This page contains some of my favorite examples and software to use when teaching, that I think others might find useful. I am not including famous examples (like crows and whelks), but rather examples and software that I developed myself.
So far, a relatively small number of examples have been posted, but I hope to add more.
Single-variable calculus
- Chain rule: the derivative of a sound
- Area by cross-sections and Cavalieri's principle: Gehry Tower
- Riemann sums: ThrustSSC
- Derivatives of inverse functions: the Doppler effect
Multivariable calculus
- Graphing software: Graph2v
- Gradients, dot products, and projections: a simple raytracer & shading calculations
