Your lab section is designed to supplement the content that you are learning in lecture. You will be applying those lecture topics during the lab through Maple, which is a powerful computational software. It is the goal of the lab to aid in your understanding of calculus as well as introduce you to the tools of mathematics that are available through computers.

Each week you will work on a new activity from this lab manual. Your lab instructor will inform you of which activity you will be working on each week. You must complete each component of each activity individually. Plagiarism of lab work will not be tolerated.

Before lab, read through the activity as well as the recommended tutorials from the back of the book. Once you have read through the instructions and tutorials, you will need to complete the reading quiz for the activity.

After logging into the school computer, you should begin by opening up the latest version of Maple as well your lab section’s Moodle page. You are expected to have this lab manual with you during lab and you should complete all exercises in order. It is a great idea to have a pen or pencil handy to take notes in your manual while you complete the exercises. Your lab instructor will be available to assist you with the activity, though you will find that many of your questions can be answered by looking through the tutorial sections at the back of this book.

Once you have completed the exercises, make sure to save your work! You are now ready to complete the activity quiz. The questions in this quiz should be relatively quick to answer once you have completed the exercises from the activity. Often, you can simply copy and paste the output from Maple into the blanks on the quiz. You will be required to submit your Maple work in the final question of the quiz.

During your final lab, you will be expected to complete an open-book lab test. The test will be based upon the activities that you have completed throughout the semester. You are permitted to have this manual during the test.

You will be allowed to ask for clarification on questions, but will not be allowed to ask for assistance in completing a question or resolving an error in your work.

You will be expected to submit your work electronically and any duplicate submissions will receive a grade of zero. It is important to save your work frequently in case your computer encounters a serious error.