PDF Student Manipulatives

Last Update: 3/13/2007

As time permits, I'll publish some files for the students to explore calculus concepts.

**College Algebra**
ca_transforms.pdf Reader 7.0+	(3/13/07) Demonstrates common graphical transformations, vertical and horizontal shifting, vertical and horizontal compressing and stretching.

Calculus I

graphPDF
Reader 5.0+
(1/17/02) A demo of dynamic graphing within a PDF document. Uses an undocumented JavaScript method.

Newton's Method
Reader 5.0+
(4/16/02) A demo that illustrates Newton's Method. A student enters the function, its derivative, and an initial value, and the corresponding solution to the equation f(x)=0 is estimated.

**Calculus II**
Estimating the Natural Number e Reader 5.0+	(9/4/03) An interactive experience for estiimating the value of the natural number e.
Numerical Integration using JavaScript Reader 4.0+	(3/3/01) It approximates the value of a definite integral using Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule.

dpstory@uakron.edu

Visitors since 3/02/01:

graphPDF Reader 5.0+	(1/17/02) A demo of dynamic graphing within a PDF document. Uses an undocumented JavaScript method.
Newton's Method Reader 5.0+	(4/16/02) A demo that illustrates Newton's Method. A student enters the function, its derivative, and an initial value, and the corresponding solution to the equation f(x)=0 is estimated.