Unit Title: Calculus in the Real World Name: Jonathon Berschauer Content Area: Calculus (Mathematics) Grade Level:

11 - 12 CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s): 9.0 Students use differentiation to sketch, by hand, graphs of functions. They can identify maxima, minima, inflection points, and intervals in which the function is increasing and decreasing. Big Ideas: Students will learn that calculus is involved in the real world in many places that are often overlooked. Students will learn how to use differentiation techniques to understand the nature of a function. Students will learn how to use calculus to create a visual representation of a mathematical function. Students will learn how to write and graph mathematical functions involving real life situations. Unit Goals and Objectives: 1) Students will demonstrate knowledge of the differentiation techniques used to graph functions by completing the guided notes. 2) Students will demonstrate knowledge of how to graph functions with the use of differentiation to find critical points, increasing and decreasing intervals, inflection points, concavity, and maximums and/or minimums by completing a webercise. 3) Students will show that they can apply their knowledge of differentiation and graphing techniques to real world situations by collaboratively researching, writing, and graphing their own functions involving real life situations. Unit Summary: In this unit, students will learn how calculus can be used to graph real world situations. The unit will include an introductory lecture on background knowledge for graphing, the differentiation strategies used to graph functions, and how to apply calculus to real life situations. Students will complete a webercise on differentiation techniques and graphing of functions. The concepts covered in lecture and learned through the webercise will be necessary to complete the group graphing project. Other instruction and assessment will focus on the other calculus skills needed to graph complex functions. Individually or in groups students will write and graph their own functions representing real world relationships. Each student will then present their function; why they chose the topic, how they discovered the function, and the graph they obtained. The unit will end with an exam to ensure that students have grasped the big ideas, goals, and objectives of the unit. Assessment Plan: Entry-Level: Teacher Lecture and Guided Notes basic graph shapes game, review differentiation techniques, graphing complex functions, and real world equations come to life

Formative: Webercise graphing using derivatives Quiz critical points, increasing/decreasing, maxima/minima, points of inflection, and concavity Worksheet how to identify asymptotes and matching functions with graphs In-class Game identifying variables in real life situations

Summative: Graphic Organizer / Project / Presentation writing the mathematical equation of real life situations, graphing the relationship between variables, and presenting findings to the class Exam graphing by hand complex functions using differentiation techniques

Lesson 1 Student Learning Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the differentiation techniques used to graph functions by completing the guided notes.

Acceptable Evidence: Students will complete the guided notes to demonstrate basic knowledge of differentiation techniques used in graphing functions.

Instructional Strategies: Communication Presentation Organization Interaction

Lesson Activities: Teacher will lecture about the unit topics and provide real world applications of calculus. Students will complete guided notes that go with the lecture.

Lesson 2 Student Learning Objective: Students will demonstrate knowledge of how to graph functions with the use of differentiation to find critical points, increasing and decreasing intervals, inflection points, concavity, and maximums and/or minimums by completing a webercise. Lesson 3 Student Learning Objective: Students will show that they can apply their knowledge of differentiation and graphing techniques to real world situations by collaboratively researching, writing, and graphing their own functions involving real life situations.

Acceptable Evidence: Students will complete a webercise using differentiation techniques and graphing of functions.

Instructional Strategies: Communication Collection Collaboration Organization Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will complete a webercise about graphing functions with the use of differentiation to find critical points, increasing and decreasing intervals, inflection points, concavity, and maximums and/or minimums. Students may work on their own or in groups of up to 3.

Acceptable Evidence: Students will use the graphic organizer to discover mathematical functions of real life real life relationships. They will write an equation, graph it, and present it to the class.

Instructional Strategies: Communication Collection Collaboration Presentation Organization Interaction

Lesson Activities: Students will work individually or in groups of up to 3 to write their own mathematical functions involving real life situations. A graphic organizer will be used to help the students organize their ideas. Their relationship, research, equation, any calculations, and the graphs will be assessed. Each student will demonstrate their function by sharing why they chose the topic, how they discovered the mathematical function, and graphing it on the board in front of the class.

Unit Resources: http://www.prezi.com http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/HigherOrderDerivatives.aspx https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/maxmindirectory/MaxMin.html#PROBLEM http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/quadratic-equation-real-world.html http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ShapeofGraphPtI.aspx http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ShapeofGraphPtII.aspx http://17calculus.com/derivatives/graphing/ Useful Websites: http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/problems_6.html http://www.freemathhelp.com/finding-asymptotes.html http://www.freemathhelp.com/finding-horizontal-asymptotes.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDY9JcFaRd4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFQ4kMcODzU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcEqOzNov4E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK2shgCXALo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIgnece9ins http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/problems_4.html http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/section6.rhtml http://www.sparknotes.com/math/calcab/applicationsofthederivative/section8.rhtml https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/graphingdirectory/Graphing.html