For many, teaching Calculus is a daunting task. That’s understandable considering that most people don’t make it a habit of finding derivatives, graphing integrals, and solving functions on a daily basis. But, if you have a teen who is very good at math and wants to study Calculus, you’ll probably need to find some means of help.
Fortunately, the internet has a variety of online resources including graphing calculators, online courses, free downloadable textbooks, and problem solvers (The math kind, that is. You’ll have to solve your other problems on your own. ). Below is a list of such resources that you can use to teach your teen Calculus, as well as some other higher maths. May they help you to the nth power and assist your teen with all of his functional needs.
Free Resources for Learning and Teaching Calculus
Khan Academy: You’ll find video tutorials as well as practice problems in all areas of math including calculus.
Mooculus: When you register for a free account with this site, you have access to a free textbook, problems, and some wonderful, easy-to-understand lectures.
Coursera: This company partners with universities and other organizations to provide free courses which can be studied at your own rate.
Calculus Help: This website offers video tutorials, problems, an interactive cheat sheet, and some fun stuff including calculus songs and Christmas carols.
SoS Mathematics: You’ll find online lessons for calculus and other higher maths at this site.
MIT OpenCourseWare: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free college level math courses.
Brigham Young University: This is a link to a free calculus course on the BYU site.
Sporcle: This site has online quizzes and games.
CK-12: This site has free online textbooks, assignments, quizzes and tests for a variety of subjects including Calculus.
Interactive Mathematics: Your teen can learn from online lessons and interactive graphs, games, and other apps.
Calculus for Beginners and Artists: Free lessons are available on this website.
HippoCampus: This site has a collection of videos for learning higher maths from a variety of sources.
freeMATHhelp: You’ll find free text lessons, an interactive problem solver, online calculators, and more on freeMATHhelp.
MathScoop: This site has free lessons, animations, worksheets and online calculators.
WebMATH: This website offers a problem solver with a step-by-step explanation.
Desmos: Your teen can use the free graphing calculator on this site to graph functions and explore math.
I hope this list helped you out. Feel free to share it with anyone else who is undertaking that perilous task of teaching Calculus to their teen.
More help on this site with teaching Calculus:
- Calculus Apps for High School and College Students
- Where to Get Homeschool Calculus Curriculum
- YouTube Channels with Calculus Videos
Meredith says
Thanks for this great list, book marking for next year
Susan Brown says
Great! I hope it helps you out!