Students act out the classic light clock scenario for deriving time dilation.
What students learn
- The path length difference of the photon in the light leads to disagreements about time intervals. Assists in a deriving an algebraic expression for time dilation.
How do the time intervals for your light clock in (1) your reference frame \(\Delta t\) and (2) your friend's reference frame \(\Delta t'\) compare?
- Keywords
- Special Relativity Time Dilation Light Clock Kinesthetic Activity
- Learning Outcomes
-