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Activity:
Slopes and Derivatives |
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| Description: |
This activity demonstrates one of the many ways Sketchpad can be used in a calculus or math analysis class. Students manipulate a tangent line to a curve to investigate what it means for a curve to have slope. They explore the first derivative as a function which determines the slope of the curve for different values of x and express the derivative as a limit statement. |
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Sketchpad | |
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teacherlink.org--Center for Technology and Teacher Education |
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English | |
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Does not require payment for use |
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| Courses: |
Calculus |
Derivatives analytically, Slope of a curve at a point, Tangent line, Local linearity, Graph of f vs. f', Meaning of the sign of f' |
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