AP Calculus Turkey Trot - Limits, Derivatives Scavenger Hunt Project

A fun QR way of reviewing limits and derivatives! Students embark on a scavenger hunt for 22 turkeys with calc questions + 7 bonus turkeys with fun questions. Each turkey has a unique QR code that will link to a calculus question.

22 turkeys have questions on the following topics:

- Limits (graphically, algebraically)

- Continuity

- Slope of a tangent line

- Derivatives

---Power rule

---Chain rule

---Trig

---Implicit differentiation

---Related rates

---Extrema

---Increasing/Decreasing

---Concavity

---Rolle's Theorem

---Sketching a graph

---2nd derivative

INCLUDED:

- 29 Turkeys with QR codes

- Answer Document for students

- Answer Key for teachers

- Hallway passes for students to identify themselves as turkey trot participants

- Suggestions for fun hiding places

- Full list of questions that are attached behind QR codes

I usually have students in groups of 2-4. At least one student in the group needs to have a QR code reader on their device, which is now automatically in most camera apps. I start with the "Welcome" page projected, and let student's read the rules/test their QR reader. I also let them pick one clue as to where a turkey is located to get started, and to spread the groups out. I hang these around the entire school and let the students search for as many as they can find. You could just as easily put them up around a classroom, or single hallway area. I usually phrase this as an "amazing race" style activity, and determine a winner based on number of correct answers as well as time finished. It takes approximately 2 days for students to get through all 22 (29) turkeys, but you could have them do as many as they can find in 1 day!