Teaching resources

Grade 11 / Derivative numbers

Discover the directrix of tangents to a curve (with geogebra 5.0)

TICE activity on the derivative number approach using the rate of increase (openCalc and with geogebra 5.0)

Algebraic manipulation to establish the derivative number

Courses

Slideshow showing convergence of the derivative number as a limit of the rate of increase

Representation of the rate of increase.

Animation on the limit position of a string: the tangent to the curve.

Graphical representation of the tangent as a string limit position.

Example of the approximation of the derivative number by convergence of the directrix of strings

Demonstrating the tangent expression