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Preview of Circuit Training - Precal / Trig Review for (AP) Calculus  NO CALCULATOR

Circuit Training - Precal / Trig Review for (AP) Calculus NO CALCULATOR

These 24 problems are great to use with your calculus students within the first few days of the school year. Reviews everything from asymptotes to domain and range, logs to sine and cosine. Worked in are calculus ideas such as limits, tangent lines and average rate of change. The intention is to work all of these without technology to build your students' fluency and wean them off of their calculators. The circuit format allows your students to work semi-independently since they hunt for th
Preview of Circuit Training - Product, Quotient, and CHAIN Rules (calculus)

Circuit Training - Product, Quotient, and CHAIN Rules (calculus)

I wrote this circuit because as we move into the chain rule, my students still don't have fluency with the product and quotient rules (boo!). So, this circuit really plays on functions that seem structurally similar but are very different... y = x^2 + cosx vs y = x^2cosx. Or, y = cos (x^2) as opposed to y = (cos x)^2 (of course without parentheses). Students begin in the first cell and find either the first or second derivative (as specified) to advance in the circuit. The students then se
Preview of AP Calculus Activities Bundle | Flamingo Math

AP Calculus Activities Bundle | Flamingo Math

AP Calculus Full-Year Activity Bundle:WOW! Here is a full-year resource bundle of 30 fun and engaging cooperative Calculus Activities that will keep your students involved throughout the entire course. The bundle is a complete collection of activities from my AP Calculus Curriculum MEGA Bundle. What is included in this resource?The bundle includes a wide variety of learning strategies that have been student-tested and teacher-approved. There are task card activities, some with QR Codes for sel
Preview of Circuit Training - Related Rates (calculus)

Circuit Training - Related Rates (calculus)

Give your students engaging practice with the circuit format! This 12-question circuit contains all of the traditional related rates problems -- ladder sliding down a wall, growing conical salt pile, deflating balloon, plus a few extras such as a profit function and Charlie Brown flying a kite. To advance in the circuit, students must hunt for their answer and then that becomes the next problem. There is no trig on this circuit so it could definitely be used in a college business calculus cla
Preview of Circuit Training - Ultimate Calculus Review!

Circuit Training - Ultimate Calculus Review!

This 36-question circuit will keep your students engaged as they prepare for their final assessment. Problems come from both the differential and integral calculus and involve everything from applications to symbolic manipulation. All functions are represented (trig, exponential, logarithmic, square root), and many different representations from tabular data to equations. There are three questions about limits. The first 24 questions do not require a graphing calculator, but the remaining tw
Preview of Rational Zero Theorem (Rational Root Theorem) | Task Cards

Rational Zero Theorem (Rational Root Theorem) | Task Cards

Students will (1) practice using the Rational Zero (Rational Root) Theorem to find all possible zeros/roots of a polynomial function and (2) use the theorem to help find the actual roots with this task card activity. This activity includes rational roots only! This activity includes 24 cards: Cards 1-8 ask students to list all possible roots; Cards 9-12 ask students to determine and explain if a value could be a possible root; Cards 13-24 ask students to list all possible roots AND find the a
Preview of Calculus Limits and Continuity Sort Match Activity (Unit 1)

Calculus Limits and Continuity Sort Match Activity (Unit 1)

Limits and Continuity Sort and Match Task Cards Activity:This resource is a sort and match activity with 32 task cards meant for the beginning unit in Calculus AB, BC, or Calculus Honors. There are 8 graph cards that have matching Equation Cards, Limit Cards, and Description Cards to create a unique set. There is also a student recording sheet and a separate LAB EXTENSION ACTIVITY to answer questions specific to each card set for writing in mathematics. Teaching Suggestions:- Use the set as
Preview of Circuit Training - Limits and Continuity (Calculus)

Circuit Training - Limits and Continuity (Calculus)

Give your students great practice for their limits and continuity test with this 28-question review in the circuit format. To advance in the circuit, students must search for their answer, and when they find it, that becomes the next problem. This circuit covers limits of the indeterminant forms 0/0 and infinity/infinity (students can evaluate all limits in this circuit without technology and without calculus (L'Hospital's rule is not needed)). Additional questions feature removable and non-r
Preview of Limits and Continuity Calculus Unit 1 Bundle

Limits and Continuity Calculus Unit 1 Bundle

Created by
Joan Kessler
This Unit Bundle for Calculus Limits and Continuity is teaming with activities, notes, HW, and assessments and will engage your students and enhance their learning. What's Included?Over 135 different Task Cards, over 200 different homework or quiz questions, PowerPoints™, Guided Notes, Graphic Organizers, Mazes, all answer keys, and student response sheets. Each lesson is approached differently so that students can succeed in the many varied ways in which they learn. Editable End of Unit A
Preview of Circuit Training - U-Substitution with Definite Integrals (calculus)

Circuit Training - U-Substitution with Definite Integrals (calculus)

This 20-question circuit will keep your students highly engaged and give them great practice with the technique of substitution. After students evaluate the definite integral, they must search for their answer and this problem becomes the next definite integral for them to work. Includes trig, log, and exponential functions. There is one inverse tangent integrand 1/(1+x^2) which does not require u-substitution, but I always include these when I teach u-sub since students confuse that one. My
Preview of Circuit Training - Derivatives of Inverse Functions (calculus)

Circuit Training - Derivatives of Inverse Functions (calculus)

Give your students engaging practice with the circuit format! This circuit contains 14 derivatives of inverse functions. The problems start easy where it is simple to find the inverse and then differentiate, and then they progress from there. All functions are represented from trig and exponential to square root, cubic, and logarithmic. There are also some questions with pure symbolic notation and/or a table at the end. To advance in the circuit, students must search for their answer and
Preview of Circuit Training - Optimization (calculus)

Circuit Training - Optimization (calculus)

Give your students engaging practice with the circuit format! This circuit has 12 word problems which start easy and build from there. Expect to see the farmer problem and the open-top box problem... To advance in the circuit, students must find their answer, and with that answer is a new problem. My students love this format! In this circuit, there are no pictures and students will be expected to interpret the questions and sketch appropriate pictures. Technology is required on most proble
Preview of Limits from Graphs plus Notes and HW for Calculus

Limits from Graphs plus Notes and HW for Calculus

Created by
Joan Kessler
This Finding Limits Graphically lesson is designed to give your Calculus students an understanding and fluency of the visual side of limits and will challenge even your best students. What's Included? Guided student notes with four examples. There are two versions, one completed and one left for the students to complete with you in class.24 Task Cards with mostly piecewise continuous functions. Students determine the limits, if they exist, from analyzing the graph. My students found the
Preview of AP Precalculus Exam Review Bundle

AP Precalculus Exam Review Bundle

You will be able to create an AP Precalculus Exam Review for key concepts that are tested on the AP Precalculus Exam. There are three Quiz and Trade Task Card Activities for each unit of study and three Google Slides Self-Checking Activities for multiple choice practice. ✅ Key Concepts/Topics:⭐ Polynomial & Rational Functions ⭐ Exponential & Logarithmic Functions ⭐ Trigonometry & Polar Coordinates ⭐ Three Multiple Choice Monday Google Sets PREPARATION:Read through the product set up for e
Preview of Calculus Related Rates Sort & Match Activity (Unit 4)

Calculus Related Rates Sort & Match Activity (Unit 4)

If you like group activities, here's a fun RELATED RATES SORT & MATCH ACTIVITY. This Sort & Match Activity is designed for AP Calculus AB students. The concepts will help your students work through the rules for setting up problems, implicit differentiation with respect to time, (including Chain Rule), and solving the basic types of related rates problems. There are eight task cards to present a typical related rate situation. Students will match the task card with the question, to an equatio
Preview of Circuit Training - f, f', and f'' (calculus)

Circuit Training - f, f', and f'' (calculus)

Give your students engaging practice with the circuit format! This 16-question circuit asks students about increasing / decreasing, max/min, concavity and inflection points based on their analysis of the first and/or second derivatives. Progressive in nature, it includes quite a few polynomials, a trig function, an exponential function, a rational function, a square root function, an exponential function, and a few absolute value composite functions. Product rule and chain rule are needed on
Preview of Definition of Derivatives Match Up Activity (Unit 2 Calculus)

Definition of Derivatives Match Up Activity (Unit 2 Calculus)

Definition of the Derivative Match-Up Activity:This resource contains 36 task cards meant for the Differentiation Unit in Calculus. Each set of cards includes a function card, a limit card (by difference quotient definition) and a derivative at a point card. Teaching Suggestions:-- Use the sort as a group activity . -- Use the activity as a quick review. A student recording sheet is included. -- Have students review for the AP Exam questions of this type at the end of the course. -- Use th
Preview of Calculus Derivatives Before the Chain Rule Task Cards plus HW

Calculus Derivatives Before the Chain Rule Task Cards plus HW

Created by
Joan Kessler
Here is a great way to help your students gain fluency finding Derivatives Before the Chain Rule. With this set of Task or Station Cards your students can work in pairs or small groups to work through the problems. The resource includes  3 sets of 16 task cards for your students to practice finding the Derivatives of functions before the chain rule. Set 1. Power RuleSet 2. Trigonometric Functions (all six) and e^xSet 3. Product Rule and Quotient Rule. What's Included? 48 task cards, cod
Preview of Calculus Find the Error - Derivative Rules

Calculus Find the Error - Derivative Rules

Calculus Task Cards Derivative Rules This packet includes 16 task cards. Each card contains a function that students should be able to find the derivative of. A "proposed" derivative is included. Students are expected to find the error in the proposed solution and then correct the mistake. The 16 cards contain problems about the following topics: + chain rule + trig derivatives + power rule + product rule + chain rule + quotient rule + inverse trig function + natural log and exponential functi
Preview of Circuit Training - Precal / Trig  for (AP) Calculus CALCULATOR

Circuit Training - Precal / Trig for (AP) Calculus CALCULATOR

These 20 problems are great to use with your calculus students within the first few days of the school year. Reviews everything from asymptotes to domain and range, logs to sine and cosine. Worked in are calculus ideas such as average rate of change vs instantaneous rate of change, all while ensuring that they know how to use their graphing calculator to assist in their analysis. The circuit format allows your students to work semi-independently since they hunt for their answer to advance in
Preview of Applications with Exponential Functions | Task Cards

Applications with Exponential Functions | Task Cards

Students will practice solving problems using exponential functions with this task card activity. Types of problems include exponential growth, continuous exponential growth, exponential decay, continuous exponential decay, logistic functions, compound interest, and continuous compound interest. Students will need to be able to solve equations using logarithms and natural logarithms with this activity.This activity includes 20 task cards. Students can check their answers by scanning the QR code
Preview of Calculus Applications of the Derivative Scavenger Hunt Activity (Unit 5)

Calculus Applications of the Derivative Scavenger Hunt Activity (Unit 5)

Applications of the Derivative Scanger Hunt Task Cards Activity:This is an activity with 12 task cards meant for the APPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIATION UNIT in AP Calculus AB, BC, or Calculus Honors . Each card requires an understanding of the concepts in the unit related to derivatives, function behavior, and extrema. The activity can be used as a review at the end of the unit. There are twelve task cards to challenge and engage students in the language of the derivative. Students work cooperat
Preview of Operations With Complex Numbers Task Cards (Add, Subtract, Multiply & Divide)

Operations With Complex Numbers Task Cards (Add, Subtract, Multiply & Divide)

For this activity, students will practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing complex numbers. Task Cards #1-16 are adding/subtracting, #17-28 are multiplying and #29-36 are dividing. I sometimes like to do them one set at a time with students so that they first get comfortable with adding/subtracting, then move onto multiplying, then move onto dividing or rationalizing the denominator. For task cards, I will sometimes do them as a “scoot” activity, posting them on desks and having st
Preview of Calculus Bundle - Second Semester- Integrals, Applications of Integrals

Calculus Bundle - Second Semester- Integrals, Applications of Integrals

In this bundle you will find all items from my Teachers Pay Teachers store that are in the Second Semester of a Calculus AB Course. I am defining Second Semester as: Integrals Applications of Integrals Miscellaneous As I add more calculus items to my store, I will also be adding them to the appropriate bundle. If you buy now, you will be able to download all future items added to the bundle FOR FREE! [If you have previously purchased some of these items or you have previously purchased the 2013-
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About math calculus task cards resources

On TPT (Teachers Pay Teachers), Math Calculus Task Cards Resources bring together teacher-created practice that helps students work through calculus skills in a focused, manageable way. These resources often center on topics like limits, derivatives, and problem solving with step-by-step reasoning. Because the work is broken into short cards, it is easier for students to stay engaged and keep moving. Teachers often choose them when they want practice that feels clear, purposeful, and easy to assign.

Teachers can find calculus task cards in printable and digital formats, along with lesson plans, review activities, and assessment pieces that support instruction. Sets may include direct substitution, factoring, product rule, quotient rule, and chain rule practice, which makes it easier to target specific skills. Task cards work well for centers, warm-ups, partner practice, or quick review because students can complete one problem at a time. Many resources also include answer keys, which saves time during prep and checking work.

In the classroom, a teacher might use these task cards during a review day before a quiz or as a small-group rotation for students who need extra support. Instead of building a practice set from scratch, they can print a ready-made resource and have students start right away. This keeps the lesson moving and gives students structured practice without a lot of setup. It is a simple way to reinforce calculus concepts while freeing the teacher to circulate and support learning.