This activity practices finding derivatives (a total of 12 various examples) using the chain rule. Functions include polynomials, radicals, trig and inverse trig functions, exponential functions and natural logarithms.
Activity Directions: Students have to compute 12 derivatives. They are asked to use a table given to find the mathematician’s name corresponding to each of their answers. (To facilitate students all the answers correct and incorrect are labeled with big Latin letters and are contained in another table.) If students find all the derivatives correctly, they will learn 12 names of mathematicians involved in calculus.
This activity can be used as a class practice. (Students could compete to see who can get all or most names first). It can be also used for groups of 2 (each partner will solve 6 problems) or independent activity.
Solutions (handwritten clearly) to the problems are provided.
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This Derivatives Bundle contains PDF format items (printable). It represents over 20% savings off of the items if purchased individually. There are included fun and engaging partner and group activities, matching and sorting activities, funny themed task cards, self-checking practice, unique new activities like "Mathematician Search", "Calculus Terms" Search, "Syllables Search" activities, "Fill in the Missing", "Casting out Ghosts" and "Turkey Hunting" -matching games, rigorous practice problems with worked out examples and solutions, etc. All these are created with the purpose to improve students’ skills in Differential Calculus and make students enjoy solving. The resource covers the following topics: ◈ Product and Quotient Rules ✔ ◈ Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions ✔ ◈ Chain Rule ✔ ◈ Second Derivative ✔ ◈ Higher Order Derivatives ✔ ◈ Finding a Derivative at a Point ✔ ◈ Logarithmic Differentiation ✔ ◈ Implicit Differentiation ✔ ◈ Tangent Lines ✔ ◈ Absolute Extrema ✔ ◈ First and Second Derivative Tests ✔ ◈ Intervals of Concavity and Inflection Points ✔ ◈ Curve Sketching ✔
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