Curriculum-wide Tools
Tutorials for the Calculus Phobe
This is a great site for quick tutorials to explain major ideas in early calculus. W. Michael Kelly describes things simply and well, starting with common, everyday language and moving on into mathematical language and notation. He uses animations to help make his points.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
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Visual Calculus
This website provides a wide variety of written and flash tutorials about many different topics in calculus. It has links to computer programs and simulations that can be used to generate examples, as well as drills and quizzes for students to use.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
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Calculus Notes
This website from Wisconsin Lutheran College provides quick reference notes on most of the early major topics in calculus. There are verbal, numerical and graphical representations of the different topics, and a concept check quiz at the bottom of each page of notes.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
Click on the image above to go to the website.
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WinPlot - Graphing Software
WinPlot is a "general-purpose plotting utility" which allows you to quickly create various graphs. I use it to create worksheets and tests, and have my students use it when they write up solutions and examples. Graphs are clearer and smoother than what is shown on a TI-graphing
calculator and are easily inserted into word documents and PowerPoint
presentations. The derive button quickly plots the derivative of the selected function, allowing multiple derivatives to be shown with the original function. You have the choice between inputting explicit, implicit, parametric and polar functions, as well as between 2-D or 3-D graphs.
Click on the image above to go to the download site.
Click on the image above to go to the download site.
Illuminations: Interactive Calculus Tool
You can use this applet several times throughout the calculus curriculum. You can use it to illustrate the relationship between secant lines and tangent lines, approximate the derivative and check your accuracy, and use rectangle sums to approximate area.
Khan Academy Practice
Khan Academy's practice site provides a great way to improve procedural skills. It has an excellent map of the connections between most major high school math skills, and allows you to pick an area to work toward proficiency in. If you get stuck, there are hints and links to videos that might be helpful. It currently does not cover all of the calculus curriculum, but it is a work in progress.
Click on the image above to go to the practice dashboard on the Khan Academy website.
Click on the image above to go to the practice dashboard on the Khan Academy website.
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