Calculus Curriculum

Intro to Calculus/Calc 1 (depending on how far it goes).
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Note that sources stacked consecutively, with no topic separating them, are different sources which explain the same material and it is up to the learner to decide which resource(s) to use and how in depth they desire to go. It is not intended that all redundant resources be used, they are there to accommodate.

Brackets after a source indicate the medium, with a time indicating a video of that runtime, and a wordcount indicating an article.


Comprehensive Resources:
These resources generally cover the entire subject of Calculus, and their appropriate sections will be linked in this curriculum. If a student finds these satisfactory on their own, or wishes to reference them when they are not linked, their directories will be linked here.

-Paul's Online Notes  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/CalcI.aspx
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Basic idea of calculus:

MySecretMathTutor                "Introduction to calculus"           [4:10]     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UukVP7Mg3TU
Socratica                        "What is Calculus? (Mathematics)     [9:13]     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3GV9pumczQ
Tibees                           "Calculus explained through a story" [14:51]    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWTdiAYQ2Cs
MIT OpenCourseWare               "Big Picture of Calculus"            [37:46]    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcWsDwg1XwM
Simple English Wikipedia Page    "Caclulus"                     [~1800 words]    https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus
Full Wikipedia Page              "Caclulus"                     [~6000 words]    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus


Prerequisites:
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1. Limits:

>1.1 Intro to limits:

Big picture:
Andrew Incognito  " Dr. Incognito teaches math- introduction to limits" [18:00]   https://youtu.be/JroM3rmBH50
Khan Academy      "Limits intro" [11:31]                                          https://youtu.be/riXcZT2ICjA
mathisfun         "Limits (An Introduction)" [861 words]                          https://www.mathsisfun.com/calculus/limits.html

a. Average Velocity/Secant Lines of functions
Khan Academy  "Secant lines and average rates of change" [5:16]            https://youtu.be/0z_MDIWMBwU
PatrickJMT    "Secant Line: Finding an Equation for a Secant Line" [5:04]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLtBPvMv6kw

b. Instantaneous Velocity/Slope of Tangent line
Khan Academy                 "Instantaneous Velocity" [4:37]                   https://youtu.be/pfTTHx9kCHk
Paul's Online Notes          "Tangent Lines and Rates of Change" [3843 words]  http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/Tangents_Rates.aspx
Jake Binnema (supplementary) "Secant Slope Calculator" [interactive app]       https://www.geogebra.org/m/XhJsJDtc

Resources that cover multiple of the above topics:
Socratica (a,b) "The Tangent Line and the Derivative (Calculus)" [11:38] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_cwTAfjgAQ

Practice Problems for 'Intro to Limits':
(a) https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-physics-1/ap-one-dimensional-motion/instantaneous-velocity-and-speed/e/average-velocity-and-average-speed-exercise
(b) http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Problems/CalcI/Tangents_Rates.aspx


>1.2 Basic Definition of limits:
a. Finding Limits from graph
b. One sided limits
c. Two sided limits
Practice Problems


>1.3 Computing limits:
a. Standard Methods
Caclulus I, By Andrew Incognito "Computing Limits" [1221 words](includes practice) -  https://ximera.osu.edu/incognito-calc1/calcBook/calcBook/limitsAnalytically/limitsAnalytically

b. Squeeze Theorem
Caclulus I, By Andrew Incognito "Squeeze Theorem" [381 words](includes practice) -  https://ximera.osu.edu/incognito-calc1/calcBook/calcBook/squeezeTheorem/squeezeTheorem

Resources that cover multiple of the above topics:
Paul's Online Notes (a,b) "Computing Limits" [2543 words]  http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Classes/CalcI/ComputingLimits.aspx

Practice Problems
Paul's Online Notes (a,b) "Computing Limits - Practice Problems" [15 problems]  http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/Problems/CalcI/ComputingLimits.aspx


>1.4 Infinite limits:
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Practice Problems


>1.5 Limits at Infinity:
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Practice Problems


>1.6 Continuity:
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Practice Problems
(Two problems on rational functions and vertical asymptotes) https://www.geogebra.org/m/nGfXYFPc


>1.7 Precise Definition of limits:
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-Brief text and applet demonstrating how limits are defined. https://www.geogebra.org/m/Jf7rP6uK
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