The Highland Games

Rotating Bodies and Angular Momentum

A short introduction to this album.

Torque and Momentum

An introduction to rotating bodies, focusing on baton twirling. Sport scientist Dave Cogner explains the relationship between torque and angular momentum.

Spinning on Ice

A look at how ice skaters can control and change the speed of spinning, with relation to body mass and axis of rotation.

Diving

Angular momentum in Diving - rates of rotation, the moment of inertia, and the angle of momentum.

The Highland Games

The highland games provide a perfect background for studying the basic laws of rotational motion.