Lesson: Moment of Inertia Physics

In this lesson, we will learn how to calculate the angular mass, called the moment of inertia, of rotating objects of various regular shapes.

Lesson Plan

Students will be able to

use the formulae for the moment of inertia of a hoop, disk, sphere, hollow sphere, rectangular prism, cylinder, rod held at its center, rod held at one end, and a point mass orbiting about an axis to calculate moments of inertia,
compare the dimensions of different objects that have equivalent moments of inertia.

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