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03-13-2012
Content Type
Lab
Grade Level
Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, Undergraduate
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This activity explores the concepts of torque, inertia, and angular momentum. Students will investigate how torque causes an object to rotate. Students will also examine the relationships between angular acceleration, moment of inertia, angular momentum, and torque. The accompanying simulation can be found here: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/torque

Author: Sarah Stanhope