Lesson Plan: Angular Impulse Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to calculate the angular impulse given to an object when a torque is applied to it for a period of time.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use to find the angular impulse experienced by an object to which a torque is applied,
- understand that an angular impulse is just a change in the angular momentum of an object,
- find the angular impulse experienced by an object from a straight-line graph of torque against time for that object,
- understand that an angular impulse is the angular analogue of a linear impulse.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- how to use Newton’s second law of motion for rotation: ,
- how to use .
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- integration,
- finding the angular impulse experienced by an object from a curved-line graph of torque against time for that object,
- the conservation of angular momentum.