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Highs and Lows

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Solve problems using integration and derivatives. By using calculus, learners will analyze graphs to find the extrema and change in behavior. They then will identify the end behavior using the derivatives. Activities and handouts are...
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Product Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
In this calculus worksheet, students find the derivative of a function. They use the product rule to to differentiate each problem. There are 21 problems with an answer key.
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Higher Order Derivatives

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students explore the concept of higher order derivatives. They also use the example to find the fourth order Taylor expansion.
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Applications of Derivatives: Optimization

For Students Higher Ed
For this optimization worksheet, students write a short essay listing the criterion for global minimum. They write directions for finding the global minimum on a closed or open interval.
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Derivatives and Maximum or Minimum

For Students 9th - 11th
In this calculus worksheet, students calculate the maximum, minimum, and determine if the graph is concave up or down. There are 2 questions.
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Integration by Substitution

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Looking for help in introducing integration by substitution to your calculus students?  Here is a lesson that walks a learner through a review of the change rule, and then by starting with more recognizable derivatives, it helps...
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Home Spelling Practice: Words From French

For Students 6th - 7th
This worksheet asks middle schoolers to copy words derived from French. While rigor is absent from this assignment, it could be altered slightly to require more thought. Instead, ask that class members look up each English word in a...
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Deriving the Quadratic Formula

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Where did that formula come from? Lead pupils on a journey through completing the square to discover the creation of the quadratic formula. Individuals use the quadratic formula to solve quadratic equations and compare the method to...
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Law of Sines

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
One must obey the sine laws. A instructional activity introduces and derives the Law of Sines for non-right triangles. With examples that use the Law of Sines to determine unknown measures in triangles, the instructional...
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Virginia Department of Education

Circles in the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Make the connection between the distance formula and the equation of a circle. The teacher presents a lesson on how to use the distance formula to derive the equation of the circle. Pupils transform circles on the coordinate plane and...
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Derivatives Rules

For Students 12th
In this calculus worksheet, 12th graders use the derivative rules to determine the derivative of a function.  The one page worksheet has twenty-six problems.  Solutions are not provided.
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Application of Differentiation: Optimization

For Students Higher Ed
In this optimization worksheet, students complete a table identifying the characteristics of a function and it's derivative and provide an illustration of each type of function. Afterward, they use the first derivative test for finding...
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Motion of a Bouncing Ball

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete a unit of lessons on derivatives as they are applied to motion. They observe and discuss demonstrations, conduct an experiment involving a motion sensor, graph and analyze the results, and summarize their findings.
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Differentiability and Linear Approximation

For Students Higher Ed
In this linear approximation activity, students determine the derivative of a function and explore properties of the error when using a tangent line to approximate a function graph. This two-page activity contains four problems.
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AP Calculus Practice Exam

For Students 11th - 12th
For this Calculus worksheet, students are provided with practice problems for their exam.  Topics covered include derivatives, area bounded by a curve, local maximum, instantaneous rate of change, and the volume of a solid of...
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The Product and Quotient Rules

For Students Higher Ed
In this derivatives activity, students solve nine short answer problems by multiplying or dividing with derivatives. They answer one true/false question. Students solve five short answer questions.
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Implicit Differentiation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students implicitly differentiate functions .  In this implicitly differentiating functions lesson, students take the derivative of functions that cannot be solved for a variable.  Students find the derivative of an equation...
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A.P. Calculus - First Semester Esxamination

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus exam worksheet, students solve 40 multiple choice and short answer questions.  Students find normal lines, derivatives of functions, evaluate functions at points, etc.
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Product Rule

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the Product Rule for Derivatives and apply it to a variety of different types of problems. They think critically while using the rule and follow the examples included in the lesson to help find the solutions to...
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Worksheet 17

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students suppose that a function f and its derivative f1 are continuous and that there are constants K, a, and M such that |f(t)|< Keat for t ≥ M.
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Worksheet 30

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students imagine a situation where a weight is attached to a string and it is swung in a circle. Then they use vectors and derivatives to describe the motion.
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Worksheet 22-Fall 1995

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this math worksheet, students examine the graph of the derivative. Then they determine the critical points that correspond to the relative extrema.
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Worksheet 20 Fall 1995

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students describe a step by step method to solve rate problems. Then they state the time derivatives of different quantities.
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Math 155 - Worksheet 7. Function

For Students Higher Ed
For this function worksheet, students compute the derivative of given functions. They find the equation of a tangent line to a curve and compute the implicit differentiation. This two-page worksheet contains six problems.

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