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(picture retrieved from []) Take the wheel of your math education Welcome to the Wikipedia page belonging to Mr. Markiewicz. Participants please read on.

Introduction: This is a wiki site. The word wiki derives from the passenger shuttles in operation at Hawaiian airports. This site will guide you and extend your Calculus beyond the practice of solving problems from the text. Also, here you can access links that will give you respite from the rigor of the math during sessions and push you to metacognate on the ideas of mathematics that you access in problems. Gizmo is here to provide encouragment and start us off. However, eventually you will have to find your own resources/links to continue your journey and take the wheel of your own Mathematics education.

Quote from Calculus: A New Horizon "Calculus is a compiliation of ideas that provides a way of viewing and analyzing the physical world. As with all mathematics courses, calculus involves equations and formulas. However, if you sucessfully learn to use all of the formulas and solve all of the problems in this text but don't master the underlying ideas, you have missed the most important part of Calculus. keep in mind that every single problem in this text has already been solved by somebody, so your ability to solve those problems gives you nothing unique. However, if you master the ideas of Calculus, then you will have the tools to go beyond what other people have done limited only by your own talents and creativity." Howard Anton (Author)

Participants pay attention to the following expectations when on wiki:
 * 1) Follow directions.
 * 2) Be respectful.
 * 3) Be responsible.
 * 4) Be nice.
 * 5) Have academic integrity

Educational Goals:
 * 1) Participants will be adequately versed in math concepts up to Precalculus.
 * 2) Participants will study and understand the Mathmatics of Change.
 * 3) Participants will be able to use concepts learned in class and apply them to the physical world.

Work Due: Please attend to the following assignments. The following articles have been pulled from a series in the New York Times called the "Steven Stogratz on the Elements of Math". Each article will relate to the review lessons in class. These articles are due during Monday session for the first three weeks. Assignments are due for every article. To access these assignments click on the pages and file tab from the sidebar. The filenames will be listed by the name of the article. Click on the appropriate file and complete the assignment. "The Joy of X" is an article about Algebra. []
 * Article for week 1.**

Power Tools explores power functions and thier uses. []
 * Article for week 2.**

"Finding your Roots" is an article about imaginary numbers. [] Comic retrieved from: []
 * Article for week 3.**

Links for Extracurricular Enlightenment: Participants are to explore the websites below. Future lessons will derive material from these websites. Students may also use the sites to assist them with assignments.

Websites that will assist you throughout the course: Paul's site gives students an alternative reference that can parallel our sessions: []

khan academy will allow students to view videos about Calculus concepts they are unsure of. You don't have to wait sessions to get an explanation: []

Wolfram Alpha is a quick, easy, and comprehensive way to check understanding...and answers: []

Later in this curriculum we will explore rates of change. This site will be used to aid our understanding of the concept. Calculus Grapher will give students a great place to examine how the derivative effects functions displayed on an x-y coordinate plane. []

This site provides some comic relief for participants. Every week another comic is issued. []

Here is a set of entertaining videos about Math called Doodling in Math Class. [] media type="youtube" key="DK5Z709J2eo" height="480" width="640"

Websites and resources for the owner of the site and his confidants. The following site will take users to the journal article entitled: Notice: to access this article the user must either manually type the text or copy and paste the text in the address bar.
 * How Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Address the Literacy Demands of Standards-based Materials**

[] Additional sites concerning the owner. Site for etymology: [] Gizmos possibility... []

"I am aware of the need for honesty and integrity when doing my coursework." Luke Markiewicz