[Edu-sig] LAC 2012: Life After Calculus Final Project!

[A. Jorge Garcia]

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-ap-calculus-lac-2012-life.html

Here's a little update on all the Calculus and SAGE I did with my 
students these last few weeks as a final project after the AP Calculus 
BC exam!

For most of my students, this is the first time they see SAGE. Since 
they need to use a Graphing Calculator extensively on the AP exam, I 
can't really use SAGE during the school year. If I could, I would!

Enjoy,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


-----Original Message-----
From: A. Jorge Garcia <calcpage at aol.com>
To: edu-sig <edu-sig at python.org>
Sent: Sat, Jun 2, 2012 8:36 pm
Subject: LAC: Life After Calculus Final Project!

My final project this year in AP Calculus BC was to investigate the use
of a Computer Algebra System such as http://www.sagemath.org with
Calculus.
We introduced SAGE and python by doing some Arithmetic, Algebra and
Trig.
We even derived Euler's Identity!

Let me know what you think:
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-ap-calculus-life-after.html 



HTH,
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math and CompSci
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009