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Categories:

1. Class or Laboratory
2. Game
3. Visualization

Subjects:

1. Graphing
2. Position Portraits
3. Maxima / minima
4. Calculus

Title: Lunar Lander

Book Description: This book is a simulation of a rocket falling into the moon. It has at each instant, a certain amount of fuel, a height and a velocity, all represented by dials. There is a "throttle" that the reader may use to accelerate the rocket (thereby using fuel). The object is to land safely at the lunar surface without running out of fuel. During the process, two graphs are drawn: the graphs of height and of velocity versus time. These graphs each tell the story of the attempt, and, being empirically derived, may be used to illustrate the relation between the "position portrait" and the "velocity portrait" as an introduction to the topics of differentiation or integration in a Calculus course.

Author: James White

Suggested Use: Learn about the relation between the graph of a function and the graph of its derivative. Or land the rocket on the Moon.

Topics: graphing, position portrait, velocity portrait, acceleration, gravity, inflection points, maxima, minima,extrema

Number of Pages: 2

Animation: Yes

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