This is a picture I hang in my classroom as a mnemonic for horizontal asymptotes. The headline stands for "Big On Bottom: 0, Big On Top: None, Exponents Are The Same: Divide Coefficients." The 'Big On Top/Bottom' is in reference to the degree of the numerator and denominator of rational functions.

This game (similiar to Green Globs) challenges players to graph functions that will hit certain dots and miss other dots.

The game is completely costomizable. The numnber and placement of dots, title of the game, color scheme, and game parameters (scoring and number of allowed attempts) are a11 user (or teacher) defined.

The help box explains how to customize the game for your own needs. For any help with this, do not hesitate to email me at mark.smith@smithmath.com

Enjoy!

http://graphgame.smithmath.com

These are (both) the slide show I used to accompany my presentation/discussion regarding curving grades at the Fort Bend Council of Teachers of Mathematics (FBCTM) Fall Mini Conference. As always, please email any questions, comments, or concerns to mark.smith@smithmath.com.

PDF Version of Slide Show

Presentation Version of Slide Show

These are forms I made to expedite lesson plan writing (they are mainly drop-down menus). The HTML can be edited. If you don’t know how, you can email me (mark.smith@smithmath.com) and I might be able to make any changes in which you are interested. Since the forms are in HTML, there are necessary “support” files that need to be in the same directory. If the compressed files are extracted fully to the same folder, all should be well.

These may not be of any use to anyone, but I thought it couldn't hurt. If you open any calendar and click on a "Txt" hyperlink, you will be taken to the reading assignments and an explanation article for Larson 8e Calculus.

http://www.smithmath.com/calendar_index.html

*In case you want to link directly to it, here is the link to the reading assignments and explanation.

http://www.smithmath.com/reading.htm

I use this Geometer's Sketchpad sketch in a lab setting to give my Calculus students an opportunity to make observations regarding derivatives of parametric equations.

I use this Geometer's Sketchpad sketch in a lab setting to give my Algebra II students an opportunity to experiment and make observations with different bases and arguments for logarithms.

These are the files to the pirate (aka pi-rat) themed lesson on transformations that I have presented. It is a station-based, technology-heavy lesson, but most of the files are already created. I LOVE this lesson and am happy to help implement it (or any subset of it). Email me with questions if you have them!

~marrrrrrrk ;)

http://www.smithmath.com/resources1/pirates.zip

I use this lab after teaching the four ways to solve a quadratic in Algebra II. It uses a CBR with TI calculators.

http://www.smithmath.com/resources1/quadratic%20hands%20on.pdf

I use this Geometer's Sketchpad Sketch when teaching the comparison of a function f to its derivative.