Representations of Tangent Planes

Representations of Tangent Planes

Students develop a representation of a tangent plane in Calculus 3. They use play dough to represent the paraboloid and toothpicks for tangent lines.

The class had 25 students and met two times a week for 75 minutes each and one time for 50 minutes.

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