A.P. Calculus Assignments

for 2001 - 2002
for Howard Anton's Text

Day Number Date Assignment
1 08/27/01 What is Calculus?
Read pages 2-12 (introduction)
Do p.12 #1
Work on Mini Exam Review Exercises.
2 08/28/01 Inequalities
Read Appendix A pages A1-A8
Do p. A8 (9, 12, 21, 22a,c,e,g,h, 23, 27, 31, 37)
3 08/29/01 Absolute Value
Read pages A11 - 15
Do p. A15 (3, 4, 9, 11, 17, 20, 25, 30, 33)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheets.
4 08/30/01 Intro. to Graphing Calculators
p. A26 (30, 31)
p. A38 (62, 73a)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheet
5 08/31/01 Quiz on Absolute value and inequalities
Symmetry
Do p. A26 (3e, 4f)
p. 59 (63, 70, 73)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheet
           
  09/03/01 Labor Day Holiday
6 09/04/01 Slope, Parallel & Perpendcular Lines, Angle of Inclination
p.A26 (13,16b,19,21a, 22a)
p.71 (5, 10, 34)
7 09/05/01 Equation of a line
p.A26 (29, 33, 46, 49a,b,c)
p.72 (12a, 15, 17, 41a,d)
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8 09/06/01 Distance from a point to a line; circles, parabolas
p. A36 (3, 11, 17, 23d, 29, 59)
Study for Test!
9 09/07/01 Test on Chapter 1 and Appendix
Finish Mini Exam Review Sheet
Study for Mini Exam for next week
           
10 09/10/01 Functions / Domain and Range
p. 33 (1, 2, 3abd, 4a, 5ac, 6d, 13, 15, 19)
11 09/11/01 Composition of Functions
p. 58 (31, 32, 39, 41, 47b, 48a, 49a, 51a, 59)
12 09/12/01 Types of functions:
y = [x], even / odd
p. 58 (47a, 61, 65, 69, 78)
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13 09/13/01 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22)
p. 103 (2)
Study for Mini Exam
14 09/14/01 Mini Exam #1
           
15 09/17/01 Concept of Infinity
Infinite Geometric Series
Paradoxes (Zeno)
p. 639 (15, 17, 18)
16 09/18/01 Fractals
Worksheets on Sierpinski's Triangle
Worksheets on Fractals
Videos
17 09/19/01 Video - Shapes (#16)
Read pages 111-124
Finish Fractal worksheets
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18 09/20/01 Intuitive Ideas about Limits
p. 124 (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14)
19 09/21/01 Computation of Limits
p. 137 (3, 4, 7 - 11, 15 - 18, 25, 27 - 29, 39, 49, 55)
           
20 09/24/01 The delta-epsilon definition of a limit
p. 145 (2a, 5, 7, 8, 15(proof))
21 09/25/01 Hexaflexagon
p. 137 (6, 12, 30, 31)
p. 145 (6, 16, 17)
22 09/26/01 Continuity
p. 157 (11, 15, 21, 23, 26, 27ab)
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23 09/27/01 Limits of Trigonometric Functions
Limits & Continuity Worksheet
p. 163 (2, 3, 10, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26)
24 09/28/01 Quiz on limits
Limits with a calculator
Worksheet on Continuity
           
25 10/01/01 Review of Limits
Worksheet on Limits
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26 10/02/01 Test on Chapter 2 (Limits)
27 10/03/01 Read pages 169 - 175
p. 175 (2, 9, 17, 18)
28 10/04/01 Definition of Derivative
p. 187 (9, 12, 13)
Droodle Worksheet
29 10/5/01 Fall Day
No formal classes
           
  10/8/01 Teacher Professional Day
30 10/9/01 Definition of the Derivative
p. 187 (15, 23, 24, 25, 26)
31 10/10/01 Derivative formulas
p. 197 (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
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32 10/11/01 Distance, Velocity
p. 197 (3, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 67)
33 10/12/01 Product Rule
Quiz on Definition of the Derivative
p. 197 (15, 18, 19, 35a, 39, 58, 71, 82)
           
34 10/15/01 Quotient rule
p. 197 (8, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35b, 38, 57, 60)
35 10/16/01 Proofs of the Derivatives of the Trig functions
p. 202 (1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 22, 26a, 29a, 36, 41)
36 10/17/01 Review for the test on sections 3.1 - 3.3
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37 10/18/01 Test on Sections 3.1 - 3.3
38 10/19/01 Chain Rule -- 2 forms
Read pages 204 - 207
p. 208 (1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 27, 29, 36, 41)
           
39 10/22/01 Chain Rule
Sheet of Formulae for Derivatives
p. 208 (25, 45, 58, 60, 63)
40 10/23/01 Proof of Quotient Rule using the Chain rule
Parametric Equations
p. 203 (35)
p. 100 ( 1, 3, 5, 6)
Droodle Review Worksheet
41 10/24/01 Parametric Equations
Football Kick Worksheet
Find the Bingo Worksheet
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42 10/25/01 Video on Derivatives
End of the Nine Weeks Grading Period
  10/26/01 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
43 10/29/01 Parametric Equations
Finish Football Kick Worksheet
p. 208 (13, 31, 35, 63ab, 70a, 73)
44 10/30/01 Differentials
p. 217 (9, 11, 12, 27, 30, 35)
45 10/31/01 Differentials
p. 217 (10, 29, 41)
p. 188 (27, 28)
"Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p. 219 (5, 12, 18, 19)
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46 11/01/01 Review for Test on Chapter 3
I Have ... Who Has cards
Review Game
47 11/02/01 Test on Chapter 3
Mini Exam #2 Review Sheets
           
48 11/5/01 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 17)
49 11/6/01 Properties of Logarithms
p. 243 (1, 4a, 5, 13)
Log Worksheet
50 11/7/01 Review for Mini Exam #2
Chapters 2 and 3
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51 11/8/01 Mini Exam #2 (Limits and Derivatives)
52 11/9/01 Definition of e
Information sheet on e
History of Pi sheet
p. 244 (8b, 9, 12b, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25)
           
53 11/12/01 Graphs of ln(x), log(x), e^x, and a^x
p. 244 (26, 29, 30, 51)
54 11/13/01 Quiz on logarithms
Compound Interest
Rule of 72
Worksheet on Rule of 72
Read section 4.3
55 11/14/01 Implicit Differentiation
Worksheet on Implicit Differentiation
p. 253 (1, 8, 12, 15, 17)
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56 11/15/01 Implicit Differentiation
Finish "Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p.253 (11, 22, 25, 27, 36, 38, 40, 47)
57 11/16/01 Video on Exponential Growth
           
58 11/19/01 Derivatives of y = ln x and y = log x
p. 260 ( 1 - 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 31)
59 11/20/01 Derivatives of e^x and a^u
p. 260 (19, 21 - 24, 26, 39, 41)
60 11/21/01 Worksheet on Definitions
  11/22/01 Thanksgiving Holiday
  11/23/01 Thanksgiving Holiday
           
  11/26/01 Teacher Work Day
61 11/27/01 Logarithmic Differentiation
p. 260 (12, 17, 25, 33, 34, 44, 45, 59a, 60a)
62 11/28/01 Review for Test
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63 11/29/01 Test on sections 4.1 - 4.4
64 11/30/01 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Sheet of Inverse Trig Graphs
p. 267 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9ad, 10, 11, 39)
           
65 12/03/01 Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
p. 267 (21, 24, 26a, 27a, 29, 40, 42)
66 12/04/01 Related Rates
Read p. 270 - 274
p. 274 (3,6, 9, 11, 12)
67 12/05/01 Related Rates
p. 274 (13, 20a, 21, 26)
Worksheet "How Far Can You Watch?"
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68 12/06/01 Related Rates
Worksheet on Related rates
69 12/07/01 L'Hopital's Rule
p. 284 (1, 3-7, 10, 39)
Exam Review Sheets
           
70 12/10/01 L'Hopital's Rule
p. 284 (11, 13)
Blueberry Pancakes Worksheet
71 12/11/01 Effective Annual Yield
Derivatives Formula Sheet
Worksheet on Derivatives
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72 12/12/01 Review for Test
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheets.
73 12/13/01 Test on Chapter 4
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheet
74 12/14/01 Review for Semester Exam
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheet
           
75 12/17/01 Review for Exam
76 12/18/01 No Calculus Class
77 12/19/01 Semester Exam
78 12/20/01 No Calculus Class
79 12/21/01 No Calculus Class
           
  12/31/01 New Year's Eve
  1/01/02 New Year's Day
80 1/02/02 Increasing and Decreasing functions
p. 296 (1, 2, 3, 7)
81 1/03/02 Concavity and Points of Inflection
p. 296 (9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 31, 32)
82 1/04/02 Relative Maxima and Minima
Curve Sketching Instructions
Curve Sketching Worksheet
           
    1/07/02 Snow Day
83 1/08/02 Quiz on Max/Min
p. 304 (7, 24, 29)
p. 319 (6)
p. 321 (2, 6)
84 1/09/02 Absolute Maxima / Minima
p. 337 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 27)
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85 1/10/02 Applied Maxima / Minima
Read Section 6.2
86 1/11/02 Test on Chapter 5 and Section 6.1
NO CALCULATORS
           
87 1/14/02 Appled Maxima / Minima
Volume of Box -- with Calculator
Worksheet on Max/Min Problems -- Do #1, 2
88 1/15/02 Cat Food Can Problem
Finish 1-4, and 8 on Worksheet on Max/Min Problems
89 1/16/02 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
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90 1/17/02 Applied Max / Min Problems
p. 348 (3, 17, 24, 25)
End of the Semester
  1/18/02 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  1/21/02 Martin Luther King Holiday
91 1/22/02 Shortest Distance
p. 348 (9, 11, 41, 56a)
92 1/23/02 Quiz on Max/Min
Distance of a point closest to a curve
"Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
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93 1/24/02 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
p. 361 (11, 26, 27)
Finish "Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
94 1/25/02 Newton's Method
p. 366 (1, 6)
           
95 1/28/02 Rolle's Theorem and The Mean Value Theorem
p. 372 (3, 6, 11, 12, 15)
96 1/29/02 "The Spider and the Fly" Worksheet

Review Sheet on Maxima/Minima

97 1/30/02 Review for the test on Chapter 6
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98 1/31/02 Test on Chapter 6
Review Sheets for Mini Exam #3 (chapters 4 - 6)
99 2/1/02 The Indefinite Integral
Read Section 7.2
p. 389 (1, 4, 7abc, 9ab, 13, 14, 16)
           
100 2/4/02 The Indefinite Integral
p. 389 (8a, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 41, 43, 49)
101 2/5/02 Exact Differential
Read and Study examples on pages 391-395
P. 395 (1a,c, 2a,b,e, 3b,d,e, 4c)
102 2/6/02 Exact Differential
p. 395 (1d, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 45)
Quiz
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103 2/7/02 Mini Examination #3
Chapters 4, 5, and 6
104 2/8/02 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
Video on Rollercoaster
p. 395 (3c, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 41, 43, 44)
           
105 2/11/02 No class -- Government speaker
106 2/12/02 Proof by Induction
p. p. 402 (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 17)
Worksheet on Proof By Induction (#2, 3)
Sheet on "39 Methods of Proof"
107 2/13/02 Antiderivatives and Area
Read pages 379-382
p. 382 (1, 3, 4)
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108 2/14/02 Review for the test on Sections 7.2 - 7.3
Worksheet on Integral categories
109 2/15/02 Test on Sections 7.2 and 7.3
           
    2/18/02 School Holiday
    2/19/02 Teacher Work Day
110 2/20/02 The Definite Integral
Area as Limits
p. 414 (1abc, 2abc, 5a)
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111 2/21/02 Areas By Limits
(Exact Area Under A Curve)
p. 414 (6a, 8a (exact))
Find exact area under y = x2 from x = 0 to x = 2
112 2/22/02 Quiz on Proof by Induction
Video on Integration
           
113 2/25/02 Differential Equations
p. 414 (41)
p. 396 (51, 52)
114 2/26/02 The Definite Integral
p.414 (17a-d, 19b, 20a,b, 21)
115 2/27/02 Properties of the Definite Integral
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
p. 415 (22a, 24, 25)
p.425 (3, 6, 10, 12, 13)
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116 2/28/02 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Area Under a curve
p. 425 (5, 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30)
117 3/1/02 Uniform Motion / Displacement / Total Distance
p. 437 (1a,b, 7, 11a, 12a, 15)
           
118 3/4/02 Average Value of a Function
p. 440 (49, 50, 51, 53, 54)
119 3/5/02 Substitution in The Definite Integral
p.444 (3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 29, 37, 44)
120 3/6/02 Logarithm as an Integral
p. 451 (3, 7, 31, 32, 33)
Find The Bingo Worksheet (ex and logs)
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121 3/7/02 Review for Test on Chapter 7
Review Sheet (sections 7.1 - 7.6)
122 3/8/02 Test on Chapter 7
           
123 3/11/02 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (1, 2, 5, 8)
124 3/12/02 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25)
125 3/13/02 Volumes -- Disk Method
p. 473 (1, 3, 6, 10, 15)
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126 3/14/02 Volumes -- Washers
Begin p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
127 3/15/02 Volumes -- Washers and Shells
Quiz -- Volumes of Solids of Revolution
Finish p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
           
128 3/18/02 Volumes -- Shells
Volumes of Solids of Revolution
p. 473 (#20 by Shells)
p. 479 (5, 13)
129 3/19/02 Arc Length
p. 483 (1, 3, 4)
130 3/20/02 Review for the Test
Droodle Review for Chapter 8
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131 3/21/02 Test on Chapter 8
132 3/22/02 Inverse Trig Functions
p. 516 (1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 24, 25)
           
133 3/25/02 Inverse Trig Functions
The Pink Panther
p. 516 (4, 9, 15, 18, 20, 27)
134 3/26/02 Integration by Parts
p. 521 (1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 25)
135 3/27/02 Integration by Parts
p. 521 (3, 7, 17, 19, 23, 32, 34, 43, 45)
End of 3rd 9 Weeks
  3/28/02 Teacher Work Day
  3/29/02 Spring Break
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  4/01/02 Spring Break
  4/02/02 Spring Break
136 4/03/02 Review of Integration by Parts
Quiz on Integration By Parts
p. 521 (4, 6, 14, 18, 20)
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137 4/04/02 Integrals of Odd Powers of Sines and Cosines
p. 529 (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19)
138 4/05/02 Integrals of even powers of cosines and sines
p. 529 (4, 5, 11, 20, 21)
           
139 4/08/02 Integrals of odd powers of tangents and secants
p. 529 (23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 44)
140 4/09/02 Integrals of even powers of secants and tangents
p. 529 (28, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 55, 56)
141 4/10/02 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (1, 4, 5)
Review for Test
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142 4/11/02 Test Sections 9.1 - 9.3
143 4/12/02 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (2, 9, 15, 16, 30)
           
144 4/15/02 Integrals involving Quadratic expressions
p. 535 (35, 36, 39, 40)
145 4/16/02 Partial Fractions
Read p. 536 - 542
p. 542 (1 - 8) orally?
p. 542 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Mini Exam Review Sheets
146 4/17/02 Integration using Partial Fractions (Heaviside Method)
p. 543 (24, 25, 27, 28, 35)
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147 4/18/02 Outline for Solving Integrals
Droodle Review for Integration
p. 543 (15, 16, 18)
148 4/19/02 Tangram Puzzle -- Silly Sally Seal
           
149 4/22/02 Numerical Methods of Integration
Simpson's Rule and Trapezoidal Rule
p. 563 (1b,c, 2b,c, 35)
150 4/23/02 A.P. and Final Exam Review (intro)
Really Stupid Integrals
151 4/24/02 Review for Test
A.P. Exam and Final Exam Review
(Overview / Sample Exam / Scoring -- grading standards)
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152 4/25/02 Test on Chapter 9
153 4/26/02 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)
           
154 4/29/02 Parabolas
Parabola Paper
p. 739 (3a, 4a,b, 5a,b, 7a)
Droodle Graph
155 4/30/02 Parabolas
p. 739 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)
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156 5/01/02 Mini Exam #4 (Integration)
157 5/02/02 A.P. and Final Exam Review (calculators)
Worksheets
    5/03/02 Apple Blossom Holiday
           
158 5/06/02 Ellipses
Ellipse Paper
p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
(Two-day assignment)
159 5/07/02 Computer Lab -- Tracker
Review Sheets for final
160 5/08/02 Ellipses
Calculus A.P. Exam
Finish p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
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161 5/09/02 Stand and Deliver
Hyperbolas
Hyperbola Paper
p. 739 (15a, 16a,b, 17b, 20a, 33a, 34b, 35b, 50)
162 5/10/02 Reflection Property of a Parabola
Circle / Parabola Activities
           
163 5/13/02 Graphics
Formulas for Analytic Geometry
"Berlin"
"Graph It!"
164 5/14/02 Applications
Applications of Conic Sections
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165 5/15/02 Translation and Rotation of Axes
Rotation of Axes
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166 5/16/02 Computer Lab -- Tracker (Ellipse, Hyperbola)
167 5/17/02 Test on Analytic Geometry
Review for Final Exam
Computer Lab -- Green Globs
           
168 5/20/02 Polar Coordinates
Connect Four Game with Polar Coordinates
"Parabella" Worksheet
169 5/21/02 Polar Coordinates
Rose Curve Worksheet
170 5/22/02 Worksheet -- Convert polar and Cartesian coordinates
Review for Final Examination
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171 5/23/02 Battleship Game for Polar Coordinates
Starship
Quiz / Test on Polar Coordinates
172 5/24/02 Review for Final Exam
           
  5/27/02 Memorial Day Holiday
173 5/28/02 Final Examination (Free Response)
NO calculators
174 5/29/02 Final Examination (Multiple Choice)
NO Calculators
175 5/30/02 No Calculus Class
176 5/31/02 No Calculus Class
           
177 6/3/02 No Calculus Class
178 6/4/02 No Calculus Class
179 6/5/02 No Calculus Class
180 6/6/02 No Calculus Class
           


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