Students perform functional analysis. In this pre-calculus lesson, students recognize the different elements of a function, graph a function and analyze it. They synthesize composites of other basic functions.

High schoolers identify critical points on a graph. For this calculus lesson, students graph their equations on the TI calculator. They zoom in and out to identify the critical points.

For 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...

With this site one may understand how to test a point in a function for a relative minimum, maximum, saddle point, or none of these, by taking derivatives of the function. Explains and performs what is known as the "Extremum Test."

Review how we use differential calculus to find absolute extremum (minimum and maximum) points.