Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Absolute Extrema
This activity involves finding the absolute extrema on a closed interval of a function.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Maxima and Minima
Students learn about applications of derivatives. Topics include maxima and minima. The tutorial explores the calculus concepts through notes and examples. A chapter quiz, review exercises, and chapter summary are included.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Procedimiento Para Analizar Una Funcion
Use this unit to learn and practice the general procedure for representing curves in the form y=f(x). It provides a more advanced look at polynomial and rational functions with interactive graphs.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University: The Extreme Value Theorem
Good site that uses examples to explain the extreme value theorem. The site has some interactive parts as well.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Finding Extreme Values
In this activity, students can use symbolic algebra and graphing to find the extreme values for a polynomial function.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Understanding the Standard Deviation: What Makes It Larger or Smaller?
Students develop a better intuitive understanding of what is meant by variability in statistics. Emphasis is placed on the standard deviation as a measure of variability.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Minimum
This site from Mathworld.com defines the minimum of a function and set.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Extreme Value Theorem
The extreme value theorem is summarized at this site from Mathworld.com with links to relative topics.