Lin McMullin




This Concavity Demonstration runs in Winplot which can be downloaded free here. It shows how the concavity of a graph can be seen by examining the graph of a derivative and its accumulation function. After opening the file use CTRL+SHIFT+N to view the instructions and notes.




The Chain Rule Animation runs in Winplot which can be downloaded free here. After opening the file use CTRL+SHIFT+N to view the instructions and notes.



An analysis of the free-response "type" questions on the AP* Calculus exam, including an a reference to specific questions from 1998 - present.



Advice for your students (and you) on how to prepare and review for the AP* Calculus Exams.

Power Series
The slides and the handout from a presentation given in February 2004, at the College Board Math Specialty Conference. These were requested by the participants at a recent BC Calculus one-day workshop.


Slope Fields

An online presentation archived at AP Central on Slope Fields. Scroll down the page, it is near the bottom. Also there is a brief presentation on using Winplot with slope fields and a handout as well.  (The other online presentations here are also good.) 

TI Calculator Programs

Programs from Teaching AP Calculus that demonstrate various calculus concepts. Grouped Files; download
and transfer to the calculator using TI-Connect.








Questions used and discussed in class in my 2006 AB Calculus one-week institutes.

Question of the Month
From AP Central.

1.  Learning from Mistakes - Cylindrical Shells (May 2003)

2. Neighborhoods of Infinity (June 2003)

3. Calculus with Compass and Straight Edge? (July 2003)

4.  My Favorite Function (August 2003)

5. Is There Anything Remaining from the Remainder Theorem? (September 2003)

6. What's Normal for a Quadratic? (October 2003)

7. Fun Investigations with a CAS - Third Degree Polynomials (November 2003)

8. Fun Investigations with a CAS - Third Degree Polynomials Part II (December 2003)  




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