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The Definition Derivative
For this derivative worksheet, students evaluate limits, factor equations, and calculate the given function. They determine the derivative of a function and plot it on a graph. This four-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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Computing Derivatives
In this computing derivatives worksheet, students determine the derivative, slope, and rate of change in a function. They indicate if a function is constant, increasing, or decreasing. This two-page worksheet contains approximately ten...
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Chapter 1 and 2 Review
In this physics review worksheet, students complete 24 matching and problem solving questions pertaining to math code, speed, experiments and variables, slope, and acceleration and average speed.
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AP Calculus Practice Exam
In this Calculus worksheet, students are provided with problems of a similar nature to those on their exam. Problems include limits, derivatives, and integrals. The four page worksheet contains twenty-eight problems. Answers are not...
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Supplemental Trig Problems
In this supplemental trigonometry instructional activity, students determine the indicated limit, identify the tangent for an increasing function, find the relative and absolute extremes and write the formula for an equation and slope of...
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Review of Calculus BC I
For this review worksheet, students match a function to the proper description. they identify the domain of a function. Students determine the slope of an inverse function. They find the derivative of given equations. This two-page...
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Population Models and Qualitative Analysis
In this quantitative analysis worksheet, students explore the limits of a rate equation. They use quantitative analysis methods to determine the differential, plot graphs of their values, and describe the relationships between the...
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A.P. Calculus Integration Test
In this A.P. Calculus instructional activity, students complete a sixteen question test covering trigonometric integration, area under a curve, differential equations, and slope fields. Some of the problems are multiple choice, while...
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A Whale of Importance to the Arctic People
The bowhead whale of the Arctic region is of great importance to the people that live there. Your class will brainstorm all they know about this wonderful whale and create an informational video, which they will share with the children...
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Access Ramp
Just about every public building that your students are familiar with has an access ramp which complies with ADA requirements. As it turns out, designing such a ramp is an excellent activity to incorporate slope, the Pythagorean Theorem,...
NOAA
Biological Oceanographic Investigations – What's in That Cake?
Have you ever tried to find hidden items in a picture when you don't know what you are looking for or how many things are hidden? A lesson applies that same concept to sampling the deep sea habitats. Participants must first create a...
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Inquiry Unit: Modeling Maximums and Minimums
Young mathematicians explore the maximun area for patio with the added complexity of finding the mimimum cost for construction. First, they maximize the area of a yard given a limited amount of fence and plot width v. area on a scatter...
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The Derivative
In this derivative worksheet, students estimate the derivative of given functions. They identify the slope, the rate of change find the slope of a parabola. This two-page worksheet contains definitions, examples and five problems,
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Derivative of sin x
Direct and to the point (the slope at a point that is) describes this one-page proof of the derivative of the sin(x). The definition of a derivative using a limit is the first step in this sequential, algebraic, explanation of how the...
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Computing Indefinite Integrals
Provide your students with a framework for introducing indefinite integrals. It takes into account a learner’s prior knowledge of slope fields and definite integrals and uses the notion of an antiderivative to give them an intuitive...
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Definition of the Derivative
Students find the derivatives of functions. In this finding the derivatives of functions lesson, students use the definition of derivative to take the derivative of a function. Students discuss scenarios in which the derivative does...
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Lahar Travel Time
Ninth graders analyze published geologic hazard maps of California and comprehend how to use the map's information to identify evidence of geologic events of the past and present and predict geologic changes in the future. They select...
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A.P. Calculus Exam Prep
In this A.P. Calculus exam practice test, students answer 28 multiple choice questions. Questions cover a wide variety of topics. Kids tell the position of a particle moving along a horizontal line. They identify the solution to a...
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Aquarium Equations
Take a look at linear functions in a new environment. A three-stage algebra project first asks learners to model the salt concentration of an aquarium using linear functions. Then, using iterations, pupils create a set of input-output...
Kenan Fellows
Using Motion Sensors to Explore Graph Sketching
Get moving to a better understanding of graphs of derivatives. Using motion sensors, scholars vary their velocities to create graphs of the first derivative of a function. The activity challenges groups to first create a script of the...
College Board
Beginning the Year with Local Linearity
Local linearity isn't the first thing that comes to mind to start off an AP® Calculus course. A scholarly article discusses one possible beginning to the AP® Calculus course: investigating and introducing derivatives through activities...
Texas Instruments
TI-Nspire™ CAS
When it comes to rating educational calculators, this calculator is always near the top of this list. Now it's available as an app. There is a lot of calculator power wrapped up in this app. Not only is this a fully functioning...
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Introduction to Tangent Lines using the TI-Nspire
Learners make mathematical argument using the concept of Limit. In this algebra lesson, student calculate the instantaneous rate of change from the linear graph. They use a TI-calculator to create a visual of the graphs.
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AP Calculus Practice Exam: BC Version - Part A
In this calculus worksheet, students solve 28 multiple choice problems. Students find derivatives, volumes, limits, convergent series, etc.