EPSILON-DELTA

This is my fourth year teaching calculus on some level.  Every year (until this one!) my students have really struggled with finding the der...

In AP Calculus, we're currently working on applications of the derivative.  As I studied past AP Calc exams this summer, it was clear to...

One of the things I find challenging to balance is convincing kids of mathematical truths without overwhelming them.  Sometimes, I know, the...

If you've never read Steven Strogatz's book The Joy of x , you should put it on your reading list.  Strogatz, in my opinion, is able...

Here's a Desmos activity I typed up for my calc kids to find the the derivatives of exponential and logarithmic functions.  Sadly...the ...

I've been loving this introduction to calculus that we're doing with our Pre-Calc classes currently.  I don't know about you, bu...

I was at a car parts store the other day, and I saw a sun shade for your windshield that advertised this: I had to double-take. ...

These were both AP Calculus sample questions for 2012.  And I just really like them:

I posted about how teaching the Chain Rule was a lot harder than I thought it would be.  I'm still convinced this is at least partially...

In Business Calc, we're currently studying exponential growth and decay.  I'm rather excited about this since it's something we ...

Two weeks down of summer classes, six to go. These past two weeks have reminded me how hard it is to teach a class for the first time....