Lesson Plan: Center of Mass and Integration
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to use integration to find the center of mass of a region bounded by a curve of a function.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- find centers of mass of laminas using integration,
- find centers of mass of solids of revolution using integration.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- integration,
- solids of revolution.