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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Differentiation of Inverse Functions

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the concept of differentiating inverse functions. In this differentiating inverse functions lesson, students find the first derivative of the inverse of sine function in a lecture style lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linear Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve and graph linear equations. In this algebra instructional activity, students collect data and plot it to create a linear function. They identify the domain and range of each line.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Simpson's Rule

For Students Higher Ed
In this Simpson's Rule worksheet, students use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to determine the antiderivatives and evaluate integrals. They find the midpoint of given polygons and sketch the graph of the function. This nine-page...
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Lesson Plan
Mathalicious

Out of Left Field

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A baseball trajectory and a parabola seem to make the best pair in real-world quadratic applications. Here is a current baseball resource with questions, discussions, and explorations regarding a quadratic function and home run...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Understanding Limits

For Students Higher Ed
For this understanding limits, students determine the convergence of given sequences. They use properties of limits to evaluate functions. This two-page worksheet contains examples and explanations, as well as eleven problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Evaluating Definite Integrals Using Accumulation

For Students Higher Ed
In this integral worksheet, students sketch functions and use their graph to evaluate functions. This two-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Customers

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Exploring functions not represented by an expression is this task's secret. As your learners organize business customers in a database, they explore the definition of what it is to be a function. 
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Lesson Plan
Science 4 Inquiry

Enzymes in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Enzymes play a role in almost every function in the human body. Scholars explore three variables related to the use of enzymes. They observe a catalase reaction, experiment with substrates, and examine reactions rates. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

L'Hopital's Rule

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students solve limit problems.   For this solving limit problems lesson, students use L'Hopital's Rule.  Students apply L'Hopital's Rule to functions as long as the derivative of the top function and bottom function is zero.  Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Simpson's Rule

For Students Higher Ed
In this integral worksheet, students use the Simpsons's Rule for evaluating integrals. They use different methods to calculate integrals and compare the results. This eight-page worksheet contains approximately 16 multi-step problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Integration of Functions

For Students 10th - 12th
For this calculus worksheet, students integrate given functions following the integration rules. They simplify their answers with trig. values. There are 8 questions with an answer key.
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eBook
Rice University

Calculus Volume 1

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Differentiate between calculus concepts. The beginning of a helpful calculus resource begins with a short review of functions and moves right into limits to define derivatives. The six-chapter resource continues with applications of...
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Activity
Houston Area Calculus Teachers

Collecting Driving Data

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Give AP Calculus classes the opportunity to check the accuracy of their calculations! A calculus activity involves the collection of data, the application of mathematics, and the analysis of the accuracy of results. Young mathematicians...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

LET'S PARTY!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners identify a number pattern and extend the number sequence. They make generalizations given a specific pattern and create, describe, and extend patterns. They create a table that describes a function rule for a single operation...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Properties of Definite Integrals

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this definite integral worksheet, students evaluate the properties of definite integrals. Students graph their answers. This two-page worksheet contains two multi-step problems.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Taylor's Theorem

For Students Higher Ed
For this Taylor's Theorem worksheet, students use the microscope approximation to determine the approximate value of a function. They rewrite expressions for the relative error, and observe changes in the relative error. They use...
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Party

For Teachers 8th Standards
Thirty at the party won't cost any more than twenty-five. The assessment task provides a scenario for the cost of a party where the initial fee covers a given number of guests. The class determines the cost for specific numbers of guests...
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Unit Plan
National Security Agency

Growing Patterns: Practical Pattern Problems

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Your learners explore growing patterns by describing, extending, creating, and evaluating practical pattern problems in this three-day collaborative unit. Beginning with concrete patterns and function tables to extend and describe with a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Order of Operations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the order of operations.  In this Algebra I lesson plan, 9th graders explore the rules of arithmetic and algebra as they review and practice simplifying increasingly complex numeric expressions using the order...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math 312 Spring 98 - Mappings and Points

For Students Higher Ed
In this mapping and points activity, students describe and sketch point sets of complex numbers. They evaluates functions of a complex variable in an extended plane. This one-page activity contains five problems.
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Assessment
Inside Mathematics

House Prices

For Teachers 8th Standards
Mortgages, payments, and wages correlate with each other. The short assessment presents scatter plots for young mathematicians to interpret. Class members interpret the scatter plots of price versus payment and wage versus payment for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

On the Road with Marco Polo: Marco Polo in China

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners investigate who the Mongols were and where their empire was located. They research Kublai Khan and the region he ruled. They study the major products of 13th Century China.
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Activity
Infobased Learning

Bloom's Literature: How to Write about Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A good prompt is hard to find, especially ones that encourage application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of a text. Help is here in the form of a prompt list for George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four that offers essay topics that...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Infinite Limits and Horizontal Asymptotes

For Students Higher Ed
In this infinite limit worksheet, students compute horizontal and vertical asymptotes. They use trigonometric functions to find the limits of functions and compare results. This two-page worksheet contains examples and explanations and...