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)

Bekki George
Using the TI Graphing Calculator on Piecewise Functions, Piecewise Derivatives, Area and Volume
January 24, 2009

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)

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
Calculus of Variations and Other Various Things ;)
November 10, 2007

  • Presentation (pdf)
  • Handout (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)

Christian Haich
Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

January 26, 2008

  • Complete set of handouts (pdf)
  • Integrating Velocity (doc)
  • Basic Integration (doc)
  • The Area Function (doc)
  • Using the FTC (doc)

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)

Mike May, S.J.
Introducing GeoGebra
March 7, 2009

Jeff Morgan
Using Vectors in the Calculus of Parametric Equations &
Creating Animations with Winplot

September 29, 2007

Jeff Morgan
Bad Derivatives, Picture Calculus, and Crazy Modeling
November 15, 2008

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)

Dixie Ross
How the AP Exams Helped Make Me a Better Teacher

October 20, 2007

  • Item Analysis to Improve Performance on AP Calculus Exam (pdf)
  • Handout 2 (pdf)
  • Volumes-How Sweet It Is (doc)

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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