Houston Area Calculus Teachers Past Workshops
2006-2007
Workshop I September 16, 2006 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Fun With Tangent Lines and Creating Flash Explanations for Calculus (or anything else) In 10 Minutes!! Materials and Challenge Problems Workshop II October 21, 2006 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" Will the real L'Hopital's Rule please stand up? And other things that make you go hmm. For the most part L'Hopital's Rule isn't stated to its fullest extent in Calculus books. I'll show why it can be extended and when it does or doesn't apply, derive a more powerful Nth Derivative Test using only basic Calculus ideas, look at the arclength and surface area of revolution formulas in a thought provoking way, examine the continuity and differentiability of powers of the Popcorn function (microwave not required), and also look at the famous continuous, but nowhere differentiable Blancmange function. Materials Workshop III November 11, 2006  Dan Kennedy - Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN What I Have Learned About Assessment from the AP Program. Part 2 :Nominations for the Ten Toughest Points on AP Calculus Exams. Biography Materials Workshop IV January 20, 2007  Ray Cannon - Baylor University AP Audit Workshop V March 3, 2007 Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Haich: The Area Function Haich: Which Pi is the Best Pi? Haich: Tying it All Together Stasio: Right and Left-Hand Sums Stepp: A Program for Finding Riemann Sums Stepp: Riemann Sums Intro Stones: Riemann Distance Project Stones: Taylor Polynomial Worksheet Practice Test April 21 - May 20, 2007 Online AP Practice Test
2005-2006
Workshop I September 17, 2005 Jeff Morgan Calculus with Excel Also ... announcing Online AP Practice Test and Online Homework Workshop II October 8, 2005 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" New Twists on Old Goat Problems, Fooling Newton’s Method, and so much more.... Talk Materials Workshop III November 5, 2005 Selwyn Hollis "The TI-89/92/Voyager Calculators: Efficient Usage and Problem Solving" Talk Materials Workshop IV February 4, 2006 Bernie Madison Calculus, Learning, Assessment Talk Materials Practice Test April 8, 2006  Online AP Practice Test (Some versions with keys)
2004-2005
Workshop I September 18, 2004 Scott Pass Differential Equations from Multiple Perspectives using Winplot Talk Materials Workshop II October 16, 2004 Jeff Morgan Bungee Coaster Calculus Workshop III November 13, 2004 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" An AP Calculus Bouquet Talk Materials Workshop IV February 5, 2005 Susan Cinque Calculus Mini-Projects Talk Materials Workshop V March 5, 2005 Christian Haich & Denise Stasio Topic: Sequences and Series Talk Materials
2003-2004
Workshop I September 20, 2003 J.T. Sutcliffe Local Linearity Talk Materials Workshop II October 18, 2003 Nancy Stephenson Slope Fields Talk Materials Workshop III November 22, 2003 Gladys Wood Functions Defined as Integrals - Bridging Differential and Integral Calculus Through The Fundamental Theorems Talk Materials Workshop IV February 7, 2004 Dixie Ross Asking The Right Questions To Make Students Successful Talk Materials Workshop V March 6, 2004 Jeff Morgan Brain Surgery: Making Your Students Think
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