Calculus projects

Math Teacher Mambo: Calculus Final Project - Solids of Revolution Lanterns

This is a great project to do on the day before Thanksgiving Break. It works anytime, but it is really nice to do on a day when you need to keep the students' minds on math. Materials Needed: construction paper scissors rulers tape calculator big bag of popcorn I begin by having this on my board when students enter the classroom. Students immediately want to know "what's that for" and "are we having a quiz?" (Eye roll!) But at least they are paying attention to their surroundings and I am…

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A couple summers ago, I made some really beautiful (I think) models to represent the kinds of figures we find the volumes of in calculus (post here). The models worked well last year; I think it made the "formulas" make sense to the kids. But, I thought it'd be even better if the kids actually got to create some of these in class. I just couldn't quite figure out how I wanted to do it, without making it a project and without taking up too much class time. And then, a year late, an idea…

This project was turned in early and I find it mesmerizing #3dgraphs #apcalculusbc

Welcome to a tour of my 2020-2021 high school math classroom decorations! This school year, I taught Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, and Statistics. Normally, I