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Calculus: Derivatives Classroom Activities		Download
$Calculus_Concavity$ Concavity Examine the relationship between the first and second derivative and shape of a function. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download4,705
Continuity and Differentiability 1 Explore piecewise graphs and determine conditions for continuity and differentiability. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,410
Continuity and Differentiability 2 Explore piecewise graphs and determine conditions for continuity and differentiability. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download4,520
Critical Points and Local Extrema Visualize the connections between the critical points and local extrema. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,987
$Calculus_DerivativeFunction$ Derivative Function Transition from thinking of the derivative at a point to thinking of the derivative as a function. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download6,279
Derivative Grapher Visualize the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its derivative function. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download6,042
First Derivative Test Visualize the connections between the first derivative of a function, critical points, and local extrema. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™ Apps for iPad® TI-Nspire™	Download6,041
$07-14-2015 Image001$ Graphical Derivatives Apply knowledge of the graphical relationship between a function and its derivative. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™	Download4,550
Graphing Relationships In this activity, students will examine the graphs of functions along with their derivatives and look for relationships that exist.	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download163
$C_Inverse_Derivative_sm$ Inverse Derivative Visualize the reciprocal relationship between the derivative of a function and the derivative of its inverse. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™	Download5,159
$C_Local_Linearity_sm$ Local Linearity Visualize the idea of derivative as local slope. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,325
$Calculus_MeanValueTheorem$ Mean Value Theorem Calculate slopes of secant lines, create tangent lines with the same slope, and note observations about the functions and slopes. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™	Download4,528
$MVT_for_Derivatives$ MVT for Derivatives The MVT relates the average rate of change of a function to an instantaneous rate of change. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,310
Second Derivative Grapher Visualize the relationship between the graph of a function and the graph of its second derivative. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download5,175
$Calculus_SignOfTheDerivative$ Sign of the Derivative Make a connection between the sign of the derivative and the increasing or decreasing nature of the graph. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™	Download4,438
$Calculus_SlopeOfSecantLines$ Slopes of Secant Lines Collect data about the slope of a secant line and then predict the value of the slope of the tangent line. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series	Download4,678
$C_Symmetric_Secant_sm$ Symmetric Secant Investigate the symmetric secant line to provide an estimate for the derivative of a function at a point. Standards Textbook	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS TI-Nspire™	Download5,259
Investigating the Derivatives of Some Common Functions In this activity, students will investigate the derivatives of sine, cosine, natural log, and natural exponential functions by examining the symmetric difference quotient at many points using the table capabilities of the graphing handheld.	TI-Nspire™ CX series TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS	Download144

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