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AP Calculus Project: Roller Coaster with Piecewise Functions & Derivatives

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Engage your AP Calculus students after the exam with this hands-on and creative project! Students design a mathematically valid roller coaster using piecewise functions that are continuous and differentiable at each transition point. They must graph the coaster, build a 3D model, and provide formal mathematical proofs of continuity and differentiability. Perfect for: AP Exam wrap-up weeks Summative assessments Honors Calculus projects Includes: Full student instructions Grading rubric Proof

10th - 12th

Calculus

Threads & Trends: Build a T-Shirt Company with Calculus

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SG'S STEM STORE

Turn your classroom into a business lab with this engaging end-of-year AP Calculus AB project! In Threads & Trends, students create their own T-shirt company and use calculus to make real business decisions. They’ll build cost, revenue, and profit functions, use derivatives to maximize profit, graph their models, and make data-driven recommendations like real entrepreneurs. This project blends optimization, derivatives, modeling, and business applications into a creative, real-world challenge

11th - 12th

Calculus, Engineering, Math Test Prep