Some of the Possible Project Topics, Listed by Calendar Date
Feb 24 &25 -- Implicit Differentiation (2.6)
-- compute a derivative requiring implicit differentiation
Feb 26 & 27 -- Related Rates (4.2)
-- create or use a problem from the text or other source and solve it showing work
March 3 & 4 -- Inverse Functions, Derivatives of Inverse Functions (2.7)
March 5 & 6 -- Extreme Values and the Mean-Value Theorem (3.1-3.2)
March 17 & 18 -- Increasing and Decreasing Functions, Concavity and the Second Derivative (3.3-3.4)
-- Using a sketchpad on the calendar page, make up a function and then analyze it
using the graphing notes reviewed in class and derivatives then graph it.
-- write a connect-the-dots
March 19 & 20 -- Curve Sketching (3.5)
March 24 & 25 -- Optimization and Differentials (4.3-4.4)
-- write a problem set w/answers and work
-- write a connect-the-dots
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