Curated OER
The Apple Orchard Problem
Students explore various approaches to solving a problem of maximizing the total production of apples in an orchard. In this apple orchard lesson, students collect data in order to solve the apple orchard problem presented. Students plot...
Curated OER
Math 155 Worksheet 8
For this college level Pre-Calculus worksheet, students determine the critical points of a function and determine the interval where the function is increasing and decreasing. The two page worksheet contains four...
Curated OER
Lesson #67 Relative Extrema
Students test for relative extrema. In this Calculus lesson, 12th graders investigate the relative extrema of a function and sketch the curve from the given information without the use of a calculator.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Critical Points
This activity involves analyzing a function for its critical values.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Puntos Caracteristicos, Criticos Y Singulares
Use this interactive unit to learn and use analysis tools that allow the location and calculation of the extreme value of a function on a closed interval.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus I: Applications of Derivatives
Learners examine applications of derivatives. Topics investigated are rates of change, the mean value theorem, optimization problems, critical points, linear approximations, and Newton?s method. Class notes, definitions, and examples...