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In this site you will find worksheets, puzzles, tips, and other ideas for calculus. You will also find the assignments for Handley's A.P. Calculus class.
   Calculus Course Notes and Lesson Plans
   Pictures of the 1999-2005 A.P. Calculus classes
   A.P. Calculus Scores at Handley High School
   Techniques for Being Successful in Calculus
   Droodle Review of Precalculus Concepts
   Algebraic Atrocities -- Review of Algebra Concepts
   Symmetry Activity with the Digital Camera
   Fractal Sheets -- Limits
   Hexaflexagon -- Limits
   Limits with Angles of Polygons
   Limits -- Artistic Perspective
   Review of Limits
   I Have ... Who Has ... Cards -- Limits
   Continuity -- Table Exploration
   Review of Limits and Continuity
   Derivative Formulas -- with boxes and squiggles
   Droodle Review -- Trig Derivatives
   The Mathematics Of A Football Kick
   Find The Bingo -- Derivatives
   "Farside" Droodle Review -- Chain Rule
   "Magic Square" Derivatives -- Chain Rule
   Facts about e
   Facts about Pi
   Worksheet on Implicit Differentiation
   Compound Interest
   M&Ms Activity (Exponential Functions)
   Rule of 72 -- with Logarithms
   Logarithm Problems
   Related Rates -- How Fast Can You Watch?
   Worksheet on Related Rates (A Turvey)
   Derivative Relationships in a Circle and Sphere
   Proof of L'Hopital's Rule
   Limits -- Blueberry Pancakes
   Derivative Formulas
   Worksheet to Accompany Derivative Formulas
   Another List of Derivatives
   More Derivative Formulas
   An old list of Derivative Formulas
   An old Worksheet on Derivative Formulas
   Curve Sketching Instructions
   The S-Curve
   Review Sheet on Curve Sketching
   The Seasons -- Curve sketching
   Methods for Finding Critical Points
   Right Angle Puzzle (1st Semester Vocabulary)
   Matchboxes Puzzle (1st Semester Vocabulary)
   Volume of a Box (Max/Min)
   Maxima / Minima Procedures
   Worksheet on Maxima / Minima Problems
   Do Dogs Know Calculus? (Max / Min)
   Snell's Law (Max/Min)
   The Longest Home Run (Max / Min)
   Class, Take Your Seats! (Max/Min)
   Miniature Golf / Billiards (Max/Min)
   Maxima/Minima Review Problems
   Maxima/Minima Review Problems
   Cat Food Can Maxima/Minima Problem
   Letter from Carnation about Cat Food Problem
   The Spider and The Fly (Max/Min puzzle)
   Proof By Induction
   An Illustration of Proof By Induction
   Worksheet on Integrals (categories)
   I Have ... Who Has ... Cards -- Integration
   The Mintegral (Story about the Integral)
   The Reason for Plus C
   Slope Fields Teaching Suggestion
   Worksheet on Slope Fields
   Find The Bingo (logs and e^x)
   Review Sheet on Area and Integration
   Information on Volumes of Solids of Revolution
   The Pink Panther -- Inverse Trig.
   Droodle -- Areas, Arc Length,& Volumes
   Proof that 0 = 1 (Integration by Parts)
   Integration by Parts Trick (Jaime Escalante)
   Integration by Parts Acronym
   Summary of Integration Techniques
   Integral Formulas
   Properties of Integrals
   Droodle for Integration Techniques
   Really Stupid Integrals
   Right Angle Puzzle (2nd Semester Vocabulary)
   Matchboxes Puzzle (2nd Semester Vocabulary)
   Silly Sally Seal -- Integration
   A.P. Exam Preparation
   Conics -- Formulas
   Conic Sections (in Spanish)
   Analytic Geometry Formulas
   Droodle Graphs -- Points, Lines, Circles
   Special Paper for Graphing Parabolas
   Special Paper for Graphing Ellipses
   Special Paper for Graphing Hyperbolas
   Reflection Property of the Parabola and Ellipse
   Activities with Circles and Parabolas
   "Berlin" - Circles, Parabolas, & Inequalities
   "Graph It!" - Circles, Parabolas, & Lines
   Applications of Parabolas
   Applications of Ellipses
   Applications of Hyperbolas
   Applications of Conics
   Translation and Rotation of Axes
   Parabella -- Conics Story
   Analytic Geometry Problems
   "Starship" -- Polar Coordinates Game
   Graph Paper for Tests
   Calculus "Definitions"


Links
  
   Blackboard Learning System
  
   Visual Calculus
  
   Graphics for the Calculus Classroom
  
   Calculus Lessons
  
   A.P. Central
  
   San Jose State -- On-line Quiz (Calculus Review)
  
   I Love Calculus
  
   A.P. Exam Problems -- Alvirne High School
  
   Mr. Calculus
  
   Mike Kelley's Calculus Help
  
   The Integrator -- Wolfram Research
  
   Dave's Table of Derivatives (with proofs)
  
   The Math Forum
  
   Handley Math Home Page


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