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Planting and Harvesting: An Application of the Definite Integral

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Students will use derivatives and integrals to determine the best time for a farmer to plant hay. They will solve this problem by examining the course of the sun, utilizing concepts of equinoxes and global positioning.

 

 

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Using Traffic Data to Reinforce Inflection Points

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Students will use real data from morning rush hour on Chicago expressways to examine piece-wise regression. To make the scenario more interesting and relevant, students will discuss the problems caused by excessive traffic. The activity is written for use with a graphing calculator.

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Using Rates of Change with Environmental Science

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Teachers can use this lesson to help students understand the rate of change within biodiversity, climate, geography, agriculture, etc.

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