The Principle of Least Action: An Interactive Lesson
I wrote this lesson to explain the principle of least action in both an intuitive and rigorous manner. The intended audience is post-calculus high school students or early undergraduates. It is self-guided and contains interactive simulations to play around and justify the concepts to oneself, but it can also be presented as a didactic lesson. I had the opportunity to teach it as a 40 minute presentation to my high school's physics class: it was a lot of fun and my classmates enjoyed it too!
