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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Think Like Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site challenges you to think like Einstein and understand how time travel might be possible.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Einstein: How Smart Was He?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.
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BBC

Bbc Mundo: El Ano Magico De Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
A special feature on Einstein from the BBC, in Spanish. Follow Einstein's life, including his role in the development of the atomic bomb; learn about the impact and practical applications of his work; or watch a speech he gave in 1950...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Physics: String Theory for Undergraduates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level physics course focusing on the string theory. The course develops the aspects of string theory and makes it accessible to students familiar with basic electromagnetism and statistical mechanics. Course features include...
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Simultaneous Events Program

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation showing how relative motion affects event order in special relativity. Manipulate the relative speed of two simultaneous events and observe the results.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Michelson Morley Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Georgia State University is where the proof all starts. One must understand this experiment to have any confidence in relativity. Here's the experimental setup and a summary of the data.
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Other

Walter Fendt: Ejemplo De Dilatacion Del Tiempo

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation shows that the ship clock goes slower than the two clocks of the system Earth and Pluto. This site is best viewed with Internet Explorer.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Does Light Travel Through Space and Other Media?

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion of the nature of light, how it can travel through a vacuum, and how the speed of light is affected when light travels through a medium.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Sin Itiro Tomonaga

For Students 9th - 10th
Japanese theoretical physicist Sin-Itiro Tomonaga resolved key problems with the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED) developed by Paul Dirac in the late 1920s through the use of a mathematical technique he referred to as...
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Other

Great Thinkers and Visionaries: Books by Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a comprehensive listing of over 50 books written by Einstein. Each has a link to Amazon, listing availability, cost, short synopsis.

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