Fishbowl Review

Overview: Teams take turns describing as many Calculus words and phrases to their teammates
as they can in a 60-second time interval.

Instructions
• The 32 cards below are cut up and placed in a bowl. Students are split into two teams.
• A representative from each team is chosen and takes one word at a time from the bowl
and describes it to his/her group members until they arrive at the correct phrase. The
representative keeps picking words from the bowl until the 60 second time limit has
been reached. No part of the word or phrase can be used when describing. No
“rhymes with…”
• Teams go back and forth, choosing a new representative each time.
• Once the bowl is empty and all the words have been described, have each team count
up their cards and record the sum. Return all the cards to the bowl to begin Round 2. In
this round, only one word can be used to describe the word/phrase. Students will have
heard all the words before so it’s a bit easier.

Modification: Distribute small pieces of paper and have each student write 1-2 Calculus words
or phrases and place them in the bowl instead of using the list below.

Decide ahead of time if you will let students skip words they are stuck on. (We usually don’t!)
 Inflection point Absolute maximum Candidate’s test L’hospital’s rule

Chain rule Speeding up Critical point Concave up

Definite integral Indeterminate form Differential equation Accumulation

Instantaneous rate Tangent line Mean Value

U-substitution
of change approximation Theorem

Midpoint Riemann Implicit

Slope field Relative minimum
sum differentiation

Trapezoidal Area under the

FTC Acceleration
approximation curve

Intermediate Value Constant of

Differentiable Antiderivative
Theorem integration

Horizontal tangent
Particular solution Continuous Initial condition
line