Lab Assignments for Calculus I (Math 141), Spring 2005

Lab
 Description
 Assignment
 Tutors
 Assistants
 Maplets
A The MATHSTAT Network and Maple       FunctionPlotter (USC)
B Lines and Plots   LineTutor [PreC] PlotBuilder FunctionPlotter (USC)
C Graphs of Functions: Shifting and Scaling   StandardFunctions [PreC]   Shift (TAMU)
Basic7 (TAMU)
D Mathematical Models Project 1:
Linear Fit to Tangent Lines
(Instructions) 		  CurveFitting  
E Limits, Infinity, and Asymptotes   RationalFunctions [PreC]   LimitCheck (USC)
F More Rigorous Approach to Limits Quiz 1
(obtain from your TA) 		    EpsilonDelta (USC)
G Differentiation and Tangent Lines   Tangents [C-SV]   TangentLine (TAMU)
H More Mathematical Models Project 2:
Building a Better Roller Coaster		      
I Differentiation of Transcendental Functions   Derivatives [C-SV]
Differentiation Methods [C-SV] 		  DerivativeDrill (TAMU/USC)
J   Quiz 2
(completed in lab) 		     
K Implicit Differentiation       ImplicitDifferentiation (TAMU)
L Critical Points, Inflection Points, and fsolve

Project 3:
Designer Functions		     FunctionAnalyzer (USC)
GraphTerms (TAMU)
Graph_f (TAMU)
Graph_df (TAMU)
Graph_ddf (TAMU)
M   Quiz 3
(completed in lab) 		     
N Definite Integrals and Riemann Sums Maple Survey   ApproximateInt [C-SV]    

Notes:

  • Tutors and Assistants can be accessed from the respective menus on the Maple 9.5 graphical user interface. The Tutors marked with [PreC] are found under the PreCalculus submenu; those marked with [C-SV] and [C-MV] can be found under the Calculus - Single Variable and Calculus - Multiple Variable submenus, respectively.
  • The maplets are most easily run with the Maplet Viewer (available only for Windows). On other platforms, save the file, load the file into a Maple session (just as you would any other Maple worksheet), and execute the entire worksheet. This will start the maplet.
  • Portable Document Format (PDF) files are viewable with Adobe Reader Download Adobe Reader.

    • If you have any questions, please send e-mail to sanders@math.sc.edu
    Last modified: September 14, 2005