Images of Integration

Slice and dice: that's how I think about the calculus topic of Integration - take something complicated, slice into increasingly fine slices, then put it all back together. In my quest to encourage my students to see this theme in the wonderful world around them, here is a selection of images I used this term to help show the idea, generously made available by people around the world through a Creative Commons License on Flickr. If you're taking great photographs - think about sharing them under Creative Commons - a wonderful resource for teachers to help inspire students.

Bay St, St Louis Bridge by Alaskan Dude on Flickr

La Agora, be el.manu on Flickr

L'Hemisferic by el.manu on Flickr

Tower by timtom, on Flickr

Untitled, by SymoO, on Flickr

The idea of looking for visual representations inspired one of my students to take a photo of the magnificent Neuroscience Research Australia under construction across the road from our school - which just screams at me "Area under the curve!" every time I walk past it.

Neuroscience Research Australia building 2012 - under construction. Photo by J Yu - used with permission.

This is part 3 of a series of posts on teaching Integration.
Part 2:  Exploring Inequality - an entry point to calculus