domenica 6 dicembre 2009

I Will Derive



Devo assolutamente farlo cantare ai miei studenti di quarta.

At first I was afraid, what could the answer be?
It said given this position find velocity.
So I tried to work it out, but I knew that I was wrong.
I struggled; I cried, "A problem shouldn't take this long!"
I tried to think, control my nerve.
It's evident that speed's tangential to that time-position curve.
This problem would be mine if I just knew that tangent line.
But what to do? Show me a sign!

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dx/dt.
I will derive, I will derive. Hey, hey!

And then I went ahead to the second part.
But as I looked at it I wasn't sure quite how to start.
It was asking for the time at which velocity
Was at a maximum, and I was thinking "Woe is me."
But then I thought, this much I know.
I've gotta find acceleration, set it equal to zero.
Now if I only knew what the function was for a.
I guess I'm gonna have to solve for it someway.

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of velocity with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dv/dt.
I will derive, I will derive.

So I thought back to Calculus.
Way back to Newton and to Leibniz,
And to problems just like this.
And just like that when I had given up all hope,
I said nope, there's just one way to find that slope.
And so now I, I will derive.
Find the derivative of x position with respect to time.
It's as easy as can be, just have to take dx/dt.
I will derive, I will derive, I will derive!

8 commenti:

topor ha detto...

poveretti...

Anonimo ha detto...

sarebbe un bel modo di insegnare analisi e un po' di inglese contemporaneamente, e scoprire che ci si può anche divertire con la matematica.

zar ha detto...

eh sì, si potrebbe proporre alla collega di inglese...

Ronkas ha detto...

AHAHAHA

NERDS!

Marco Fulvio Barozzi ha detto...

No Zar, non farlo! E' assodato che i lavori con le colleghe di inglese portino sfiga. Colin Smith, di Cardiff, ha preparato un'unità didattica con la collega di inglese ed è stato investito da un TIR bulgaro che aveva sbagliato strada. Werner Felder, di Coblenza, ha proposto una ricerca su Napier in accordo con l'insegnante di inglese ed è stato rapinato nel garage. Popinga, di Milano, il più sfortunato, quella d'inglese se l'è addirittura sposata.

zar ha detto...

Ottimo, Popinga :-)

Unknown ha detto...

canto io! Il nerd lo fa Bai mentre quello dietro lo facciamo provare a Lucchi o Cannizzaro. ^_^

cicci ha detto...

AHAHAHHAHAHAH ma stanno malissimo questi!