Disney Teaches Geometry

Kayla Wortham September 19, 2013

Acute Story

Acute angle: an angle that is less than 90 degrees http://movieclips.com/ky3EB-the-princess-and-the-frogmovie-it-didnt-end-well/35.97/55.09 The Tip of Lewis Teeth are less than 90 degrees making them acute angles.

Bisects the sections

Bisector: line that divides something into two equal parts.

No one can divide their friendship

http://movieclips.com/gCsdV-up-movie-nobodysmaster/0/19.41 The knot bisects the string strapping the house to the protagonists.

Incredible Circles
Circle: a set of all points in a plane that are equal distance from a given point in the plane, which is the center of the circle. Circles have no sides or edges. http://movieclips.com/L4HM-the-incrediblesmovie-fighting-back/20.01/30.75 The robots detector is a circle. All the points are equal distance to the center and there are no sides or edges.

Lightning Fast Circumference

Circumference: the distance around a circle

http://movieclips.com/JjrsP-cars-movielightning-catches-up/14.08/26.81 All the race cars are going around the circumference of the track.

Collinear
Collinear: 3 or more that lie in the same straight line http://movieclips.com/jsPS-tangledmovie-how-you-doin/37.98/68.85 Flynns shirt has dots on a line that are collinear

Cone Head
Cone: a 3D solid figure, that has a circle base and a single vertex

http://movieclips.com/VSj2-tangledmovie-the-snuggly-duckling/25.47/46.27

One of the customers has a cone helmet!!

Length-ing out our options

Congruent Segments: two line segments that are the same length http://movieclips.com/Ecis-tangled-moviemother-gothel/43.76/61.21 Rapunzels dress has congruent segments as lines on her sleeves.

Lie-ing on Line

Coplanar: A set of points, line, line segments, rays or shapes that lie on the same plane http://movieclips.com/FXbZ-theprincess-bride-movie-never-go-inagainst-a-sicilian-when-death-is-on-theline/179.16/196.71 The rock wall is Coplanar because all the rocks lie on the same line

Candle Stick Cylinder

Cylinder: the surface traced by a straight line moving parallel to a fixed straight line and intersecting a fixed planar closed curve http://movieclips.com/Lh4j-beauty-and-the-beastmovie-control-your-temper/0/23.9 Candles are cylinders and Lumire is an example of everyday geometry objects.

Intersecting Personalities

Intersection: Where lines meet

http://movieclips.com/8GUAe-tangled-movie-thesmolder/0/19.85

Rapunzels hair intersects when she has Flynn Rider tied up.

Todds Tail
Isosceles Triangle: A triangle with two equal sides The angles opposite the equal sides are also equal. http://movieclips.com/NnRXo-the-fox-and-the-houndmovie-new-friends/0/23.59 Todds tail is an isosceles triangle that shows up in everyday life.

Linking Tongue to Ear

Line Segment: A straight line which links two points without extending behind them http://movieclips.com/EKqYy-tangled-moviewet-willy/25.42/40.39

Pascals tongue is the start point and Flynns ear is the ending point; it creates a line.

Obtuse Friendship
o Obtuse Angle: An angle that is 90180 degrees o http://movieclips.com/DgTQobambi-movie-bambi-meetsflower/23.07/45.5 o Flowers tail as a white mark that is an obtuse angle

Love Line-ing up
Parallel Lines: 2 lines that never meet

http://movieclips.com/NKgZtoy-story-3-movie-ken-meetsbarbie/32.43/53.17
The walls are parallel lines.

The Right Friendship

Perpendicular Lines: two lines that meet at right angles
http://movieclips.com/cFAP4tangled-movie-reluctantalliance/50.74/66.99

Maximus ranges comes together and they are perpendicular.

Plane Advice
Plane: a flat surface that extends infinitely in all directions http://movieclips.com/DCZ7M-alice-inwonderland-movie-cheshirecat/43.12/60.23 The sky is a plane because it doesnt end and extends in all directions

Tangled Up in Points

Point: An exact location in space with indefinite size and shape http://movieclips.com/pCow-tangled-movielantern-song/59.18/69.16 Every lantern is a point in the sky. The floating lanterns are different sizes and are in the sky which has indefinite size and shape.

Secret(ariat)- Radius
Radius: the distance to the center of a circle http://movieclips.com/2DhqAsecretariat-movie-trailer-1/48.37/58.55 The horses are on metal poles and each pole is the radius of the circular device they are walking around.

Ray Of Sunsh ine Ray: a piece of a line consisting of an

endpoint extending infinitely in one direction

http://movieclips.com/83H7-tangledmovie-person-in-my-closet/22.98/47.63 Rapunzels hair has an endpoint(scalp) and extends to what seems like infinitely in one direction

T u r n i n g

P o i n t

Rotation: turning around a circle http://movieclips.com/U7vC-tangledmovie-healing-powers/3.15/20.61 Rapunzel is rotating her hair around Flynns hand by turning it in a circle.

The Life of Geometry

I learned in this project that geometry is useful in everyday life. We use geometry in daily routines. Where ever we look geometry is there staring us back in face. We may not realize it but without geometry the world would not be the same; the world would be boring. It would have no points, lines, or shapes. Understanding geometry helps us understand the intricate world we live in, and how precise it was made.