translation of the 1905 article by Albert Einstein that establishes the relation between the mass and energy of a particle.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/E_mc2/www/
Einstein Light: Inertial frames and Newtonian mechanics 
  
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This web page describes inertial and non-inertial frames of reference, the latter being frames where Newton's laws do not hold. The text explains "fictitious forces", the centrifugal…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Inertial.htm
Einstein Light: Galilean Relativity and Newtonian Mechanics 
  
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This animated tutorial, part of the Einstein Light website, presents the concept of relativity from a situation inspired by Galileo (an inertial reference frame). It shows the motion…
http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/einsteinlight/jw/module1_Galileo_and_Newton...
Light Clock 
  
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This simple animation illustrates the principle of time dilation, the phenomenon in which a clock that is moving relative to an observer is measured to run more slowly by that…
http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/more_stuff/flashlets/ligh...
The Light Cone: The Twin Paradox Applet 
  
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This applet explains the principles of Relativity based on Lorentzian and Galilean spacetime. The user can control the boost/Velocity. The applet will display the spacetime diagram…
http://web.archive.org/web/20090612062319/http://physics.syr.edu/courses...
PBS Learning Media: Frames of Reference 
  
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In this interactive activity from the American Museum of Natural History, students explore how the apparent motion of an object depends on the observer's frame of reference. An…
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