Calculus · Week 36 · AP Exam Review and Reflection
Looking Back: My Calculus Year
One function can show all 4 big ideas of calculus: limits, change, analysis of functions, and accumulation, and naming where you grew builds self-awareness.
- Students will
- Students solve 1 short problem for each of the 4 big ideas and name which idea shows their greatest growth this year.
- SEL skill
- Name the big idea where you grew most and back it up with a math example
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-awareness by naming which big idea they grew in most, with a math example as evidence.
- Content focus
- The big ideas of calculus on one page
- Format
- Gallery share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means knowing your own strengths and how you have changed, like naming which big idea of calculus you grew in most. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- AB 1.6: AP Calculus AB, Unit 1, Topic 1.6
- AB 5.4: AP Calculus AB, Unit 5, Topic 5.4
- AB 6.7: AP Calculus AB, Unit 6, Topic 6.7
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP7 Look for and make use of structure
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Exploring Changing Quantities
- Traditional course: Calculus
More self-awareness activities for Calculus
- What Changes, and How Fast? Self-awarenessAverage rate of change on smaller and smaller intervals, and noticing how confident each step feels.
- The Derivative as a Limit Self-awarenessFrom average to instantaneous rate of change, finding the derivative as a limit and noticing which steps feel strong.
- Implicit Differentiation Self-awarenessFinding slopes on curves like circles, and noticing where my own mistakes tend to happen.
- The Mean Value Theorem Self-awarenessChecking conditions before claiming a theorem applies, and knowing how sure you are.
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