Prepared by:

Lady Suzette L. Alcaraz

Teacher
Good Morning
everyone!
Prayer
Prayer
Checking of Attendance
 House Rules
1. Follow the directions / instructions in the activities
carefully
2. Answer all the given tasks responsibly and on time
3. Respect others and their thought
4. Participate actively in the class
5. Follow safety protocols in the class.
CONTENT STANDARD
•The learners demonstrate
an understanding on the
concepts of Moment of
Inertia.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD

•The learners are able to

calculate the moment of
inertia about a given axis
of single-object and
multiple object systems.
LEARNING COMPETENCIES

1.Calculate the moment of

inertia about a given axis of
single-object and multiple object
systems STEM_GP12REDIIa-1
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected
to:
1. define moment of inertia
2. determine the factors affecting moment of
inertia
3. calculate the moment of inertia about a given
axis of single-object and multiple object
systems
4. appreciate the application of moment of inertia
in real life
ROTATIONAL
INERTIA
ACTIVITY 1: CARRY my dumbbell!

DUMBBELL A DUMBBELL B
ACTIVITY 1: CARRY my dumbbell!

Questions:
1. Which of the two dumbbell is
easier to lift? Why do you
think so?
2. How is this activity related in
Rotational Inertia?
ACTIVITY 1: CARRY my dumbbell!
Explanation:
Dumbbell B is easier to rotate in
spite of its large masses because
these are near its axis of rotation,
hence, the dumbbell’s moment of
inertia is smaller. The opposite can
be said of Dumbbell A.
 ACTIVITY 2: Let’s Go Back to
where we started?
1. How do you define Inertia
from our last discussion?
2. How is inertia of the laws
of motion related to
rotational inertia?
 ACTIVITY 2: Let’s Go Back to
where we started?
 Inertia is defined as the tendency
of an object at rest to remain at rest
and an object in motion to stay
moving in a straight line at a
constant velocity.
 As similar principle applies to
objects moving in rotational
motion.
 ACTIVITY 3: MOVING forward!
 An object rotating about an
axis tends to continue rotating
about that axis unless an
unbalanced external torque
(the quantity measuring how
effectively a force cause
rotation) tries to stop it.
 This is because objects
tend to resist any change
in their state of motion.
 This resistance is
physically embodied in the
inertial mass, or simply
mass.
 The resistance of an object
to changes in its rotational
motion is called
rotational inertia which
is also termed as moment
of inertia.
 If force is needed to
change the linear state of
motion of an object, torque
is required to change the
rotational state of motion
of an object.
 And so, if there is no
net torque, a rotating
object continues to
rotate at a constant
velocity.
 Rotational inertia
depends on the
distribution of the
mass.
 A small mass which is at a
greater distance from the
axis of rotation, has a
greater moment of inertia
than a large mass which is
near the axis of rotation.
 The moment of inertia, I,
gives a measurement of
the resistance of the body
to a change in its
rotational motion.
 The larger the moment of inertia
of a body, the more difficult it is
to put the body into rotational
motion or, the larger the moment
of inertia of a body, the more
difficult it is to stop rotational
motion.
 For the very special case of
the moment of inertia of a
single mass m, rotating
about an axis, a distance r
from m, we have,
 I = mr2
 It is important to remember that
when moment of inertia is asked
for, it is a must to specify about
what axis the rotation will take
place.
 Because r is different for each axis,
and since I differs as r2, I is also
different for each axis.
 The unit for the
moment of inertia
is kg∙m and has
2

no special name.
Activity 4: CALCULUS move!
SAMPLE PROBLEM 1
1. Find the moment of inertia of
a solid cylinder of mass 3.0 kg
and radius 0.50 m, which is free
to rotate about an axis through
its center.
Activity 4: CALCULUS move!

Given:
m = 3.0 kg
r = 0.50 m

Find: I
Activity 4: CALCULUS move!

Solution:
I = ½ mr 2

= ½ (3.0 kg) (0.50 m) 2

= ½ (3.0 kg) (0.25 m )

2

I = 0.38 kg∙m 2
THE FIRST LAW OF ROTATIONAL MOTION

A body in motion at a
constant angular velocity will
continue in motion at that
same angular velocity, unless
acted upon by some
unbalanced external torque.
THE FIRST LAW OF ROTATIONAL MOTION

 A very good example to

illustrate this is the earth’s
rotation.
 The earth continues to rotate
at an angular velocity of
7.27 x 10-5 rad/s since there
is no external torque acting
on it.
THE SECOND LAW FOR ROTATIONAL MOTION

 When an unbalanced external torque

acts on a body with moment of
inertia I, it gives that body an
angular acceleration α, which is
directly proportional to the torque τ
and inversely proportional to the
moment of inertia.
THE SECOND LAW FOR ROTATIONAL MOTION

In symbols, this

is given as
τ = Iα
THE THIRD LAW FOR ROTATIONAL MOTION

 If a body A and body B have

the same axis of rotation, and
if body A exerts a torque on
body B, then body B exerts an
equal but opposite torque on
body A.
 ACTIVITY 6: WE MADE IT!

 Solve the problem below

completely.
Lara, a 50.0 – kg gymnast, swings
her 1.5m-long body around a bar
by her outstretched arms. What is
her moment of inertia?
ACTIVITY 7: MOMENT of truth!
ACTIVITY 6: MOMENT of truth!
Activity 6: What have you learned?
1. Based from the lesson,
how will you define
moment of inertia?
2. What are three laws of
rotational motion?
Describe each.
 Activity 7: MOMENT to evaluate!
Solve the following problems
completely.
1. Lito is spinning a basketball with a
radius of 12 cm on the tip of his
finger. Determine the mass of tha ball
if its moment of inertia is 5.568 x 10-3
kg∙m2 .
 Activity 7: MOMENT to evaluate!
2. Wesley is twirling his 0.6
–m cane that has a mass of
0.5 kg. What is the moment
of inertia of the cane as it
spins about its center of
gravity?