Circuit Training – Calculus Starter Set

Are you interested in getting a six-pack of calculus circuits for a reduced price? This starter set has many popular circuits that are for sale individually. Separately they would be $25 but you can get all six of them for $18.

1. Circuit Training – Limits (calculus)

Your students will work every single one of these 24 limits problems because of the circuit format. To advance in the circuit, students must find their answers — this element of self-check is essential! My students don’t get up when the bell rings and they are working on a circuit! The problems are progressive in nature and contain a little bit of everything, including trig and transcendentals.

No answer key is included as the answers are part of the circuit. This can be used as guided notes, independent practice, cooperative work, or even a test!

2. Circuit Training – Derivatives (Calculus)

This set of 24 problems (includes implicit differentiation, inverse trig functions, and transcendentals) in the self-checking format of a circuit will keep your calculus students engaged as they practice taking the derivative. The problems build in difficulty and students must search for their answers to advance in the circuit. Can be made into task cards, I have / Who has, or even a scavenger hunt. Perfect as an in class review or as an out of class assignment.

3. Circuit Training – Applications of the Derivative (calculus)

Give your students engaging practice with the circuit format! These 16 problems feature all of the traditional applications of the derivative from tangent line approximation to related rates to particle motion to optimization and more! (L’Hôpital’s Rule too!). No calculator is needed for this circuit — and calculus should be used to not only arrive at answers but also to explain, confirm, and / or to justify answers. In order to advance in the circuit, students must hunt for their answer and when they find it, that becomes the next problem to work. My students ask great questions as they engage with the mathematics and each other en route through the circuit.

Circuits can be used as guided notes, homework, test review, a cooperative activity, and can even be turned into a scavenger hunt.

There is no answer key included since the answers are part of the circuit. All the teacher needs to do is work the circuit ahead of the students to understand the flow of the path.

4. Circuit Training – Mixed Integration Practice (calculus)

This circuit has it all! Basic functions, u-substitution, trig, exponentials, logs, and even some integration by parts and partial fractions at the very end. (Note: You can have your students finish with cell 21 instead of going all the way to cell 24 if by parts and by partial fractions are not part of your curriculum OR when they get to #22 they can work backwards from the remaining answers (i.e. take the derivatives). There are mostly indefinite integrals, but there are four definite integrals. There are also some curious algebra / trig twists here so beware!

Students start in the first cell, perform the integration, and then search for their answer and this becomes the second problem. They continue in this manner until the complete or “close” the circuit.

There are no answer keys included with my circuits since the answers are embedded in the circuits. The only prep the teacher has to do is work the circuits ahead of the students. The circuit and your students will take care of the rest! You will love the sounds of your students as they move through the circuit.

Can be easily used for guided notes, review, an in class assignment, an out of class assignment, a scavenger hunt, or even “I have / Who has”.

5. Circuit Training – Applications of the Integral (calculus)

This 16-question circuit has it all! Area! Volume! Particle Motion! Differential Equations! Accumulation problems! You will love the sounds of your students working on a circuit. Little else generates the engagement level of a well-crafted circuit. Each problem’s solution leads in a scavenger-hunt like way to the next question. When my students are working in this format, they do not get up when the bell rings!

I wrote this circuit as a review for my students as we get ready for the AP Calculus exam.

6. Circuit Training – Ultimate Calculus Review!

This 36-question circuit will keep your students engaged as they prepare for their final assessment. Problems come from both the differential and integral calculus and involve everything from applications to symbolic manipulation. All functions are represented (trig, exponential, logarithmic, square root), and many different representations from tabular data to equations. There are three questions about limits. The first 24 questions do not require a graphing calculator, but the remaining twelve do.

Students begin in the first cell and when they get their answer, they search for it among the remaining cells and when they find it, that becomes the next problem. Students continue in this manner until they complete the circuit.

No answer keys are included since the answers are imbedded in the circuit. The only thing the teacher needs to do it work the circuit ahead of the students. Let the circuit take care of the rest!

My colleagues and I check our circuits very carefully, but should you ever find a mistake or get stuck, please do not hesitate to message me!