In this activity, students will investigate the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log, and natural exponential functions by examining the symmetric difference quotient at many points. They develop the idea of the derivative as a function. They gather evidence toward some common derivative formulas. They also use numerical and graphical investigations to form conjectures.

Concepts

derivatives

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Additional Tags

applications of derivatives, investigating the derivatives of some common functions, ti, texas instruments, symmetric difference quotient

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)