A.P. Calculus Assignments

for 2004- 2005
for Howard Anton's Text 6th edition (Brief Edition)

Day Number Date Assignment
1 08/30/04 What is Calculus?
Read pages 2 - 12 (introduction)
Read Appendix A1 - A8
Do p. A8 (12, 21, 22a,c,e,g,h, 23, 27, 31, 37)
Begin work on Mini Exam #1 Review
2 08/31/04 Absolute Value
Read pages A11 - A15
Do p. A15 (4, 9, 17, 20, 25, 30)
Do p. A26 (3e, 4f, 30)
Do p. A38 (62, 73a)
Do p. 59 (63, 70)
Continue to work on Mini Exam #1 Review
3 09/01/04 Slope, Parallel & Perpendcular Lines, Angle of Inclination
Equation of a line
p.A26 (13a,d, 16b, 19, 21a, 22a, 33c,d, 46, 49a,b,c)
p.71 (5, 10b, 12a, 15, 17, 34, 41a,d)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheets.
4 09/02/04 Functions / Domain and Range
Distance from a point to a line; circles, parabolas
p. 33 (1, 2, 3a,b, 4a, 5a,c, 6d, 13a, 15a, 19)
p. A36 (3, 11, 17, 23d, 29)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheet
Algebra Atrocities
5 09/03/04 Composition of Functions
Quiz on Absolute value and inequalities
p. 58 (39, 41, 47b, 49a, 51a, 59)
           
  09/06/04 Labor Day Holiday
6 09/07/04 Types of functions:
y = [x], even / odd
Inverse Functions
p. 58 (47a, 61, 69a,b,c,d, 78a,b,c,d)
p. 234 (13, 14, 16)
p. 103 (2)
7 09/08/04 Concept of Infinity
Infinite Geometric Series
Paradoxes (Zeno)
Worksheets on Infinity (Student Math Notes)
p. 12 (1)
p. 639 (15, 17, 18)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
8 09/09/04 Fractals
Worksheets on Sierpinski's Triangle
Worksheets on Fractals
Videos
Study for Mini Exam #1
9 09/10/04 Mini Exam #1
           
10 09/13/04 Hand out Graphing Calculators
COMAP Video - Shapes (#16)
Read pages 111-124
Finish Fractal worksheets
11 09/14/04 Intuitive Ideas about Limits
p. 124 (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14)
12 09/15/04 Computation of Limits
p. 137 (3, 4, 7 - 11, 15 - 18, 25, 27 - 29, 39, 49, 55)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
13 09/16/04 The delta-epsilon definition of a limit
p. 145 (2a, 5, 7, 8, 15(proof))
14 09/17/04 Hexaflexagon
p. 137 (6, 12, 30, 31)
p. 145 (6, 16, 17)
           
15 09/20/04 Continuity
p. 157 (11, 15, 21, 23, 26, 27ab)
16 09/21/04 Limits of Trigonometric Functions
Limits & Continuity Worksheet
p. 163 (2, 3, 10, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26)
17 09/22/04 Limits with a calculator
Worksheet on Continuity
I Have ... Who Has cards -- Limits
Worksheet on Limits with Angles of Polygons
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
18 09/23/04 Review of Limits
Worksheet on Limits
19 09/24/04 Test on Chapter 2 (Limits)
           
20 09/27/04 Rates of Change
Read pages 169 - 175
p. 175 (2, 9, 17, 18)
21 09/28/04 Definition of Derivative
p. 187 (9, 12, 13)
Droodle Worksheet
22 09/29/04 Graph of the Derivative
p. 187 (15, 23, 24, 25, 26)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
23 09/30/04 Derivative formulas
p. 197 (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
24 10/01/04 Distance, Velocity
p. 197 (3, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 67)
Study for quiz on definition of the derivative
           
25 10/04/04 Product Rule
Quiz on Definition of the Derivative
p. 197 (15, 18, 19, 35a, 39, 58, 71, 82)
26 10/05/04 Quotient rule
p. 197 (8, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35b, 38, 57, 60)
27 10/06/04 Proofs of the Derivatives of the Trig functions
p. 202 (1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 22, 26a, 29a, 36, 41)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
28 10/07/04 Review for the test on sections 3.1 - 3.3
29 10/08/04 Test on Sections 3.1 - 3.3
           
30 10/11/04 Chain Rule -- 2 forms
Read pages 204 - 207
p. 208 (1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 27, 29, 36, 41)
31 10/12/04 Chain Rule
Sheet of Formulae for Derivatives
p. 208 (25, 45, 58, 60, 63)
32 10/13/04 No Calculus Class today -- PSAT Test
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
33 10/14/04 Proof of Quotient Rule using the Chain rule
Parametric Equations
p. 203 (35)
p. 100 ( 1, 3, 5, 6)
Droodle Review Worksheet
34 10/15/04 Parametric Equations
Football Kick Worksheet
Find the Bingo Worksheet
           
35 10/18/04 Parametric Equations
Finish Football Kick Worksheet
p. 208 (13, 31, 35, 63ab, 70a, 73)
36 10/19/04 Differentials
p. 217 (9, 11, 12, 27, 30, 35) !
37 10/20/04 Differentials
p. 217 (10, 29, 41)
p. 188 (27, 28)
"Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p. 219 (5, 12, 18, 19)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon
38 10/21/04 Review for Test on Chapter 3
I Have ... Who Has cards
Review Game
39 10/22/04 Test on Chapter 3
NO Calculators
           
40 10/25/04 Video on Derivatives -- write up summary
Derivative Magic Square
41 10/26/04 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 17)
42 10/27/04 Properties of Logarithms
Conjectures with logarithms
p. 243 (1, 4a, 5, 13)
Log Worksheet
Come to the study session today!
End of the Nine Weeks Grading Period
43 10/28/04 Fall Day -- No classes
  10/29/04 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
44 11/01/04 Exponential Functions
Chain Letters and Pyramid Schemes
Definition of e
Information sheet on e
History of Pi sheet
p. 244 (8b, 9, 12b, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25)
45 11/02/04 Exponential Functions -- Experiment with M&Ms
p. 243 (2, 6, 11, 15, 24, 26, 29, 30)
46 11/03/04 Quiz on logarithms
Compound Interest
Rule of 72
Worksheet on Rule of 72
Worksheet on Compound Interest Problems
Work on Mini Exam #2 Review Sheets
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
47 11/04/04 Graphs of ln(x), log(x), e^x, and a^x
p. 244 (27, 28, 34, 38, 51)
48 11/05/04 Video on Exponential Growth
Read section 4.3
Study for Mini Exam
           
49 11/08/04 Implicit Differentiation
Worksheet on Implicit Differentiation
p. 253 (1, 8, 12, 15, 17)
  11/09/04 Professional Day
50 11/10/04 Implicit Differentiation
Finish "Farside" Droodle Worksheet #11, 14
p.253 (11, 22, 25, 27, 36, 38, 40, 47)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
51 11/11/04 Review for Mini Exam #2
Chapters 2 and 3
52 11/12/04 Mini Exam #2 (Limits and Derivatives)
           
53 11/15/04 Derivatives of y = ln x and y = log x
p. 260 ( 1 - 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 31)
54 11/16/04 Derivatives of ex and au
p. 260 (19, 21 - 24, 26, 39, 41)
55 11/17/04 Logarithmic Differentiation
p. 260 (12, 17, 25, 33, 34, 44, 45, 59a, 60a)
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56 11/18/04 Review for Test
57 11/19/04 Test on sections 4.1 - 4.4
           
58 11/22/04 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Sheet of Inverse Trig Graphs
p. 267 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9ad, 10, 11, 39)
59 11/23/04 Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
p. 267 (21, 24, 26a, 27a, 29, 40, 42)
60 11/24/04 Game -- Contig
Worksheet on Definitions
  11/25/04 Thanksgiving Holiday
  11/26/04 Thanksgiving Holiday
           
61 11/29/04 Related Rates
Read p. 270 - 274
p. 274 (3, 6, 9, 11, 12)
62 11/30/04 Related Rates
p. 274 (13, 20a, 21, 26)
Worksheet "How Far Can You Watch?"
Math League 1st period
63 12/01/04 Related Rates
Turvey Worksheet on Related rates
Come to the Review Session today
64 12/02/04 L'Hôpital's Rule
p. 284 (1, 3-7, 10, 39)
65 12/03/04 L'Hôpital's Rule
p. 284 (11, 13)
Blueberry Pancakes Worksheet
           
66 12/06/04 Review for Test
Derivatives Formula Sheet
Worksheet on Derivatives
67 12/07/04 Test on Chapter 4
68 12/08/04 Increasing and Decreasing functions
p. 296 (1, 2, 3, 7)
Calculus for all seasons
Exam Review Sheets
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
69 12/09/04 Concavity and Points of Inflection
p. 296 (9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 31, 32)
The S-Curve
70 12/10/04 Relative Maxima and Minima
Curve Sketching Instructions
Curve Sketching Worksheet
p. 304 (7, 24, 29)
           
71 12/13/04 Methods for Finding Critical Points
Review for Test on chapter 5
p. 319 (6)
p. 321 (2, 6)
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheets.
72 12/14/04 Test on Chapter 5
NO CALCULATORS
Outline of Semester Exam
Review for Exam
Answers to Review Sheet for Semester Exam
73 12/15/04 Review for Semester Exam
74 12/16/04 Review for Semester Exam
75 12/17/04 Semester Examination
           
76 12/20/04 No Calculus Class
77 12/21/04 No Calculus Class
78 12/22/04 No Calculus Class
           
79 1/03/05 Absolute Maxima / Minima
p. 337 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 27)
80 1/04/05 Applied Maxima / Minima
Read section 6.2
Volume of Box -- with Calculator
p. 348 (17, 19, 20)
81 1/05/05 Appled Maxima / Minima
Max/Min Procedures
Worksheet on Max/Min Problems -- Do #1, 2, 3, 4, 8
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
Come review your exam
82 1/06/05 Applied Max / Min Problems
Tin can Problem
Cat Food Can Problem
Do Dogs Know Calculus?
p. 348 (9, 11, 56a, 57, 62)
83 1/07/05 Mini golf and Billiards
Worksheet on Billiards and Mini Golf
Worksheet on the Longest Home Run
Design your own Mini Golf hole on Graph Paper
p. 348 (3, 4, 24, 25)
           
84 1/10/05 Quiz on Max/Min
Shortest Distance from a point to a curve
Study p. 345 example #6
"Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
85 1/11/05 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
p. 361 (11, 26, 27)
Finish "Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
86 1/12/05 Newton's Method
p. 366 (1, 6)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
87 1/13/05 Rolle's Theorem and The Mean Value Theorem
p. 372 (3, 6, 11, 12, 15)
88 1/14/05 "The Spider and the Fly" Worksheet
Review Sheet on Maxima/Minima
End of the Semester
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  1/17/05 Martin Luther King Holiday
  1/18/05 Teacher Work Day -- Student Holiday
89 1/19/05 Review for the Test on Chapter 6
Review of Applied Maxima/Minima
Come to the Review Session today
90 1/20/05 Test on Chapter 6
91 1/21/05 The Indefinite Integral
Read Section 7.2
p. 389 (1, 4, 7abc, 9ab, 13, 14, 16)
           
92 1/24/05 The Indefinite Integral
p. 389 (8a, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 41, 43, 49)
93 1/25/05 Exact Differential
Read and Study examples on pages 391-395
P. 395 (1a,c, 2a,b,e, 3b,d,e, 4c)
94 1/26/05 Exact Differential
p. 395 (1d, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 45)
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95 1/27/05 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
Video on Rollercoaster
p. 395 (3c, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 41, 43, 44)
  1/28/05 Teacher Work Day
           
96 1/31/05 Proof by Induction
p. 402 (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 17)
Worksheet on Proof By Induction (#1, 2, 3)
Sheet on "42 Methods of Proof"
97 2/01/05 Area Under A Curve
Read pages 379-382
p. 382 (1, 3, 4) use n = 6
98 2/02/05 Review for the test on Sections 7.2 - 7.3
Worksheet on Integral categories
I Have ... Who ... Has Cards -- Integration
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
99 2/03/05 Test on Sections 7.2 and 7.3
100 2/04/05 Quiz on Proof by Induction
Video on Integration
           
101 2/07/05 Exact Area using Limits
p. 414 (1abc, 5a)
Find exact area under y = 4x from x = 0 to x = 2
Find exact area under y = x2 from x = 0 to x = 2
102 2/08/05 Differential Equations
p. 414 (41)
p. 396 (51, 52, 53)
103 2/09/05 SlopeFields
Worksheet on Slope fields
Come to the review Session today
104 2/10/05 The Definite Integral
p.414 (17a-d, 19b,c, 20a,b,c, 21)
105 2/11/05 Properties of the Definite Integral
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
p. 415 (22, 24, 25)
p.425 (3, 6, 10, 12, 13)
           
106 2/14/05 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Area Under a curve
p. 425 (5, 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30)
107 2/15/05 Uniform Motion / Displacement / Total Distance
p. 437 (1a,b, 7, 11a, 12a, 15, 34)
108 2/16/05 Average Value of a Function
p. 440 (49, 50, 51, 53, 54)
Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
No Review Session today
109 2/17/05 Review for Test on Sections7.1 - 7.6
Review Sheet (sections 7.1 - 7.6)
p. 455 (12, 16, 19)
110 2/18/05 Answer questions from the past week
Work on Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
           
  2/21/05 Presidents' Day Holiday
111 2/22/05 Review Concepts from the past week
Work on Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
112 2/23/05 Substitution in The Definite Integral
p.444 (3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 29, 37, 44)
Review for the test (Sections 7.1 - 7.6)
Come to the Review Session after school
  2/24/05 Snow Day
  2/25/05 Snow Day
           
  2/28/05 Snow Day
113 3/01/05 Logarithm as an Integral
p. 451 (3, 7, 31, 32, 33)
Find The Bingo Worksheet (ex and logs)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheets
114 3/02/05 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (1, 2, 5, 8)
Come to the Review session today
115 3/03/05 Test on Sections 7.1 - 7.6
Work on Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
116 3/04/05 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25)
           
117 3/07/05 Review for the Mini Exam #3
118 3/08/05 Mini Exam #3 (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7)
119 3/09/05 Volumes -- Disk Method
p. 473 (1, 3, 6, 10, 15)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
120 3/10/05 Volumes -- Washers
Begin p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
121 3/11/05 Volumes -- Washers and Shells
Quiz -- Volumes of Solids of Revolution
Finish p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
           
122 3/14/05 Volumes -- Shells
Volumes of Solids of Revolution
p. 473 (#20 by Shells)
p. 479 (4, 5, 11, 13)
Quiz
123 3/15/05 Arc Length
p. 483 (1, 3, 4)
124 3/16/05 Review for the Test
Droodle Review for Chapter 8
Come to the Review Session today
125 3/17/05 Test on Chapter 8
Begin work on 1988 A.P. Exam
126 3/18/05 Inverse Trig Functions
p. 516 (1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 24, 25)
           
127 3/21/05 Inverse Trig Functions
The Pink Panther
p. 516 (4, 9, 15, 18, 20, 27)
128 3/22/05 Integration by Parts
p. 521 (1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 25)
129 3/23/05 Integration by Parts
Integration By Parts Acronym
p. 521 (3, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 23, 32, 34, 43, 45)
End of the Third Nine Weeks
130 3/24/05 Review of Integration by Parts
Jaime Escalante's Integration By Parts Trick
Quiz on Review of Integration
p. 521 (4, 6, 14, 18, 20)
  3/25/05 Spring Break
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  3/28/05 Spring Break
131 3/29/05 Integrals of Odd Powers of Sines and Cosines
p. 529 (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19)
Finish p. 521 assignments
132 3/30/05 Integrals of even powers of cosines and sines
p. 529 (4, 5, 11, 20, 21)
Come to the Review Session today
133 3/31/05 Integrals of odd powers of tangents and secants
p. 529 (23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 44)
134 4/01/05 Integrals of even powers of secants and tangents
p. 529 (28, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 55, 56)
           
135 4/04/05 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (1, 4, 5)
Review for test on sections 9.1 - 9.3
Come to the Review Session today
136 4/05/05 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (2, 9, 15, 16, 30)
137 4/06/05 Integrals involving Quadratic expressions
p. 535 (35, 36, 39, 40)
138 4/07/05 Test on Sections 9.1 - 9.3
Work on 1988 A.P. Exam -- Hand in on Monday
139 4/08/05 A.P. Exam Rubrics -- 1991 Free Response
Finish 1988 A.P. Exam -- Hand in Wednesday
           
140 4/11/05 Partial Fractions
Read p. 536 - 542
p. 542 (1 - 8) set up only
p. 542 (9, 10, 13, 25, 27, 28)
141 4/12/05 Integration using Partial Fractions (Heaviside Method)
p. 543 (11, 12, 14, 24, 35) ( For #35, set up only)
142 4/13/05 Outline for Solving Integrals
Droodle Review for Integration
p. 543 (15, 16, 18)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
143 4/14/05 Tangram Puzzle -- Silly Sally Seal
Distribute copies of the 1997 A.P. Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part A)
144 4/15/05 Collect A.P. Exams (quiz grade)
Numerical Methods of Integration
Simpson's Rule and Trapezoidal Rule
p. 563 (1b,c, 2b,c, 35) -- use n = 3
           
145 4/18/05 Review for A.P. Exam
Go over calculators -- give handouts
(Overview / Sample Exam / Scoring)
Distribute copies of 1997 A.P. Exam -- M/C Part B (Calculator)
146 4/19/05 Collect A.P. Exam (quiz grade)
Really Stupid Integrals
Review for Multiple Choice Sections of Final
Right Angle Puzzle
147 4/20/05 Review for A.P. Exam
Finish Right Angle Puzzle
Come to the Review Session today
148 4/21/05 Final Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part A no calculators)
Matchboxes
149 4/22/05 Final Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part B with calculators)
Distribute copies of 2002 A.P. Exam -- Free Response
           
150 4/25/05 Collect A.P. Exams (quiz grade)
Discuss Free Response Questions
151 4/26/05 Final Exam -- Free Response Part A -- With Calculators
152 4/27/05 Review for A.P. Exam
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
153 4/28/05 Final Exam -- Free Response Part B (no calculators)
  4/29/05 Apple Blossom Holiday
           
154 5/02/05 Review for A.P. Exam
155 5/03/05 Calculus A.P. Exam -- Morning
No Calculus class
156 5/04/05 Begin circles ...
(A.P. Spanish Exam)
157 5/05/05 Circles
p. A37 (23c, 26, 30, 33, 36, 40, 45a, 46b, 49)
Determine the equation of a circle which passes
through (2,3), (3,2), and (-4,3)
(A.P. English Lit. Exam)
158 5/06/05 Parabolas
Parabola Paper
p. 739 (3a, 4a,b, 5a,b, 7a)
Droodle Graph
           
159 5/09/05 Parabolas
p. 739 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)
160 5/10/05 Ellipses
Ellipse Paper
p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
(Two-day assignment)
161 5/11/05 Tracker -- in Computer Lab
(A.P. Government Exam)
162 5/12/05 Ellipses
Finish p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
163 5/13/05 Reflection Property of a Parabola
Circle / Parabola Activities
           
164 5/16/05 Hyperbolas
Hyperbola Paper
p. 739 (15a, 16a,b, 17b, 20a, 33a, 34b, 35b, 50)
165 5/17/05 Graphics (75 minute class)
Formulas for Analytic Geometry
Translation and Rotation of Axes
Rotation of Axes
"Berlin"
"Graph It!"
166 5/18/05 Applications
Applications of Conic Sections
167 5/19/05 Computer Lab -- Tracker (Ellipse, Hyperbola)
168 5/20/05 Polar Coordinates
Connect Four Game with Polar Coordinates
           
169 5/23/05 Polar Coordinates (75 minute class)
Rose Curve Worksheet
Worksheet -- Convert polar and Cartesian coordinates
"Parabella" Worksheet
170 5/24/05 Battleship Game for Polar Coordinates (75 minute class)
Starship
Calculus Definitions
I Have ... Who Has Cards
Computer Lab -- Green Globs
All assignments are due tomorrow!
171 5/25/05 ALL assignments are due today!!!!! (95 minute class)
Stand and Deliver
172 5/26/05 No Calculus Class
173 5/27/05 No Calculus Class
           
  5/30/05 Memorial Day Holiday
174 5/31/05 Mobius Strip / Mobius Card
Map Coloring
Math Game (Factors)
Last Day for Seniors
175 6/01/05 No Calculus Class
176 6/02/05 No Calculus Class
177 6/03/05 No Calculus Class
           
178 6/06/05 No Calculus Class
179 6/07/05 No Calculus Class
180 6/08/05 No Calculus Class
           


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