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Students gain a better understanding and appreciation for Calculus by studying mathematicians credited for the invention of calculus, including the period in which they lived and the significant mathematical problems they were attempting to solve. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students develop an equation for finding the volume of a commonly known piece of candy (M&M, Hershey's Kiss, Tootsie Roll Pop, Life Saver, etc.) by using calculus. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore a webquest to research the discovery of calculus. They present a court case of the situation between Newton and Leibniz and write a research paper that is submitted using e-mail. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students practice antidifferentiation, by identifying the derivative of a function, determining the function, and discovering the solution to the problems. After solving each equation, they check the answer to the function through differentiation. Students observe and model integration through substitution. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students investigate the introductory lesson in calculus. They engage in a variety of activities to work on new skills. Students use the lesson as an example for a resource for new concepts to be mastered. The teacher can use the lesson for examples. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view a Power Point presentation outlining the basic concepts of calculus, complete several crossword puzzles reviewing definitions and problem solve with graphing calculators equations involving limits, differentiation and integration. They work in groups of three in the computer lab with this assignment. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts of integration and induction. They view a video about integration and take a quiz on induction. Students use the resource links to view information added to the lesson to see the contributions of mathematicians. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the use of Taylor's polynomials to integrate functions that are not easily integrated by hand. They complete a series of calculations that vary from integrating to finding a Taylor polynomial. Students approximate and interpret rates of change from graphical and numerical data. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students practice calculating and analyzing Riemann sums and illustrate when Riemann sums will over/under-approximate a definite integral. They view how the convergence of Riemann sums as the number of subintervals get larger. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students assess transformations to remove integral symbols as well as to simplify expressions. They explore the Symbolic Math Guide to assist them in solving indefinite integration by parts. This lesson includes partial fractions, sum/difference and scalar product transformations. Full Review »
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