Mathematics
at Disneyland® Paris

For AS/A Level and GCSE Mathematics students

Plus NEW for 2011
'The Roller Coaster Experience'

Students will attend three subject specific education sessions hosted by Study Experiences and will take part in assignment work that will help develop their knowledge and understanding of mathematics.

Study Experiences has been given the exclusive opportunity of meeting, filming and spending considerable amounts of time behind the scenes with senior managers at Disneyland Paris. The education sessions will include specially prepared video footage and live interviews with senior managers and many of the experts who create and deliver the Disneyland Paris experience.

The GCSE Maths education programme highlights
the following topics:

USING AND APPLYING MATHEMATICS
IN THEME PARKS
- Roller coaster design
- Speed, time and distance
- Determining velocity, load and forces
- Calculating minimum downtimes

EXPLORING SHAPES, SPACE AND MEASUREMENT THROUGH PARADES
- Calculating the materials to be ordered
- Planning route, timings, costs for new parades
- Specifying problems and planning

PROCESSING AND INTERPRETING DATA IN HOTEL AND THEME PARK OPERATIONS
- Forecasting park attendance
- Finance
- Bookings and billings
- Scheduling staffing levels
- Estimating and calculating profits  

The AS/A Level Maths education programme highlights the following topics:

MECHANICS
- Mathematical models in mechanics
- Vectors in mechanics
- Kinematics of a particle moving in a straight line or plane
- Centres of mass
- Work and energy

STATISTICS
- Methematical models in probability and statistics
- Representation and summary of data
- Probability
- Correlation and regression
- Discrete random variables

DECISION MATHEMATICS
- Algorithms
- Critical path analysis
- Linear programming
- Networks
- Simulation  

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no obligation.