Quote of the Day: "Discovery lessons, students writing to learn mathematics, the teaching of so-called general problem solving concepts, field trips, math lab lessons, alternate assessments, collaborative partner tests, student presentations, and open-ended problems should all be used sparingly. I use some of them, but they have limited value. Pencil-and-paper analytic solutions are the heart of mathematics education." --Michael Stueben in Twenty Years Before the Blackboard Objectives: The student will apply the definition of the derivative to finding derivatives of algebraic functions. 1. Collect Homework. 2. To introduce derivatives:Click here for an interactive link to the Derivative (Then click on the Derivative Machine) Click here for another interactive link to the Definition of the Derivative 3. Notations for the derivative: 4. Examples: 5. Click here for the Derivative Song 6. Comic Strip about the Definition of the Derivative 7. Assignment: p. 187 (9, 12, 13)Droodle Worksheet |