Lesson Plan: Rotational Kinematics Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to model the change of the position with time of objects that move along circular paths.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- define the angle of a complete rotation as radians,
- convert between degrees and radians,
- define angular speed as the rate of change of angular displacement ,
- define angular acceleration as the rate of change of angular speed ,
- apply the kinematic equations of rotational motion , , and .
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- linear kinematic equations,
- the fact that the angle of a complete rotation = .
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- forces.
