B = already claimed by a student in the BLUE class
P = already claimed by a student in the PURPLE class
Possible Project Topics, Listed by Calendar Date
Some Possible Project Topics, FINAL pdf Approval at 11:59 pm on this date, Lecture Date by Course outline, (section in book)
Final Pdf File Must be Submitted & Approved by Monday, February 17, 2025
Present on Feb 19 & 20: Before the Second Test
1/21 & 22 & 23 -- An Introduction to Limits (1.1) & Finding Limits Analytically (1.3)
-- What Does Indeterminant Form Mean?
Jan 27 & 28 -- One-Sided Limits and Continuity (1.4-1.5)
-- use the Geometer's Sketchpad to analytically examine limits of a continuous function
-- present examples of limits of a continuous function and of a function which is not continuous
approached form an analytical and an algebraic standpoint
Jan 29, 30 -- Limits Involving Infinity (1.6)
-- use the Geometer's Sketchpad to analytically examine limits of a function(s) at infinity
-- for rational functions, explain limits at infinity from the Ax^m/Bx^n perspective
Feb 3, 4 -- Instantaneous Rates of Change and Interpretations of the Derivative (2.1-2.2)
-- Real-world examples of instantaneous rates of change and average rates of change
Feb 5, 6 -- Basic Differentiation Rules (2.3)
-- analytically explain the derivative of ln(x)
-- use the Geometer's Sketchpad to graph (then name) the derivative of a function using TRACE
-- write a problem set w/answers and work
-- write a connect-the-dots
-- review the cyclic nature of the derivatives & antiderivatives of the sine and cosine
Feb 10, 11 -- The Product and Quotient Rules (2.4)
-- perhaps analytically explain the derivative of ln(x)
-- perhaps write a problem set w/answers and work
-- perhaps write a connect-the-dots
Feb 12, 13, 18 B P -- The Chain Rule (2.5)
-- perhaps analytically explain the derivative of ln(x)
-- perhaps write a problem set w/answers and work
-- perhaps write a connect-the-dots
Final Pdf File Must be Submitted & Approved by Monday, March 24, 2025
Present on March 26 & 27: Before the Third Test
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, make-up a function, 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
Final Pdf File Must be Submitted & Approved by Monday, April 21, 2025
Present on April 23 & 24: Before the Fourth Test
March 31 & April 1 -- Optimization and Differentials (4.3-4.4)
April 2 & 3 -- Antiderivatives and the Indefinite Integral (5.1)
-- Cumulative Functions
-- Total Distance, Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
-- Length, Area, Volume
April 7 & 8 -- Riemann Sums (5.3)
April 9 &10 -- Definite Integrals (5.2)
April 14 & 15 -- The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (5.4)
-- FTC I
-- FTC II
April 16 & 17 -- Antiderivative by Substitution (6.1)
April 21 & 22 -- Area Between Curves (7.1)
-- Area with partitions perpendicular to the x-axis
-- Area with partitions perpendicular to the y-axis
Final Pdf File Must be Submitted & Approved by Monday, April 26, 2025 and Friday, May 2, 2025
Present on April 28 - 30, May 1, May 5: Before the Final Exam
Some Repeated or Not As Yet Presented Projects
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