Objectives
The purpose of this activity is to help students see that various techniques exist for the determination of an integral. In this particular activity students use Integration by Parts to determine the integral of sine, cosine and tangent raised to various integer powers. Students can also compare their results to those obtained using various trigonometric relationships. A set of PowerPoint slides can be used to step through the procedure of Integration by Parts.
Vocabulary
- Integration by Parts
- Substitution
- Definite Integral
About the Lesson
This activity can easily be adapted, or used as is, for a practice SAC. The activity uses integration by parts to establish a rule for the integral of sine, cosine and tangent raised to different integer powers.