Calculus – Jon Oaks

01 Sep

The Mathematics of Weight Loss

By Jon OaksUncategorizedAlgebra, Calculus, Linear Algebra, Math for Education, Statistics

The picture below was taken in college when I was around my heaviest weight ever of 314 lbs. I've always been a big person and I there is a lot that goes into why this is the case as well. Was it the way I was raised? Was it genetics? Was it just me eating myself into a hole? Well, this is not the place where I'm going to talk about that. What I will say, though, is that this is the most recent picture of me a little over 70 lbs lighter than I was at my highest weight.…

10 Sep

Mind Maps for Calculus, Algebra, and Statistics

By Jon OaksUncategorizedAlgebra, Calculus, Mindmapping, Statistics

This semester I decided that I wanted to organize all of the resources that I've found on the Internet onto Mind Maps for my Calculus, Algebra, and Statistics classes. There was just too much that I wanted to tell my students about every semester that it started to become too overwhelming to repost the links on my LMS every semester (my courses don't ever seem to copy very well from semester to semester). The results are below. Feel free to share with everyone. For the calculus map, bit.ly/calcmap For the algebra map, bit.ly/algebramap For the statistics map, bit.ly/statmap

12 Jul

Calculus Applets

By Jon OaksUncategorizedCalculus

If you haven't yet checked out Paul Seeburger's Calculus Applets, here's the link: http://www.monroecc.edu/wusers/pseeburger/index.htm

30 May

‘Derive This Way’ Calculus Videos

By Jon OaksUncategorizedCalculus, Video

These are both videos based on a parody of 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga. Personally, I don't like her music, but that's because I don't listen enough to the radio to know any of her songs. However, I did find both of these videos very amusing in their own ways. They were uploaded to YouTube only 1 day apart and of course, they are having their own little debate over whose idea came first. Who cares! Just enjoy the videos. And by the way, I really am doing more than just spending my summer finding random YouTube videos about…

28 May

Calculus Parody Videos

By Jon OaksUncategorizedCalculus, Conics, Functions, Inspiration, Video

14 May

An Array of Media — Video and Audio Clips

By Jon OaksUncategorizedCalculus, Forms, Inspiration, Video

1. JotForm Introductory Video 2. Article: College Lecture Classes Need Overall 3. Calculus Rhapsody (I know this isn't new, but... a friend who is teaching Calculus this summer asked for a link.) 4. Math: It's Everywhere 5. A Short List of Great YouTube Channels http://www.youtube.com/user/glenhamlen http://www.youtube.com/user/InspiringEducation http://www.youtube.com/user/wwwcomapcom

27 Mar

This Calculus Game Needs a Sweet Name… Any Suggestions?

By Jon OaksUncategorizedActivity, Calculus, Games, Jing, Video, Worksheets

I just finished this new Calculus game in anticipation of teaching a lesson on The First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. I'm looking to give it a good name. Any suggestions? Calculus Game.pdf Download this file Jing Video and notes to accompany my lesson: View on screencast.com » Intergal_Video.pdf Download this file Jing Video and notes for the Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus: View on screencast.com » The_Second_Fundamental_Theorem_of_Calculus.pdf Download this file Group_Work_Problems.pdf Download this file

06 Feb

Links from the Week – including a LCM/GCF Competition-Style Idea

By Jon OaksUncategorizedActivity, Calculator, Calculus, Clock, Desktop Sharing, Games, GCF, History, Infographics, LCM, Online, Statistics, Video, Wolfram|Alpha

Sometimes I wonder how many people actually find this more annoying than useful. 1. Maple Worksheets for Calculus - In addition to the Applets which I previously posted about, there St. Louis University also has a series of Maple Worksheets for Calculus that could prove to be useful. That is, if Maple is your thing. 2. How Much Does It Cost to Go to the SuperBowl and The History of the SuperBowl are potentially two useful Infographics for about this time of year that could provide for some discussion on Sports Statistics, etc. Although, I mainly just thought they were incredibly…

06 Feb

GeoGebra and Applets for Calculus

By Jon OaksUncategorizedApplets, Calculus

Somethings I have learned just by being a little more observant. One day last week I was sitting at a different table than usual at school, and it happened to be next to the bulletin board. At the very top of the bulletin board was a flier that I had never seen before that had a list of two websites, one of them being Math Applets for Calculus at St. Louis University. Personally, I have never been too big of a fan of applets, but most of these are really great. There are four types of applets there: JCM Applets,…

12 Jan

Helpful Links for Teaching Calculus

By Jon OaksUncategorizedCalculus

Here is a list of helpful links that I compiled while teaching from "Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions," 5th Ed. by Larson, Hostetler, and Edwards last summer. These aren't necessarily textbook specific, either. Honestly, although it was just last summer, I was sort of still back in the dark ages and hadn't yet made the jump into technology that I needed to. But I can't say that having these resources upfront wouldn't help students. Enjoy them, as I don't post too much calculus stuff on here! Link to publisher's website, click on "General Resources". Link to Calculus Math Articles (I had students…