Lin McMullin
Educational Consultant
Links to helpful sites
These links may be interesting or helpful
Software
WINPLOT a FREE graphing utility for PCs. This program does all kinds of 2D and 3D graphing and has many features
perfect for demonstrating the ideas of calculus (Riemann sums, solids of revolution and regular cross-section, moving
tangent lines, etc.) as well as pre-calculus (transformations, parameters, parametric and polar graphs, etc.) . Have
your students download their own copy. Graphs of all type may be quickly pasted into Word documents. Click here
or here instructions.
Software
CALCULUS IN MOTION Used with Geometer's Sketchpad (v. 4.0), this product illustrates all of the main
ideas and problems of calculus. Also includes animations of most of the free-response questions since 1997.
Updated yearly. While your here look at Algebra in Motion.
Article
ASSESSING TRUE ACADEMIC SUCCESS: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF REFORM by Dan Kennedy. An
excellent article not only relevant to Calculus but to all mathematics courses.
Article
ADAPTING AP MATHEMATICS QUESTIONS AS A PRE- AP STATEGY by Dixie Ross. One thing you can
do to prepare your students, starting before Algebra 1 and continuing through their precalculus course is to adapt AP free-response questions to the skills students are presently learning. This article explains so of the techniques you
can use and links to actual examples.
Book
TEACHING AP CALCULUS by Lin McMullin. A guide and resource book for AP calculus teachers. Second Edition.
Chapters on preparing to teach the courses, the topics and hints on teaching them, the exam, and activities. This is
based on what I cover in my one-week summer institutes.
Newsletter
NCAAPMT Newsletter: Two issues per year. The summer issue contains detailed information on each of
the free-response questions (Calculus, Statistics and Computer Science): how the points were divided, how students
did, common mistakes, and much more.
Software
wxMaxima A FREE Computer Algebra System for computers. I haven't used this much, but the price is right!
Etymology
Information on where math words come from and what they mean. Click here
Math History and Biographies
A web site for finding out about the history of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians and other information at University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
