For college bound students getting a taste of collegiate level courses before graduating from high school can advantageous. Through programs like MIT’s Open Courseware, iTunes U, and the ever-expanding YouTube channels containing lectures high school students have many opportunities to get a preview of college without spending a dime. These opportunities are also a great way for teachers to challenge the highest achieving students.

Add to the list of free courses, Princeton University’s Introduction to Calculus. The course offers 24 two hour lectures designed to accompany the book The Calculus Lifesaver. Each lecture was recorded in MAT 103 and MAT 104 during the 2006/2007 academic year.

Applications for Education
While students aren’t actually taking Princeton’s course, the online lectures are a great resource for teachers of high achieving math students. The online lectures could be a supplement to a high school class or could be used as the backbone for an independent study opportunity at the high school level.