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| - | - This kinesthetic activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize "straight" lines on a curved surface. | + | - This kinesthetic activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students visualize "straight" lines on a rotating object. |
| - Students work in pairs and attempt to draw straight lines on a rotating balloon. | - Students work in pairs and attempt to draw straight lines on a rotating balloon. | ||
| - | - The entire class wrap-up discussion includes students sharing their work, opening up the classroom for a conversation on geodesics (the straightest possible lines on a surface with curvature). | + | - The entire class wrap-up discussion includes students sharing their work, opening up the classroom for a conversation on trajectories of objects in a rotating reference frame. |
