This module covers the CAPS Grade 12 topic on Differential Calculus.
There are 15 video lessons. For each lesson there is a short consolidation quiz.
Here are the content details for each video lesson:
Calculus 1: Concept of a limit; basic properties of limits
Calculus 2: Determine various limits
Calculus 3: Tangent to a curve; the definition of the derivative
Calculus 4: Determine the derivative from first principles
Calculus 5: The power rule for differentiation
Calculus 6: Variations in notation for the first derivative; the power rule
Calculus 7: Determine the equation of the tangent to a curve at a given point
Calculus 8: Problems on equation of tangent to a curve at a point
Calculus 9: Determine when a function is increasing, decreasing, stationary
Calculus 10: Second derivative of a function; concavity
Calculus 11: Variations in notation for the second derivative; second derivatives
Calculus 12: Classify stationary points as maximum, minimum, or point of inflection
Calculus 13: Finding the stationary points of a function
Calculus 14: Sketch the graph of a cubic function
Calculus 15: Problems of optimisation; calculus of motion