Calculus Lesson Plans

1. Archive of Reform Calculus Resources- Over 20 projects and activities.
2. Bi-Lateral Symmetry Photo Activity
3. Calculus Lesson Plans and Worksheets- In this site you will find worksheets, puzzles, tips, and other ideas for calculus.
4. Calculus Reform: Sample Materials- Syllabi, homework, exams, handouts from the four terms of Calculus, as taught at Stony Brook.
5. Calculus.net- A web portal for calculus teachers.

1. CBL# Activities for Pre-Calculus / Trigonometry- Tons of activities from Texas Instruments.
2. Continuous and Yet Undifferentiable- This lesson explores the behavior of a function near critical points where the derivative is undefined.
3. Difference Equations to Differential Equations- A full on-line text.
4. Differential Calculus- How to find the x-Intercepts and the y-Intercepts.
5. Extreme Values and Calculus- Students should be familiar with defining functions on specific intervals and viewing windows on a graphing calculator.
6. Graphics For The Calculus Classroom- These are excerpts from a collection of graphical demonstrations I developed for first year calculus.
7. I Love Calculus- Fun activities for learning math, even Calculus!
8. Mathematics of Cartography- A map is a set of points, lines, and areas all defined both by position with reference to a coordinate system and by non-spatial attributes.
9. Momentum- One useful consequence of Newton's 3rd law is the conservation of momentum, as is shown by analyzing the recoil of a cannon.
10. Pre-Calculus- Over 30 tutorials for learning Calculus.
11. Stressed Out- Slope as rate of change.
12. The Calculus Page Problems List- About 20 Calc. Problems for upper level students.
13. The Hot Tub: Interpreting Graphs- Questions to answer about a graph. Notice the connection between the slope of the lines and the rate of change of the water depth.