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Spring 2025:  Projects/presentations are part of both
Internet and Remote-Live courses

Statistics projects are discussed later in the semester.

Calc I projects are suggested here.

      Project approval is made on a first-come-first-served basis.

      If a topic is not listed but you are interested in it, request it.

      If a problem in the book was something you think you could explain to another student, request it.

      Your project must be your own work, not the work of another person or that found on a web page or book unless you have taken that material, added to it, edited it, and stated the source.

      To see what other students have done as projects, visit: Projects



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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