Lesson Plan: Total Relativistic Energy Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the total relativistic energy of massive objects moving relative to an observer.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use in all permutations,
- interpret graphs of total relativistic energy against .
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- relativistic mass,
- relativistic kinetic energy,
- mass–energy equivalence,
- units of eV and eV/.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- the relativistic momentum–energy equation,
- metrics,
- intervals.
