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This bundle includes: Conceptual activity using a visual definition of the derivative - secant line to a tangent line. Practice included. BTC exploratory lesson for basic derivative rule. Includes CYU (practice) Matching derivative graph with its original function. Derivative Task Cards - 24 cards to solidify students' skills in determining a derivative. Negative and rational exponents. No trig.

Domain and Range Self-Checking Digital worksheet. Excel and Google versions 12 graphs to find domain. 12 graphs to find range. Same graphs Great for a warm up, station activity, Math Workshop task or homework. Google link in pdf file. Answers can be in interval notation and algebraic notation. This activity could take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes per page. Depends on class ability. Template by Lindsay Bowden

24 Derivative Task Cards Basic Rule only. No transcendentals. Polynomials, negative exponents, rational exponents, radicals, simplify by factoring. Student worksheet included. Answers and teacher notes included. Great for review! Good for CP or Honors Calculus students who need more support. Possible uses - Laminate, cut and hang around the room Arrange into workstations Hand out 24 cards per group. Check out the BTC lesson for basic rule here.

Distance Formula BTC thin sliced lesson activity. Includes practice, applications and quick quiz. Class opener can be used as a collaborative warm-up. Finding shortest distance between locations. Thin-sliced activity has students finding horizontal and vertical distances before finding distances of oblique line segments. Problems lead students from integer coordinates to variable coordinates to formulate the distance formula through Pythagorean Theorem. 5 practice problems and 3 application p

Special Right Triangle practice 30 60 90 only. Three versions for differentiation! Version 1 meets basic standards using side relationships. Version 2 includes rationalization and multiplying radicals. Version 3 includes fractions and simplifying radicals. Can use as Cut and Paste or as a standalone worksheet where the students can cross off their answers as they go. Good for self checking homework, station work, or classwork.

24 Task Cards - 6 sets of 4. Mild, Medium and Spicy for each set. Variables on both sides. Clearing Fractions useful. Student worksheet and answers included. Suggested use: Stations, Math Workshop Task, Whole class using mini-white boards or up at VNPs. Rigorous enough for an honors group in a Linear Equations review. You may like this resource as well! Notes and worksheet on clearing fractions. Solving Linear Equations by Clearing FractionsSolving Linear Equations by Clearing Fractions

Definition of the Derivative - Thin sliced activity for students to calculate slope of the tangent line as one point moves to a fixed point. Fixed point and movable point eventually becomes (x, f(x)) and (x + h, f(x + h)). Visual representation for secant line approaching tangent line included in activity. Numerical representation for h and slope. Activity can be done in pairs or groups. Students make conjectures. Consolidate at end. 3 problems to do in class as notes to ensure proper exe

Solving linear equations by clearing fractions. Warm up, lesson with guidance, student collaborative work, and practice. Variables on both sides. Answers included. Middle school students spend a lot of time combining fractions using common denominators. Here's practice on clearing fractions from your equations. Something new in a previous topic. Warm up - For students who may need some scaffolding/confidence working with fractions. Warm up is designed thin sliced with proportional reasoni

Lesson 1 Introduction to clearing fractions as a method to make some equations easier to solve. Includes a warm up, lesson, student practice and HW. Lesson 2 Extends clearing fractions to three factors. Includes a warm up, lesson student practice and HW. Solving equations including clearing fractions Task Cards. Each set of 4 task cards includes mild, medium and spicy! Answers included for everything.

Mean Value Theorem for Derivatives Class activity includes directions for every step. Students love this movement!They will be intrigued when they see the class results. Options for activity included in case classroom space is at a minimum. One notes page and two pages of practice problems with answers.

Limits at Infinity Mazes! Same 11 problems on each version - Digital and Paper Digital version for self checking! Limits include Exponential, Rational (Poly and Radical), Trigonometric, e and Ln and combinations. Can all be done by thinking about behavior of functions! Good for AP, Honors and CP Calculus. Time to complete will vary by Calculus level. Check out Limits at a point Mazes

Standard Form for a Line - Notes and Worksheet Lesson Goals: Connect standard and slope-intercept forms - same graph, different look.Graph a line from standard form using intercepts.Interpret the intercepts within context of the situation.Scaffolding built in at beginning of the lesson, slowly removed. Summary page can be used as "Notes to my Forgetful Self" Answers included. Lesson starts with an application problem and then formulates the algebra behind standard form. Standard form graphin

SEGMENT ADDITION Self-Checking Mystery Puzzle Segment addition with linear equations, systems of linear equations, quadratic equations (factorable) and coordinate geometry. Includes Midpoint Theorem. Students have experienced Pythagorean Theorem so no distance formula is needed. Self Checking. When students enter the correct answer, it will turn green and a piece of the puzzle will appear. Good for classwork, homework, group work, or a task in a Math Workshop classroom. Assign through Google

24 Rational Function Task Cards include: 6 reciprocal functions , 12 rat poly functions, and 6 graphs. All are linear/linear. Use these to find domain and range of all cards. Answers included. Use these to graph the function cards and create the functions from the graphs. Function answers are given in both reciprocal and rat poly forms. Can use these task cards in stations or in groups. Hang the answers around the room for quick feedback. Any unclear point or asymptote values have been lab

Solving Linear Equations by Clearing Fractions 2 an extension of Solving Linear Equations by Clearing Fractions. This lesson includes clearing fractions where one factor is a binomial. Warm up, lesson problems and practice. Answers included. Warm up - For students who may need some scaffolding/confidence working with fractions. Warm up is designed thin sliced with proportional reasoning in mind to build their numeracy skills. Last problem in each set starts the conversation of multiplyi

TWO VARIABLE LINEAR INEQUALITY PRACTICE AND EXTENSION 3 problems creating the two variable linear inequality from its graph. 3 problems graphing the two variable linear inequality from its function. 4 problems creating the two variable linear inequality from constraints. The constraints include the following concepts: Parallel Perpendicular Inverse Standard form for a line Function notation Can be used for group/pair work or homework. Answers included. This practice goes well with Two variable

Digital/Google 9 linear inequalities in graphical notation ready to be converted into interval notation. Self checking exercise for students. When they enter their answer, green if it's right and red if it's not. Teacher note: For compound 'OR' notation, have students leave space before and after u. For example (-inf, 7] u (10,inf). "inf" will be accepted. Good for warm up or Math Workshop Task or just some extra practice to nail down the skill of writing in interval notation. Could take anywh

ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS PART 1 Thin Sliced Investigative Activity, Lesson, Practice and Quiz All documents reinforce the concept of distance from an origin using subtraction. Teacher notes for lesson included. Investigative activity asks kids to solve without algorithm, graph solutions and examine the results. Summarize their findings about what they notice about the graphs as the problems change and what they notice about the results relative to the equation. Lesson includes 7 problems for ex

ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUATIONS - VARIABLES ON BOTH SIDES 2 warm ups. One warm up gives two examples - one solving for a numerical value and one for solving for x. Process is reinforced. Second warm up contains six problems with fractional operations since checking for extraneous solutions is messy. 8 examples 8 practice problems Quick Quiz to be used as formative (ungraded) or for small points to give feedback to kids. Two versions included for roaming eyes. Answers included. This follows Absolu

Multiplying Polynomials - Intercept to Standard form. Analysis of functions and sketch the graph while learning to multiply. Textbooks will spend time multiplying polynomials with more than one variable. This skill has its place, but multiplying factors builds the same skill as well as giving it a purpose. This lesson incorporates polynomial behavior and relationship to zeros. No multiplicity or imaginary roots included. Warm up asks students to convert quadratics from intercept to standard