Recitation 8

Recitation 8 (The Power Rule)

Objectives:

• Students will be able to apply the power rule.
• Student will know when it is appropriate to apply the power rule.
• Student will be able to use the power rule in applications.

Lesson Plan

• [ (5 minutes)] Welcome the class to recitation. Ask students if they have filled in the notes section of the packet. Tell students that they should be filling in the notes section before coming to recitation.

• [ (10 minutes)] Have students do Problem 1. If students have problems then feel free to reiterate the power rule.

• [ (15 minutes)] Have students do Problem 2 and 3.

• [ (15 minutes)] Have students do Problem 4. You should anticipate many students having no idea how to even start this problem. Give them hint but try to get them to realize how they go about solving the problem.

• [ (5 minutes)] Have students do Problem 5. The students have not been introduced to antiderivatives yet. We are not teaching rules of integration but instead we want student to try and think about the power rule and think backwards.

• [ (10 minutes)] Have students do Problem 6. You should anticipate many students having no idea how to even start this problem. Give them hint but try to get them to realize how they go about solving the problem.

• [ (10 minutes)] Have students do Problem 7. This is an application that we would expect students to be able to do on the exam. Please feel free to tell the students that they should be able to do this if it comes up.

• [ (5 minutes)] Take 5 minutes at the end of c lass to summarize everything that students did with the power rule. Students might be tempted to say they learned the power rule and they are done. Enforce in students minds the fact that the4y are not ready unless they can apply the power rule in any an all of the situations in which it might come up.