EZ Math

This set of 9 stations helps students review the use of many important features of the graphing calculator (e.g. entering functions, setting a viewing window, finding zeros and points of intersection, setting and using a table). There are 9 activities/problems which could be used as stations ... or, give each pair of students a problem then have them "be the teacher," presenting their problem to the class. A complete and thorough answer key, including teaching tips and discussion points for eac

In this discovery activity, students use a graphing calculator to evaluate a function and its derivative at given x-values. The activity is arranged so that students clearly see the results of the exploration and can easily make a (correct) conjecture about the derivatives of y = e^x and y = ln(x). The activity includes exercises where students can apply their conjectures. ANSWER KEY INCLUDED. This two-page activity is great for a "flipped classroom" activity because students end up teaching the

This activity includes 10 stations for students to complete. After completing a station, they move to the next station, where the answer to the previous station is included with the next problem. A great way to give feedback and get kids moving and working together. Required content knowledge includes power rule, product & quotient rules, derivatives of log and exponential functions, and derivatives of inverse trig functions. None of these problems requires use of the chain rule. The document

These 14 task cards focus on the relationship between a function and its derivative in all representations (graph, table, word problem, and function rule). The meaning of the function vs the meaning of the derivative...what we learn from f(x) vs what we learn from f'(x). Students must know that the derivative function gives the slope of the tangent line (or the slope of the curve), but do not need to be able to compute derivatives. Answers are provided.

This is a summative activity to be used after learning about linearization (linear approximation) and differentials (Lesson 4.5 in Finney 3ed). There are 8 task cards (2 on linearization, 2 on differentials, 1 tangent line, 2 MVT, and 1 IVT). Problems are clearly labeled calculator/non-calculator. It's a great mix of new content and basic review as you head into the closing days of differential calculus. Problems can be printed as stations or used as task cards. A complete, worked out solution

This is a set of 11 stations for practicing the Power Rule in calculus. It is assumed that students know the properties of derivatives (addition rule, subtraction rule, coefficient rule) but no other differentiation techniques are needed (NO PRODUCT RULE, NO QUOTIENT RULE, NO CHAIN RULE). Variations include rewriting radicals as powers, rewriting with negative exponents, using derivatives to find equations of tangent lines, using tables to evaluate derivatives, as well as application problems i