Extra Credit

Write me a quick email answering the following question:

What is Earth Hour? 

Be sure to tell me what it is in YOUR OWN WORDS.  You don't have to write me a 10 page essay, just a paragraph about what it is.  No Wikipedia allowed.  

Here are the point values:

If you turn it in by MONDAY (3/19) at 8:15am -- 5 points
If you turn it in by TUESDAY at 8:15am -- 4 points
If you turn it in by WEDNESDAY at 8:15am -- 3 points
If you turn it in by THURSDAY at 8:15am -- 2 points
If you turn it in by FRIDAY at 8:15am -- 1 point

Bonus Points!

As you remember in class, I told you that you should be checking this blog frequently.  Let's see who is...

if you bring in a box of tissues to class on Monday, you will get 3 bonus points.
if you bring in a box of tissues to class on Tues/Wed, you will get 2 bonus points.
if you bring in a box of tissues to class on Thurs/Fri, you will get 1 bonus point.

If you read this and can't get a box of tissues by Monday (or will be absent Monday) you can email me BY MONDAY and get the full 3 points after bringing in the tissues.

Video from today's class

http://www.khanacademy.org/video/the-indefinite-integral-or-anti-derivative?topic=calculus

Class Monday

Remember, I will not be in class on Monday.  You are going to be working on #2, #4, #7 and #9 in class and your HW will be #6 and #8.  I will be checking the entire worksheet when I return on Tuesday, so make sure you have every problem except 5 and 10 done.

Reference the videos below if you need help.  Remember YOU CAN DO IT!!  I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

Derivatives WS #4

Derivatives WS #3

Tonight's (or tomorrow night's) HW:

Watch the following Khan Academy video and take notes.  Then try to re-do the problem yourself.


http://www.khanacademy.org/video/calculus--graphing-using-derivatives?topic=calculus

I know I didn't mention much about how to literally get the second derivative, but all you do is take the derivative of the derivative.  For example,

original function                                first derivative                                   

             


second derivative

 

If you missed class today...or will miss it tomorrow...

Here are the links to the videos we watched:

Video 1:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/maxima-minima-slope-intuition?topic=calculus

Video 2:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/inflection-points-and-concavity-intuition?topic=calculus

Stressed about exams? Try Meditation!

In an effort to help reduce stress during exam time, I am going to offer meditation before the exams each day!  One of the teachers has a 30 minute meditation CD that I can use.  We would start at 6:50am.  I am also looking in to finding a shorter CD so that I can do one between exams as well since that time is only 30 min.

If you have any questions about it, you can come see me next week!