Self-executing lessons are ideal for sub-plans, as supplemental material for "flipped" classrooms, or for any teacher wanting to leverage their limited instructional time. The learning of basic notation and rules is accomplished via pattern recognition.

This self-executing lesson will get precalculus students started learning calculus over the summer so that next year begins smoothly. It would be particularly useful for calculus teachers needing to accelerate the pacing of their curriculum.

DAY 1

linear equations in point-slope form

sign analysis

unit circle values

solving equations agebraically

DAY 2

derivative as slope

power rule

linearity

DAY 3

derivative of e^x

derivative of ln(x)

drill practice

DAY 4

product rule

second derivative

DAY 5

intervals of increasing/decreasing

equation of a tangent line

relative maximum/minimum

DAY 6

particle motion: moving left/right, not moving

particle motion: acceleration

particle motion: relative maximum/minimum velocity