Most of the function students are faced with in beginning calculus are compositions of the Elementary Functions. The Chain Rule allows you to differentiate composite functions easily. The posts listed below are ways to introduce and use the Chain Rule.
Experimenting with a CAS – Chain Rule Using a CAS to discover the Chain Rule
Power Rule Implies Chain Rule and Foreshadowing the Chain Rule the same ideas.
Revised from 9-19-2017
Teaching Calculus 