Houston Area Calculus Teachers
Workshop Materials


Susan Cinque
Calculus Mini-Projects
February 5, 2005

  • Area and Volume Mini-Project (doc) (pdf)
  • Cubic Polynomial Mini-Project (doc) (pdf)
  • The Derivative of the Inverse of a Function (doc) (pdf)
  • Collecting Driving Data (doc) (pdf)
  • Polynomial Graphing Mini-Project (doc) (pdf)
  • Related Rates Mini-Project (doc) (pdf)
  • Calculus Warmups 1-10 (doc) (pdf)
  • Calculus Warmups 11-19 (doc) (pdf)

Pete Horton
New Twists on Old Goat Problems, Fooling Newton’s Method,
and so much more....
October 8, 2005

  • Pete's Presentation Problems (doc) (pdf)
  • Solutions, Part 1 (doc) (pdf)
  • Solutions, Part 2 (doc) (pdf)

Pete Horton
An AP Calculus Bouquet
November 13, 2004
(flyer)

  • Pete's Presentation Problems (doc) (pdf)
  • "It's Your Turn" (doc) (pdf)
  • Answers to "It's Your Turn" (doc) (pdf)
  • Paper Cut-Out (doc) (pdf)

Christian Haich & Denise Stasio
Topic: Sequences and Series
March 5, 2005

  • Pre-Lesson Taylor Polynomials (doc) (pdf)
  • Taylor Polynomials 1 (ppt)
  • Taylor Polynomials 2 (ppt)
  • Series Presentation (ppt)
  • The Power Series Creation (doc) (pdf)
  • Error Approximation (ppt)
  • Geometric Power Series and Convergence (ppt)
  • Ratio Test (ppt)

Selwyn Hollis
"The TI-89/92/Voyager Calculators: Efficient Usage
and Problem Solving"
November 5, 2005

  • Handout (pdf)

Bernie Madison
Calculus, Learning, Assessment
February 4, 2006

  • Learning that Lasts (pdf)
  • What's Fundamental about the Fundamental Theorem? (pdf)

Scott Pass
Differential Equations from Multiple Perspectives using Winplot
September 18, 2004

  • DE using Winplot (doc) (pdf)
  • Matching f and f ' (doc) (pdf)

Winplot graphs:

Dixie Ross
Asking The Right Questions To Make Students Successful
February 7, 2004

  • Particle Motion from a Graph (doc) (pdf)
  • Data Based Cola Problem (doc) (pdf)
  • Function Defined by Integral (doc) (pdf)
  • The Detective's Hat Function (doc) (pdf)

Nancy Stephenson
Slope Fields
October 18, 2003

J.T. Sutcliffe
Local Linearity
September 20, 2003

  • Rates of Change (doc) (pdf)
  • From Difference Quotient to Derivative (doc) (pdf)
  • Local Linearity: Seeing May Be Believing (doc) (pdf)

Gladys Wood
Functions Defined as Integrals - Bridging Differential and Integral Calculus Through The Fundamental Theorems
November 22, 2003

  • Functions Defined as Integrals (doc) (pdf)


Tech Tips
Graphing Compound Inequalities in Winplot (doc) (pdf)
Adding Equation Editor and Superscript to MS Toolbar (doc) (pdf)
Making Pictures using Print-Screen Key and Paint Program (doc) (pdf)


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