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Calculus In Context - The Five College Calculus Project

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The Spread of Disease and SIR Models - Start Calculus Numerically!

​Introduction to this unit ​​(and the best calculus textbook)

  • Skip the limits (at least for a bit)

  • Working with spreadsheets (distributed programming)

  • How do the fundamental theorems of calculus become so obvious to students?!

02

Notes for Teaching Calculus In Context in small classes

  • Unpacking textbooks

  • Balancing modeling and symbolic methods

03

Projects

  • The Contagion Project

  • Physics - Terminal Velocity

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