Lesson Plan: Relativistic Momentum
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the relativistic momentum of massive objects moving relative to an observer.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use in all permutations,
- use units of for masses,
- interpret graphs of against .
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- inertial reference frames,
- Einstein’s postulates,
- the Lorentz factor.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- length contraction,
- time dilation,
- velocity transformations,
- coordinate transforms,
- metrics,
- intervals,
- the relativistic Doppler effect,
- relativistic energy,
- mass–energy equivalence.
