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2010-04-26 Drawing Integrals No Solutions

This document contains instructions for an assignment involving graphing integrals using an online simulation. Students are asked to reproduce functions by playing with settings in the simulation, then draw what they see when clicking the "integral" box. They are also asked to provide 4 observations about integrals from using the simulation and explain each one, such as noting that if a function stays below the x-axis, its integral will also be below the x-axis since the integral represents signed area.

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2010-04-26 Drawing Integrals No Solutions

This document contains instructions for an assignment involving graphing integrals using an online simulation. Students are asked to reproduce functions by playing with settings in the simulation, then draw what they see when clicking the "integral" box. They are also asked to provide 4 observations about integrals from using the simulation and explain each one, such as noting that if a function stays below the x-axis, its integral will also be below the x-axis since the integral represents signed area.

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Name:_____________________________ Date:_____________________ Band:________

Calculus | Packer Collegiate Institute


Drawing Integrals

PART I: Where is your intuition?

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Part II: Playing around
Directions: Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Calculus_Grapher
and click “run now!” Unclick the box marked “derivative” and then play around with the
settings. Once you have a feel for the applet, reproduce the functions. Then when you
have a good approximation, click the box marked “integral.” Draw what you see below.

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Part III: Observations

Play around with the simulation. Write down FOUR observations you can come up with,
no matter how obvious – and try to explain them.

Example:

Observation: I observe that if my function stays at or below the x-axis, the integral of
that function will also stay at or below the x-axis.
Possible Explanation: Since the integral represents the signed area, if a function is
always below the x-axis, then the signed area will always be negative. Hence the integral
will always be below the x-axis.

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