LESSON PLAN

Member of Staff: Learning outcomes

By the end of this lesson students will be able to do the
Date: 5/11/14 following:
To know that differentiation tells us the gradient of the
Subject: Differentiation lesson 1 tangent.
To know how to differentiate simple functions.
Block: To use differentiation to find the gradient function of more
difficult curves.
Level:

Class size:

Lesson Format Learning activities Learning activities Assessment

or approx. timing What am I doing? What are they doing?
5-10mins Find the gradient of the line passing
through…
5-10mins Discussion of tangents. Autograph
demonstration.
Aim: to find the gradient of the tangent
at various points on the graph y=x 2 to
find a general rule
Find the gradient of the tangent at x=2

10mins Class working out the gradient at

various points. What is the rule?
What about x 3?
5mins Go through the general rule for all
differentiated functions and notation.
5mins Quiz on the board
Go through the special examples y=x,
y=3 etc
10mins Working on questions on worksheet B.
10mins More questions on the board.
5-10mins More questions on the same page.
10mins Exam style question. What is the
equation of the tangent?

Other considerations (links to scheme of work; pre-lesson work; learner support etc)
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