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Writing Home | Calculus I | Calculus II | Multivariable Calculus

Calculus II Writing Assignments

• Topics emphasized: Riemann sums, error bounds
• Last Assigned: Fall 2004

• Topics emphasized: Arc-length, volume and surface area of a surface of revolution, Archimedes' Principal
• Notes: The students found this project challenging, but they also had fun with it.
• Last Assigned: Spring 99

• Topics emphasized: Volume by revolution
• Notes: This project requires the students to remove any sharp points from a piecewise function. I gave a handout (this is a .pdf file) that describes how to do this in Maple.
• Last Assigned: Fall 2002

• Topics emphasized: Volume by revolution
• Notes: This project is essentially the same as the one on page 119 of Cohen, Gaughan, Knoebel, Kurtz and Pengelley, Student Research Projects in Calculus, MAA, 1991.
• Last Assigned: Fall 1997

• Topics emphasized: Infinite series
• Notes: The idea for this project came from page 168 of Cohen, Gaughan, Knoebel, Kurtz and Pengelley, Student Research Projects in Calculus, MAA, 1991.
• Last Assigned: Fall 2004