Classroom and laboratory work with one-day field trips. Rigorous activity and primitive camping. A menu of class projects will be provided, some of which are amenable to study and solution by computer. Applications and geometric understanding are emphasized. No previous calculus is required.
Calculators are available on loan.
Students will work in small groups on a wide variety of applications. Projects suitable for classroom use will be developed. Basic use of the World Wide Web, including sites and techniques of special interest to teachers. Laboratory exercises included. The triumphs and questionable philosophical assumptions of the scientific method.