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The Park

Keywords: Multivariable Calculus, Contour Maps, Multiple Representations, Multiple Integration, Surfaces

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Highlights of the activity

  1. This small group activity using surfaces introduces level curves as a representation of functions of two variables.
  2. Students work in small groups to interpret level curves representing different concentrations of lead.
  3. The whole class wrap-up discussion emphasizes the relationship between level curves and the corresponding surfaces.

Reasons to spend class time on the activity

This is the first activity relating the surfaces to the corresponding contour diagrams, thus emphasizing the use of multiple representations.

Reflections

Instructor's Guide

Student Handouts

mvparkhand.pdf


Authors: (c) Aaron Wangberg and the "Raising Calculus to the Surface" team; used by permission.
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