AP+Calculus+BC

__**AP Calculus BC - Daily Summary & Assignments**__
8/28/12 - Introduction to the course, foundation work, HW: Get calculator waiver signed

8/29/12 - Distributed books & calculators, worked on exploration 2-1a

8/30/12 - Finished Foundation work & worked on exploration 2-1a, HW: Work on exploration 2-2a

9/4/12 - Checked/reviewed exploration 2-2a, delta/epsilon example, HW: p.37-39:1-12(all),15,17,19,23,26

9/5/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: p.38:20,21,22,24

9/6/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, computation of limits example, HW: p.44-45: 11,18,20 & from Larson WS (p.66): 50,52,54,56,58,60

9/7/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief examples on continuity, HW: p.50-52:6,14,20,22,28,32,36,40,44

9/10/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief notes and examples on limits involving infinity, HW: p.57-59:4,6,8,10,14,16

9/11/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, started notes & description of L'Hospital's Rule

9/12/12 - Examples on using L'Hospital's Rule to evaluate limits, HW: p.299: Q1-Q10, 1-19(odd)

9/13/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, additional L'Hospital's Rule examples

9/14/12 - Additional examples using L'Hospital's Rule, HW: p.299-300: 21-30(all)

9/17/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, AP MC practice, HW: Suggested Review problems ==> p.308:R5, p.311:T16,T17,p.64-67:R1,R2,R4,p.69:T12,T14,T16,T17

9/18/12 - Addressed students' questions concerning suggested review problems, HW: prepare for exam, do for Thursday: p.76-77:2,4,6,12,1418

9/19/12 - Test - Limits

9/20/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, AP MC practice, brief notes on the derivative as a function, HW: p.90-92:2-18 (use definition for #8),20,25,26,30,34

9/21/12 - Checked/reviewed HW

9/24/12 - Returned/went over limits test, linear motion example problem, HW: p.97-99:2,4,6,8,12,16,18

9/25/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, AP MC practice, HW: Suggested Review problems ==> p.123:R3,p.127:T16,T19,T20,T21

9/26/12 - Addressed students' questions on suggested review problems, brief notes on the chain rule, HW: 1. Study for quiz, 2. Do p.105-106:4-28(even)

9/27/12 - Quiz - The Derivative I

9/28/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, revisited applications of sinusoids, HW: p.112=113:3

10/1/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief notes on exponentials & logarithms, HW: p.122: 6-30(even) - due Wednesday

10/2/12 - Independent research on logarithms

10/3/12 - Presented findings from yesterday's research, checked/reviewed HW, brief notes & examples on product rule, HW: p.135:2-20(even)

10/4/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief notes on quotient rule, HW: p.139-140:2-26(Even)

10/5/12 - Students checked/reviewed HW, worked on assignment ==> p.144-146:2-28(even),33,35

10/9/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief notes & examples on derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, HW: p.152-153:14-26(even)

10/10/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, example and discussion on differentiability and continuity, HW: p.158-160:2-30(even),34

10/11/12 - AP MC practice, checked/reviewed HW, distributed practice quiz, HW: Complete 1-16 on practice quiz

10/12/12 - Addressed students' questions on practice quiz, HW: Study for Quiz

10/15/12 - Quiz - The Derivative III

10/16/12 - Finished Quiz

10/17/12 - Notes & examples on parametric equations, HW: p.164:Q1-Q10,1,3

10/18/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, additional parametric equation example, worked exploration 4-7a, HW: complete exploration 4-7a

10/19/12 - Checked/reviewed exploration, AP MC parametric equation practice, HW: p.164-165:2,5

10/22/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, returned/went over quizzes, worked on parametric problem set

10/23/12 - Worked on parametric equations problem set

10/24/12 - Worked on parametric equations problem set, HW: 1.Finish parametric problem set, 2.p.172-173:2-26(even)

10/25/12 - Wrapped up work on parametric equations problem set, checked/reviewed HW

10/26/12 - Worked 2007 BC #5 FR as re-introduction into related rates, HW: p.177:2,4

10/31/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: p.177-178:6,8

11/1/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief notes & example on the Mean Value Theorem, HW: p.217-221:6,8,10,14,16,22,26,32

11/2/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Suggested review problems ==> p.181-182:R7a,b,R8b,c,p.184-185:T5,T14,T16,T19-T24,p.217:3,5

11/5/12 - Addressed students questions on suggested review problems, HW: Make final preparations for tomorrow's exam

11/6/12 - Test - Parametric Equations, Implicit Differentiation, Related Rates, MVT and Rolle's Theorems

11/7/12 - Finished exam, notes & examples on critical points and points of inflection

11/8/12 - Additional examples on critical points and points of inflection, HW: p.380-385:2,6,12,16,18,20,22

11/9/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked on HW & problem set, HW: p.380-385:24,27,31(skip b),33,46, work on problem set

11/12/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief optimization example, HW: p.389-390:7,12

11/13/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, returned/went over tests, HW: p.391-394:8,30,32

11/14/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, distributed and worked on optimization take-home assessment

11/15/12 - Worked on problem set and optimization assessment

11/16/12 - Notes & example on differentials and linear approximations, HW: p.195-196:6,14,18,22,26,34,38,41,42

11/19/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, brief discussion & notes on antidifferentiation and Riemann Sums, HW: p.202:2-32(E),p.209-210:2,8,10

11/20/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, examples on using the fundamental theorem of calculus, HW: p.232-233:2-38 (even)

11/21/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked 2010 (Form B) FR #1

11/27/12 - Distributed materials, worked 2012 FR #2

11/28/12 - worked 2009 FR (Form B) #1, HW: p.238-240:6,8,18

11/29/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, example detailing volume by disk/washers and shells, HW: p.247-249:2,4,16,18

11/30/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, examples on volume by shell method, HW: p.398-399:Q1-Q10,1,2

12/3/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, additional volume by shell method example, HW: p.399:3,5

12/4/12 - Keystone Testing

12/5/12 - Notes & examples on finding arc length with equations defined in the Cartesian coordinate plane, HW: p.405:Q1-Q10,5-11(odd)

12/6/12 - Notes & examples on finding arc length with parametric equations, HW: p.405-407:13,15,19,21,22,23,27

12/10/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, notes, examples, exploration 8-7a and part of 8-7n on polar coordinates and area, HW: p.418-420:Q1-Q10,1-15(odd)

12/11/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, notes & examples on calculating arc length on curves defined with polar coordinates, HW: p.418-420:3-9(odd),15

12/12/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Suggested Review Problems ==> p.260-266:R1,R2,R3,R6b,c,R7a,R8,R9

12/13/12 - Addressed students' questions on suggested review problems, HW: 2nd day suggested review problems ==> p.425:R4,R5,R7,p.428-429:T4,T5a,b,c,T7,T10,T12a,b,T13,T14

12/14/12 - Addressed students' questions on suggested review problems, worked AP MC practice problems involving polar coordinates

12/17/12 - Addressed students' questions on suggested review problems, worked on exploration 6-2a, HW: p.277-279:47-54(all)

12/18/12 - Checked/reviewed HW, in-class assignment ==> p.277-279:2-46(EVEN),58,61

12/19/12 - Test - Chapter 5

12/20/12 - Addressed students' questions in preparation for tomorrow's exam

12/21/12 - Test - Volume by Shells, Arc Length, Arc length and area with polar coordinates

1/2/13 - Test - Volume by Shells, Arc Length, Arc length and area with polar coordinates

1/3/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, examples on differentiation of logarithms and logarithmic differentiation, HW: p286-287:2,4,16-26(E), p.292-294:2,6-58(EOE)

1/4/13 - Returned/went over exams, checked/reviewed HW, HW: p.304-306:2-80(EOE),81-90(all)

1/7/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, distributed and worked on chapter 6 take-home assessment, HW: Complete take-home assessment by Wednesday

1/8/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked on chapter 6 assessment, HW: Complete chapter 6 assessment

1/9/13 - Revisited growth and decay differential equations, distributed midterm practice problems, HW: p.321-323:2,4,6, for Friday ==> 1-15 from practice problem set

1/10/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked exploration 7-5a (Introduction into Euler's Method), HW: Complete 1-15 on midterm practice problems WS

1/11/13 - Euler's Method examples, addressed questions on midterm practice problems, HW: Complete 16-29 on midterm practice problems WS

1/14/13 - Reviewed for Midterm Exam

1/22/13 - Returned/went over midterms, distributed "Midterm follow-up" problem set

1/24/13 - Distributed AP Exam registration information, notes & examples on "more-involved" differential equations, HW: p.328-330:Q1-Q10,5,and 31(FDWK handout)

1/25/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

1/29/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked Exploration 7-3a, HW: Complete Explorations 7-4a & 7-4b

1/30/13 - Checked/reviewed explorations, examples involving slope fields and Euler's Method, HW: p.344-347:Q1-Q10,1,2,3,7

1/31/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, installed Euler's Method program on calculators, worked through 1st part of exploration 7-6a

2/1/13 - Worked through exploration 7-6a (demonstrated partial fractions), HW: Complete exploration 7-6a

2/4/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, showed algebraic solution for #1 - p.353, HW: p.352-354:Q1-Q10,1,2

2/5/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: From WS ==> p.251:73,75,p.378:55,57,59

2/6/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Suggested Review for differential equations exam ==> p.359-361:R1-R6

2/7/13 - Addressed students' question on suggested review problems, notes & exploration 10-6a on vectors

2/8/13 - Notes on vector calculus, HW: Make final preparations for Monday's exam on differential equations

2/11/13 - Exam - Differential Equations, additional examples involving vectors, HW: p.531:Q2-Q9,1-4

2/12/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, additional vector example

2/13/13 - Vector examples, HW: p.532-533:5,8

2/14/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, Suggested review ==> p.539:R5(a),p.540-543:C1,T7,T8,T10-T19, & Exploration 10-6(c)

2/15/13 - Addressed students' questions, HW: Review suggested review problems & exploration

2/18/13 - Addressed students' questions concerning exploration and suggested review problems

2/19/13 - Quiz - Motion & Vectors, Notes & examples on integration by parts, HW: p.437:Q1-Q10,1-9(all)

2/20/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, AP MC Integration by Parts example

2/21/13 - Notes & examples on rapid repeated integration by parts, HW: p.441-442: Q1-Q10,1-9(all)

2/22/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, integration by parts examples involving reassociation of factors, HW: p.442:11-37 (odd)

2/25/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

2/26/13 - Notes & examles on integration by partial fractions, HW: p.463:Q1-Q10,1-5

2/27/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked p.463:6-10, distributed & worked on integration techniques problem set

2/28/13 - Worked on exploration 9-10a, notes & examples on improper integrals

3/1/13 - Examples involving improper integrals, HW: p.484-485:Q1-Q10(skip Q2-Q4),1-19(odd)

3/4/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: 1. Problem Set, 2. Suggested Review ==> p.494-497:R1,R2,R3,R7(a,b),R10(a,b,c),T1,T5,T6,T14

3/5/13 - Addressed students' questions in preparation for tomorrow's exam

3/6/13 - Test - Additional Integration Techniques

3/7/13 - Exploratory Set 12-1

3/8/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

3/11/13 - Notes & examples on geometric series, HW: p.594-596:Q1-Q10,3,4(d),7

3/12/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

3/13/13 - Worked geometric series problem, HW: p.597-598:Q1-Q10,1-5

pi day - Checked/reviewed HW, finished exploratory set 12-3

3/15/13 - Notes & examples involving generating power series for functions, HW: p.602-604:Q1-Q10(skip Q5),1,3,5

3/18/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

3/19/13 - Notes & examples on Taylor and Maclaurin polynomials, HW: p.610:Q1-Q9,1,3,4,7,9,15

3/20/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, Worked Exploration 12-5a, HW: Complete exploration

3/21/13 - Worked through exploration 12-5a & 12-5b (reinforce ideas about Taylor & Maclaurin series), HW: p.610-611:17,19,23,25

3/22/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, worked exploration 12-6a

4/2/13 - Notes & examples on the ratio technique, HW: p.618-619:Q1-Q10,1-6

4/3/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, distributed & worked on problem set

4/4/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, independent study of sec 12-7, HW: p.631-635:Q1-Q10,13

4/5/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, convergence at series endpoints examples, HW: p.634:13-31(odd)

4/8/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, started series MC problem

4/9/13 - Notes & examples (FR BC #3 2008, FR BC #6 2011) involving the Langrange error bound, HW: p.635:37,39,41

4/10/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, MC AP practice with series, distributed series take-home assessment

4/11/13 - Worked on problem set & series assessment, HW: Finish problem set for tomorrow, finish series assessment for Monday

4/12/13 - Worked on series assessment

4/15/13 - Worked on 2008 MC 1-28, HW: Complete 2008 MC 1-28

4/16/13 - Reviewed for AP Exam, HW: Complete 2008 MC 76-92

4/17/13 - Reviewed for AP Exam, HW: Complete 2008 FR 1-3

4/18/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Complete 2008 FR 4-6

4/19/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Complete 2003 MC 1-28

4/22/13 - Checked/reviewed HW

4/23/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Complete 2003 FR 1-3

4/24/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Complete 2003 FR 4-6

4/25/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Complete 2003 MC 76-92

4/26/13 - Checked/reviewed HW, HW: Work on series FR problems

4/30/13 - Addressed students questions on series FR problems, HW: 1.Make preparations for tomorrow's simulated exam, 2.Continue to work series FR problems

5/1/13 - Part I of simulated AP Exam

5/2/13 - Part II of simulated AP Exam

5/3/13 - General AP Exam review

5/6/13 - General AP Exam review

5/7/13 - General AP Exam review

5/10/13 - Introduction to calculus project

5/13/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/15/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/16/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/17/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/20/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/21/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/22/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/23/13 - Worked on Mathematical Modeling Project

5/24/13 - Project presentations