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Ms. Notz's Calculus I Class Differentiation



This page lists your assignments for August 30th through September 3rd. The Web sites will provide you with information that will help you complete your project. Your projects will be due on Friday, September 3rd at the end of class. Please view the videos before coming to class so you are already prepared for what we are doing. You may also use them as a reference when you begin working on your projects.

Here is a video you can watch on Differentiation. We will go over this topic in class as well, but this could help you.
 * Monday: Introduction to Differentiation and GeoGebra **

During my normal lecture, I will be using GeoGebra. Please watch this GeoGebra Tutorial in order to understand how to do the basics with this application. I will also show you all how to graph the derivative of a function in your graphing calculators.


 * Tuesday: Lecture and GeoGebra Demo **

Here is another example for solving Systems of Equations to better familiarize yourself with GeoGebra. 

Here is a GeoGebra Demo that uses derivatives to demonstrate the relationship between sine and cosine. This will help you with your projects and better understand the relationship between those functions when I lecture on it.  Lecture using GeoGebra again. Hopefully you guys are prepared to use this because I will allow you to come up with functions to test and select volunteers to manipulate these functions and their derivatives on the SMART Board.
 * Wednesday: Lecture and Derivative Experimentation**




 * Thursday: Lecture and Using GeoGebra**

After the lecture, we will be going to the computer lab for the end of class to start your project. You will use what you have learned in class and from the tutorials to graph the functions I have assigned and to plot the derivatives of these functions at three different values of an x of your choice for each graph. When you are done, you will print out the graphs you have made and turn it in by Friday. Since you know how to graph functions and their derivatives in your graphing calculator, do this to check your answers! If you don't finish in class today, don't worry. Time will be given tomorrow to finish the graphs. And don't forget, we will be having a quiz on the material covered!

Here are the functions: f(x) = x²  f(x) = 3x + 5  f(x) = 7 f(x) = sin(x) f(x) = -4(e^x) 


 * Friday: QUIZ, Lecture, and GeoGebra Projects Due!**

We will be having a quiz with the electronic SMART Board remotes at the beginning of class. I hope you are all ready! After the quiz, I will be giving a short lecture on what we have not covered for the week before we head off to the computer lab to finish your GeoGebra projects. They are due today, so please work hard to get them done!