Day 01 in Mat121

Today:

• Announcements:
  • Introductions (4x6 cards)
    1. Name
    2. Where are you from?
    3. Year (Freshman, etc.)
    4. Major
    5. Something special about yourself.

  • Roll

  • Some course details:
    • The course website may be useful: http://www.nku.edu/~longa/classes/mat121
    • Syllabus (logistics, etc.)
    • Departmental Syllabus
    • Schedule and Assignments (tentative)
    • Expect to do your share of participating, at the board, in groups, etc.
    • You should do the reading in advance of our discussion of that section in class.
    • Calculators (TI 89, 92) -- will you need one?
    • Homework/directed reading handout: Chapter 1 (html) (pdf)
    • Why study calculus?
    • Study Do's

  • Questions?

• Chapter 1:
  • Word for the day (for the week, for the month, for the course!): function
    • Functions occur everywhere...

    • Our most important function: linear
      • Is the Earth flat? What makes it seem so?
      • linear function worksheet

  • Phrase for the course: story problems