Potential Functions

Highlights of the activity

1. This small group activity is designed to provide practice determining potential functions when they exist.
2. Students work in small groups to attempt to find a potential function for various vector fields.
3. The whole class wrap-up discussion emphasizes different strategies for finding potential functions, including the Murder Mystery Method.

Reasons to spend class time on the activity

• Short and sweet capstone to unit on finding potential functions.

Reflections

• Reflections from the original implementation.

• Reflections from "official" adapters/adopters.

• Reflections from the general public.

Instructor's Guide

• Wiki version

vcmmmguide.pdf

Student Handouts

vcmmmhand.pdf