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HiPaperback"
I have found that George Gamow's collection of stories "Mr. Tompkins in
specifically the "City Speed Limit" story to be most helpful and enjoyablefor teaching
special relativity. The synopses of the story is that Gamow's character,Mr. Tompkins,
spends time in a world where the speed of light is about 25 mph and theconsequences of SR
are commonplace for the citizens there. I have my students produce theirown stories and
poems based around the idea of producing 'educational science fiction' -sure beats grading
yet another standard exam. The assignment is very well received by myjuniors and seniors.
HTH
Scott
frank cange
From: Ben Crowell <bcrowell@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: "phys-l@lists.nau.edu: Forum for Physics Educators"
<PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: active learning for special relativity
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 15:00:46 -0800
Can anyone suggest any good sources of active learning
exercises, discussion questions, ConcepTests, etc. for
special relativity? I'm teaching the topic as part of our
two-semester algebra-based physics course.
Ben Crowell
Fullerton College
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