Introduction to Calculus - Plan
Added: 20 May 2019
Contributor:
PDST
Resource type:
A Teaching & Learning plan to help students
• understand what is meant by, and the difference between, average and instantaneous rates of change
• recognise the need for differential calculus in terms of real-world problems
• understand the concept of the derivative of a function
• understand that differentiation (differential calculus) is used to calculate instantaneous rates of change
• understand how to apply differentiation to calculate instantaneous rates of change
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Mathematics
Strand: 5. Functions
Strand unit: 2. Calculus
Suggestions for use: As an introduction to differential calculus
