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Applications of Derivatives Digital Breakout

Yay - another Digital Breakout! I'm pretty proud of this one! These always take so long to develop and this was a beast. However, it was well worth it! 

 The topics include: 

  • Characteristics of f(x) using f'(x) & f"(x) (inc,dec,concavity)  
  • Related Rates
  • Absolute and relative extrema 
  • Mean Value Theorem 
I created the breakout as a supplemental review for our unit test coming up tomorrow! Even though some students would rather have a pencil paper review, I feel that others may need an alternate approach. So, I decided to try both for this review. One day, students worked on a paper version review, and today, they did the breakout. I'm hoping to see an improvement in test grades! We will see! 

Here is a link to the breakout. Try it out first and see if you like it!



~RJ

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  1. WTHS Mu Alpha Theta membersDecember 13, 2018 at 7:58 PM

    Can this be translated to an actual kit? Just got one and would love to use this next week.... THANKS

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    1. girlmathx2December 14, 2018 at 9:52 AM

      So it would depend on your physical locks. We have a kit, but we don't have a color lock or a 4 letter lock, so it wouldn't work for our kits. I can add the printouts to the post so that you can alter to make it work for you!

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  2. UnknownOctober 16, 2019 at 7:15 AM

    Love this! I clicked around. Figured it out. But when I entered all answers and clicked on "submit", I got a link that led to a gray screen and :(
    Not sure what that means. I checked that all my responses matched those in your teacher notes.
    Thanks!

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    1. UnknownOctober 16, 2019 at 7:17 AM

      It says I need permission to see the Google doc. Would you mind changing permission so anyone with the link can view? Thank you!!!

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    2. girlmathx2October 29, 2019 at 2:28 PM

      :( Umm. Not sure why it went to a gray screen. I'm doing this again with my class on Monday. I'll double check to see what's the problem.

      I looked up all of my docs, and they all say that they are shared. I also went incognito and opened all of the docs. I could view all of them as long as I was in a Google account. I used my personal account just to make sure that I could view them. Which one were you having problems with?

      Delete
    3. girlmathx2November 4, 2019 at 9:24 AM

      So, I think that I fixed the gray screen issue! It happened to my kids today too!

      Delete

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