Hey there!

For my final calculus project, I am making a little book that incorporates calculus into disney/pixar/dreamworks movies. For example, on one page, I am using related rates to find the how fast the volume of a balloon is change at 10 inches (and applying this to the balloon and house scene in Up).

To give you another example, I'm going to "find" the area under the curve as Jane swoops down and swings through the jungle in Tarzan. Since I don't know any real measurements or numbers, I just make them up.

Do you guys have any ideas about which Calculus AB concepts I can apply to different scenes/characters from movies?

Thanks!

Why don't you try Ants?! Then you can figure out measurements that might make sense because you know what size ants actually are in reality. Plus, it's a cool movie.

As for which concepts to use, not a clue... We don't even call that branch of maths calculus here, it's possibly called mechanics. Maybe core maths, it's a while since I did my A-level!

that's a cool idea!

you could measure the volume of aladins lamp for example, but that might be hard?!

You could find the instantaneous rate of change of speed for one of the Cars in 'Cars' during a race?

Optimization of the best length, width, height of a 'scream canister' like they had in 'Monsters Inc.' so that it has a given surface area and the largest volume possible?

Just some suggestions based on what I can remember from calculus in high school. Just as a side note, where I live calculus isn't a separate subject at school, it's just part of maths if you elect to take the more advanced level.