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Relativity of motion

Learning objectives

  • To distinguish an inertial frame from a laboratory frame.
  • To introduce the notion of Galilean Relativity.

Three cameras film a moving object. The selected camera is flashing.

This animation could be useful to illustrate the following terms :

  • inertia frame of reference ;
  • local frame of reference ;
  • Galilean Relativity.

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