The University of Arizona / MATHEMATICS

SWRIMS HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOPS

Einstein's Way Cool Notion of Motion

Saturday, 24 October 1998, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Mathematics Building, Room 501



Workshop organizers:

Presentations
Guadalupe Lozano-Ross <lozano\@math.arizona.edu>
Kris Green <kgreen\@math.arizona.edu>
Brian Walton <walton\@math.arizona.edu>

Administrative matters
Alexander Perlis <aprl\@math.arizona.edu>
Sandy Sutton <sutton\@math.arizona.edu>


Workshop schedule:

Historical perspectives on relativity (Guadalupe Lozano-Ross and Kris Green)

Galilean motion and relativistic effects (Brian Walton)

Measuring distance in a new way (Kris Green)

Paradoxes of special relativity (Brian Walton)

Acceleration effects (Kris Green)

General relativity predictions and results (Guadalupe Lozano-Ross)

Workshop participants:

Canyon del Oro High School
Tucson, Arizona
Christopher Yetman's students:
  Amelia Falco
  Minhni He
  Perlana Howard
  Philip Hughes
  Dave Kaz
  Bradley Konecnik
  Kristen McDonald
  Scott Ramsey
  Noah Snavely
  Michael Stepp
  Joseph Vega
  Chase Waddell

  

Cholla High School
Tucson, Arizona
Teachers:
  Patricia Deeren
Patricia Deeren's students:
  Javier Mendoza
  Carlos Rivera

Maricopa High School
Maricopa, Arizona
Teachers:
  Andrew Ridley
Andrew Ridley's students:
  Damien Cowger
  Jennifer Miller
  Misty Wickes

  

Douglas High School
Douglas, Arizona
Teachers:
  Denise Garcia
  Juli Schexnayder
???'s students:
  Meghan Carragher
  Alexis Elias
  David Gage
  Abraham Gomez Jr.
  Marco Léon
  Dominic Martinez
  Mario Martinez
  Hector Novoa
  Erica Padilla
  Alphonse Paire
  Alexis Pedregó
  Edna Perez
  Mario Terán
  Adrian Vasquez

Summary: 4 teachers and 31 students.


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