Digital Explorations Project

Jungle Calculus Adventure

In this application, students will create animations and buttons in Adobe Flash Professional to build a game of sorts. The purpose of this application is to introduce the concept of integration, which is an important foundation of calculus. This application also demonstrates the many functions of ActionScript and Adobe Flash Professional. The lab will allow for students with any level of experience, or even lack thereof, with the coding language ActionScript to be able to create this teaching instrument. This lab requires no background knowledge, and the goal is to demonstrate one of the many applications of calculus. While sometimes calculus may seem like it serves no purpose other than to infuriate students, it is an essential building block that engineers must use on a daily basis.