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Calculus: Applications of the Derivative Classroom Activities		Download
Exploring Motion in the Plane In this activity, students will use a TNS file for visualizing the velocity and acceleration vectors at specific times associated with a particle as it moves along a curve.	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download304
Velocity, Position, Distance Work with linked representations of the horizontal motion of an object. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®	Download5,111
Profit Equations and Calculus In this activity, students will discuss the graphical and algebraic relationships between a function and its first and second derivatives, namely a profit function.	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download83
$C_Derivative_Analysis_sm$ Derivative Analysis Associate the verbal language of function behavior with characteristics of the graph of the function. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download5,714
Elevator: Height and Velocity Introduce ideas related to rectilinear motion. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,077
$Fill the Urn ver 6 0$ Filling the Urn Work with linked representations of the related rates of change of volume and height of fluid. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download5,404
$C_Higher_Order_Derivatives_sm$ Higher Order Derivatives (CAS Tool) Examine higher order derivatives using TI-Nspire Computer Algebra System (CAS). Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,247
$C_Maximums_Minimums_Zeroes_sm$ Maximums, Minimums, and Zeroes Determine when a function has a maximum or minimum based on the derivative of the function. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad®	Download5,821
$C_Newtons_Method_sm$ Newton's Method Visually see the geometry and calculus behind Newton's Method. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download5,971
Optimization - IB Students learn how to use the second derivative test to find maxima and minima in word problems and solve optimization in parametric functions. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series	Download3,537
$C_Relating_Rates_sm$ Relating Rates - IB Students are given a situation of water draining out of a cylindrical tank in order to explain the process of solving related rates questions. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download3,957
$Roller Coaster$ Roller Coaster Ride Students visualize why the first derivative test works and how it is used to determine local minima and maxima. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download2,852
$17672$ The Classic Box Problem - Calculus The Box_Problem_Calculus.tns document takes a classic problem from calculus and uses the dynamic linking capabilities of TI-Nspire to enact the problem in multiple representations: diagramatic, graphic, numeric, geometric, and symbolic. The problem is posed on the title screen shown at the right. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ TI-Nspire™ CAS	Download3,605

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