Tolerable Physics

These 36 cards, if read in chronological order, walk somebody from the idea of "Rise over Run" to find slope, through the proof of "The Definition of Derivative", all the way to recognizing the pattern of "The Power Rule", and finally leaving them with a problem to think about for themself! You could; A) Print these 9 pages (4 cards per page) and after trimming the borders, cut into 4 even cards. or B) Simply post this document online for your students to see. Either way, the cards are numbere

My Truck has been stolen out of the school parking lot! Thank goodness I've attached an antenna which transmits the odometer reading every minute. My home computer picks it up, and stores the data. Can the students use the data, and the corresponding distance vs time graph it creates, to tell how fast the thief was driving? They will be comparing this to local speed limits, to figure which streets the thief takes. They can also tell how far they drove, and use an included map with marked locati