THE DEFINITE INTEGRAL

Indefinite Integrals and Antiderivatives

o Problems finding antiderivatives
Indefinite integrals problems, solutions, and explanations
o Introduction to integrals
o Intuitively understanding the integral applet
o Indefinite Integrals
More on indefinite integrals
Even more on indefinite integrals
o Antiderivatives from slope and the indefinite integral plotter
Basic antiderivatives applet
Antiderivatives and Slope Fields
o Pictures of slope fields for parametrically defined derivatives
Pictures of slope fields of first order differential equations
Slope fields applet
Slope fields plotter
Another slope fields plotter
o Graph solutions to differential equations applet
o Slope Fields discussion
More discussion and exercises
Even more discussion
o Instructions for using your calculator to graph a slope field
Area
o The algebra of summation notation
Some special summations
Sigma Detectives worksheet to use in preparation for
definite integral
Review of summation notation and formulas
o Tool for finding area under a curve using rectangles
Rectangle Approximation Method applet
Approximations of areas
Area problems, solutions, and explanations
Area under a curve
Midpoint and trapezoidal Riemann sums applet
o Definite Integrals applet
Properties of definite integrals applet
o Riemann Sum applet
o Maglev Train worksheet to use in preparation for definite integral
o The limit definition of an integral
o Review problems for finding area under a curve, using an
integral--Go to Calculus Book I, then Applications of Integration,
then Area Under a Curve
Riemann Sums and Definite Integrals

o Riemann Sums
Riemann Sums applet
Riemann Sums applet
Riemann Sums and Definite Integrals
 Riemann Sums plotter
o Barehands Integration Worksheet
Series, Integrals, and Hidden Patterns Worksheet
o Archimedes Approximation of pi (slides)
Another Archimedes Approximation site
o The definite integral
The definite integral represented as area between a curve
and the x-axis applet
o The importance of the constant of integration
o Review problems for setting up integrals as Riemann Sums--Go
to Calculus Book I, then Integration, then Sums, then Riemann
Sums
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
o Fundamental Theorem of Calculus applet
Second fundamental theorem applet
o Meaning of Fundamental Theorem
How to use the Fundamental Theorem
Fundamental Theorem
Fundamental Theorem applet
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
o Laws of integrals
Properties of Integrals
o Draw the integral of a function
o Find the error
o Review problems for finding the average value of a function--Go
to Calculus Book I, then Applications of Integration, then Average
Value of a Function
Definition of Definite Integral and FTA problems, solutions,
and explanations
Computing Definite Integrals and FTA problems, solutions,
and explanations
Integration by Substitution
o u-substitution applet
Another u-substitution applet
Integration by substitution applet
o u-substitution
Problems using u-substitution
Problems with examples using u-substitution
Discussion on integration by substitution with examples
More on substitution
Substitution problems, solutions, and explanations
More substitution problems, solutions, and explanations
Substitution with definite integrals problems, solutions, and
explanations
Integration by Substitution
o Review problems for computing indefinite integrals with and
without substitution--Go to Calculus Book II, then Chapter 1:
Integration, then Section 2: Indefinite Integrals. Modules 1 - 4
have good problems to try. Also Section 3: Definite Integrals,
Modules 1,2, and 3 is a good place to work.
 o Find the error
o Find another error
Numerical Integration

o Numerical Integration -- several methods

Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule
Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule applet
Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule as numerical
approaches
Trapezoidal Rule
All numerical methods plotter
o Surface Area of a Pool Problem
o Review problems for approximating integrals, using the midpoint
rule, the trapezoidal rule, and Simpson's rule--Go to Calculus
Book I, then Integration, then Definite Integrals, then Lessons
3,4,5
Summaries and Review Problems
o Computing Integrals problems, solutions, and explanations
o Proofs of properties, FTA, MVT, etc