A.P. Calculus Assignments

for 2002 - 2003
for Howard Anton's Text

Day Number Date Assignment
1 08/26/02 What is Calculus?
Read pages 2-12 (introduction)
Do p.12 #1
Algebra Atrocities
Work on Mini Exam Review Exercises.
2 08/27/02 Inequalities
Read Appendix A pages A1-A8
Do p. A8 (9, 12, 21, 22a,c,e,g,h, 23, 27, 31, 37)
3 08/28/02 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 08/29/02 Intro. to Graphing Calculators
p. A26 (30, 31)
p. A38 (62, 73a)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheet
5 08/30/02 Quiz on Absolute value and inequalities
Symmetry
Do p. A26 (3e, 4f)
p. 59 (63, 70, 73)
Work on Mini Exam Review Sheet
           
  09/02/02 Labor Day Holiday
6 09/03/02 Slope, Parallel & Perpendcular Lines, Angle of Inclination
p.A26 (13,16b,19,21a, 22a)
p.71 (5, 10, 34)
7 09/04/02 Equation of a line
p.A26 (29, 33, 46, 49a,b,c)
p.72 (12a, 15, 17, 41a,d)
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8 09/05/02 Distance from a point to a line; circles, parabolas
p. A36 (3, 11, 17, 23d, 29, 59)
Study for Test!
9 09/06/02 Test on Chapter 1 and Appendix
Finish Mini Exam Review Sheet
Study for Mini Exam for next week
           
10 09/09/02 Functions / Domain and Range
p. 33 (1, 2, 3abd, 4a, 5ac, 6d, 13, 15, 19)
11 09/10/02 Composition of Functions
p. 58 (31, 32, 39, 41, 47b, 48a, 49a, 51a, 59)
12 09/11/02 Types of functions:
y = [x], even / odd
p. 58 (47a, 61, 65, 69, 78)
Study for Mini Exam Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
13 09/12/02 Mini Exam #1
14 09/13/02 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 20, 22)
p. 103 (2)
           
15 09/16/02 Concept of Infinity
Infinite Geometric Series
Paradoxes (Zeno)
Worksheets on Infinity (Student Math Notes)
p. 639 (15, 17, 18)
16 09/17/02 Fractals
Worksheets on Sierpinski's Triangle
Worksheets on Fractals
Videos
17 09/18/02 COMAP Video - Shapes (#16)
Read pages 111-124
Finish Fractal worksheets
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
18 09/19/02 Intuitive Ideas about Limits
p. 124 (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14)
19 09/20/02 Computation of Limits
p. 137 (3, 4, 7 - 11, 15 - 18, 25, 27 - 29, 39, 49, 55)
           
20 09/23/02 The delta-epsilon definition of a limit
p. 145 (2a, 5, 7, 8, 15(proof))
21 09/24/02 Hexaflexagon
p. 137 (6, 12, 30, 31)
p. 145 (6, 16, 17)
22 09/25/02 Continuity
p. 157 (11, 15, 21, 23, 26, 27ab)
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23 09/26/02 Quiz on limits
Limits with a calculator
Worksheet on Continuity
24 09/27/02 Fall Day
No formal classes
           
25 09/30/02 Limits of Trigonometric Functions
Limits & Continuity Worksheet
p. 163 (2, 3, 10, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26)
26 10/01/02 Review of Limits
Worksheet on Limits
27 10/02/02 Read pages 169 - 175
p. 175 (2, 9, 17, 18)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
28 10/03/02 Definition of Derivative
p. 187 (9, 12, 13)
Droodle Worksheet
29 10/04/02 Test on Chapter 2 (Limits)
           
30 10/7/02 Definition of the Derivative
p. 187 (15, 23, 24, 25, 26)
31 10/8/02 Derivative formulas
p. 197 (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
32 10/9/02 Distance, Velocity
p. 197 (3, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 67)
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33 10/10/02 Product Rule
Quiz on Definition of the Derivative
p. 197 (15, 18, 19, 35a, 39, 58, 71, 82)
34 10/11/02 Quotient rule
p. 197 (8, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35b, 38, 57, 60)
           
35 10/14/02 Proofs of the Derivatives of the Trig functions
p. 202 (1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 22, 26a, 29a, 36, 41)
36 10/15/02 Chain Rule -- 2 forms
Read pages 204 - 207
p. 208 (1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 27, 29, 36, 41)
37 10/16/02 Review for the test on sections 3.1 - 3.3
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38 10/17/02 Test on Sections 3.1 - 3.3
39 10/18/02 Chain Rule
Sheet of Formulae for Derivatives
p. 208 (25, 45, 58, 60, 63)
           
40 10/21/02 Proof of Quotient Rule using the Chain rule
Parametric Equations
p. 203 (35)
p. 100 ( 1, 3, 5, 6)
Droodle Review Worksheet
41 10/22/02 Parametric Equations
Football Kick Worksheet
Find the Bingo Worksheet
42 10/23/02 Parametric Equations
Finish Football Kick Worksheet
p. 208 (13, 31, 35, 63ab, 70a, 73)
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43 10/24/02 Video on Derivatives
End of the Nine Weeks Grading Period
  10/25/02 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
44 10/28/02 Differentials
p. 217 (9, 11, 12, 27, 30, 35)
45 10/29/02 Differentials
p. 217 (10, 29, 41)
p. 188 (27, 28)
"Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p. 219 (5, 12, 18, 19)
46 10/30/02 Review for Test on Chapter 3
I Have ... Who Has cards
Review Game
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
47 10/31/02 Test on Chapter 3
Mini Exam #2 Review Sheets
48 11/01/02 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 17)
           
49 11/04/02 Properties of Logarithms
p. 243 (1, 4a, 5, 13)
Log Worksheet
  11/05/02 Teacher Work Day
50 11/06/02 Review for Mini Exam #2
Chapters 2 and 3
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
51 11/07/02 Mini Exam #2 (Limits and Derivatives)
52 11/08/02 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)
           
53 11/11/02 Graphs of ln(x), log(x), e^x, and a^x
p. 244 (26, 29, 30, 51)
54 11/12/01 Quiz on logarithms
Compound Interest
Rule of 72
Worksheet on Rule of 72
Read section 4.3
55 11/13/02 Implicit Differentiation
Worksheet on Implicit Differentiation
p. 253 (1, 8, 12, 15, 17)
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56 11/14/02 Implicit Differentiation
Finish "Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p.253 (11, 22, 25, 27, 36, 38, 40, 47)
57 11/15/02 Video on Exponential Growth
           
58 11/18/02 Derivatives of y = ln x and y = log x
p. 260 ( 1 - 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 31)
59 11/19/02 Derivatives of ex and au
p. 260 (19, 21 - 24, 26, 39, 41)
60 11/20/02 Logarithmic Differentiation
p. 260 (12, 17, 25, 33, 34, 44, 45, 59a, 60a)
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61 11/21/02 Review for Test
62 11/22/02 Test on sections 4.1 - 4.4
           
63 11/25/02 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Sheet of Inverse Trig Graphs
p. 267 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9ad, 10, 11, 39)
64 11/26/02 Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
p. 267 (21, 24, 26a, 27a, 29, 40, 42)
65 11/27/02 Worksheet on Definitions
  11/28/02 Thanksgiving Holiday
  11/29/02 Thanksgiving Holiday
           
66 12/02/02 Related Rates
Read p. 270 - 274
p. 274 (3,6, 9, 11, 12)
67 12/03/02 Related Rates
p. 274 (13, 20a, 21, 26)
Worksheet "How Far Can You Watch?"
68 12/04/02 Related Rates
Worksheet on Related rates
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  12/05/02 Snow Day
  12/06/02 Snow Day
           
69 12/09/02 L'Hopital's Rule
p. 284 (1, 3-7, 10, 39)
Exam Review Sheets
70 12/10/02 L'Hopital's Rule
p. 284 (11, 13)
Blueberry Pancakes Worksheet
  12/11/02 Snow Day
71 12/12/02 Effective Annual Yield
Derivatives Formula Sheet
or
Derivatives Formula Sheet

Worksheet on Derivatives
or
Worksheet on Derivatives
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheets.

72 12/13/02 No Test on Chapter 4 -- PRACTICE TEST
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheet
           
73 12/16/02 Review for Exam
74 12/17/02 No Calculus Class
Come to the Calculus Review Session from 1:00 - 4:00 PM
75 12/18/02 Semester Exam
76 12/19/02 No Calculus Class
77 12/20/02 No Calculus Class
           
  1/06/03 Snow Day
78 1/07/03 Increasing and Decreasing functions
p. 296 (1, 2, 3, 7)
79 1/08/03 Concavity and Points of Inflection
p. 296 (9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 31, 32)
The S-Curve
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
80 1/09/03 Relative Maxima and Minima
Curve Sketching Instructions
Curve Sketching Worksheet
81 1/10/03 Quiz on Max/Min
p. 304 (7, 24, 29)
p. 319 (6)
p. 321 (2, 6)
           
82 1/13/03 Absolute Maxima / Minima
p. 337 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 27)
83 1/14/03 Applied Maxima / Minima
Read Section 6.2
84 1/15/03 Appled Maxima / Minima
Volume of Box -- with Calculator
Worksheet on Max/Min Problems -- Do #1, 2
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
85 1/16/03 Test on Chapter 5 and Section 6.1
NO CALCULATORS
End of the semester
  1/17/03 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
86 1/20/03 Cat Food Can Problem
Finish 1-4, and 8 on Worksheet on Max/Min Problems
87 1/21/03 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
88 1/22/03 Applied Max / Min Problems
p. 348 (3, 17, 24, 25)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
89 1/23/03 Shortest Distance
p. 348 (9, 11, 41, 56a)
90 1/24/03 Quiz on Max/Min
Distance of a point closest to a curve
"Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
           
91 1/27/03 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
p. 361 (11, 26, 27)
Finish "Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
92 1/28/03 Newton's Method
p. 366 (1, 6)
93 1/29/03 Rolle's Theorem and The Mean Value Theorem
p. 372 (3, 6, 11, 12, 15)
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94 1/30/03 "The Spider and the Fly" Worksheet

Review Sheet on Maxima/Minima
Review for the test on Chapter 6

95 1/31/03 Test on Chapter 6
Review Sheets for Mini Exam #3 (chapters 4 - 6)
           
96 2/3/03 The Indefinite Integral
Read Section 7.2
p. 389 (1, 4, 7abc, 9ab, 13, 14, 16)
97 2/4/03 The Indefinite Integral
p. 389 (8a, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 41, 43, 49)
98 2/5/03 Exact Differential
Read and Study examples on pages 391-395
P. 395 (1a,c, 2a,b,e, 3b,d,e, 4c)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
99 2/6/03 Mini Examination #3
Chapters 4, 5, and 6
  2/7/03 Snow Day
           
100 2/10/03 Exact Differential
p. 395 (1d, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 45)
101 2/11/03 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
Video on Rollercoaster
p. 395 (3c, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 41, 43, 44)
102 2/12/03 Proof by Induction
p. 402 (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 17)
Worksheet on Proof By Induction (#2, 3)
Sheet on "39 Methods of Proof"
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
103 2/13/03 Review for the test on Sections 7.2 - 7.3
Worksheet on Integral categories
104 2/14/03 Test on Sections 7.2 and 7.3
           
    2/17/03 Snow Day
    2/18/03 Snow Day
    2/19/03 Snow Day
    2/20/03 Snow Day
    2/21/03 Snow Day
           
105 2/24/03 Antiderivatives and Area
Read pages 379-382
p. 382 (1, 3, 4)
106 2/25/03 The Definite Integral
Area as Limits
p. 414 (1abc, 2abc, 5a)
    2/26/03 Snow Day
107 2/27/03 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
    2/28/03 Snow Day
           
108 3/03/03 Differential Equations
p. 414 (41)
p. 396 (51, 52)
109 3/04/03 The Definite Integral
p.414 (17a-d, 19b, 20a,b, 21)
110 3/05/03 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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111 3/06/03 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Area Under a curve
p. 425 (5, 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30)
112 3/07/03 Quiz on Proof by Induction
Video on Integration
           
113 3/10/03 Uniform Motion / Displacement / Total Distance
p. 437 (1a,b, 7, 11a, 12a, 15)
114 3/11/03 Average Value of a Function
p. 440 (49, 50, 51, 53, 54)
115 3/12/03 Substitution in The Definite Integral
p.444 (3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 29, 37, 44)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
116 3/13/03 Logarithm as an Integral
p. 451 (3, 7, 31, 32, 33)
Find The Bingo Worksheet (ex and logs)
117 3/14/03 Review for Test on Chapter 7
Review Sheet (sections 7.1 - 7.6)
           
118 3/17/03 Test on Chapter 7
119 3/18/03 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (1, 2, 5, 8)
120 3/19/03 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25)
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121 3/20/03 Volumes -- Disk Method
p. 473 (1, 3, 6, 10, 15)
122 3/21/03 Volumes -- Washers
Begin p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
           
123 3/24/03 Volumes -- Washers and Shells
Quiz -- Volumes of Solids of Revolution
Finish p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
124 3/25/03 Volumes -- Shells
Volumes of Solids of Revolution
p. 473 (#20 by Shells)
p. 479 (5, 13)
125 3/26/03 Arc Length
p. 483 (1, 3, 4)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
126 3/27/03 Review for the Test
Droodle Review for Chapter 8
127 3/28/03 Test on Chapter 8
End of 3rd Nine Weeks
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
128 3/31/03 Inverse Trig Functions
p. 516 (1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 24, 25)
129 4/01/03 Inverse Trig Functions
The Pink Panther
p. 516 (4, 9, 15, 18, 20, 27)
130 4/02/03 Integration by Parts
p. 521 (1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, 25)
Come to the Review Session today
131 4/03/03 Integration by Parts
Integration By Parts Acronym
p. 521 (3, 7, 17, 19, 23, 32, 34, 43, 45)
132 4/04/03 Review of Integration by Parts
Jaime Escalante's Integration By Parts Trick
Quiz on Integration By Parts
p. 521 (4, 6, 14, 18, 20)
           
133 4/07/03 Integrals of Odd Powers of Sines and Cosines
p. 529 (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19)
134 4/08/03 Integrals of even powers of cosines and sines
p. 529 (4, 5, 11, 20, 21)
135 4/09/03 Integrals of odd powers of tangents and secants
p. 529 (23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 44)
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136 4/10/03 Integrals of even powers of secants and tangents
p. 529 (28, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 55, 56)
137 4/11/03 Test on Sections 9.1 - 9.3
           
138 4/14/03 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (1, 4, 5)
139 4/15/03 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (2, 9, 15, 16, 30)
140 4/16/03 Map Coloring -- The Four Color Theorem
  4/17/03 Spring Break
  4/18/03 Spring Break
           
141 4/21/03 Integrals involving Quadratic expressions
p. 535 (35, 36, 39, 40)
142 4/22/03 Partial Fractions
Read p. 536 - 542
p. 542 (1 - 8) orally?
p. 542 (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Mini Exam Review Sheets
143 4/23/03 Integration using Partial Fractions (Heaviside Method)
p. 543 (24, 25, 27, 28, 35)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
144 4/24/03 Outline for Solving Integrals
Droodle Review for Integration
p. 543 (15, 16, 18)
Review Session this afternoon for A.P. Calculus Exam
145 4/25/03 Tangram Puzzle -- Silly Sally Seal
           
146 4/28/03 Numerical Methods of Integration
Simpson's Rule and Trapezoidal Rule
p. 563 (1b,c, 2b,c, 35)
147 4/29/03 Review for Test
A.P. Exam and Final Exam Review
(Overview / Sample Exam / Scoring -- grading standards)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
148 4/30/03 Test on Chapter 9
149 5/01/03 A.P. and Final Exam Review (intro)
Really Stupid Integrals
  5/02/03 Apple Blossom Holiday
           
150 5/05/03 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)
151 5/06/03 Parabolas
Parabola Paper
p. 739 (3a, 4a,b, 5a,b, 7a)
Droodle Graph
Come to the Review Session today
152 5/07/03 Mini Exam #4 (Integration)
153 5/08/03 (A.P. Exam in Calculus in AM)
Computer Lab -- Tracker
Review Sheets for final
154 5/09/03 Parabolas
p. 739 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)
           
155 5/12/03 Ellipses
Ellipse Paper
p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
(Two-day assignment)
156 5/13/03 Ellipses
Finish p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
157 5/14/03 Hyperbolas
Hyperbola Paper
p. 739 (15a, 16a,b, 17b, 20a, 33a, 34b, 35b, 50)
NO Review Session today
158 5/15/03 Reflection Property of a Parabola
Circle / Parabola Activities
159 5/16/03 Graphics
Formulas for Analytic Geometry
"Berlin"
"Graph It!"
           
160 5/19/03 Applications
Applications of Conic Sections
161 5/20/03 Translation and Rotation of Axes
Rotation of Axes
162 5/21/03 Computer Lab -- Tracker (Ellipse, Hyperbola)
163 5/22/03 Test on Analytic Geometry
Review for Final Exam
Computer Lab -- Green Globs
164 5/23/03 Polar Coordinates
Connect Four Game with Polar Coordinates
           
165 5/26/03 Polar Coordinates
Rose Curve Worksheet
166 5/27/03 Worksheet -- Convert polar and Cartesian coordinates
Review for Final Examination
167 5/28/03 "Parabella" Worksheet
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
168 5/29/03 Review for Final Exam
169 5/30/03 Final Examination (Free Response)
NO calculators
           
170 6/02/03 Final Examination (Multiple Choice)
NO Calculators
171 6/03/03 Battleship Game for Polar Coordinates
Starship
172 6/04/03 Calculus video "The Stand Up Conic" Calculus Definitions
I Have ... Who Has Cards
173 6/05/03 Test on Polar Coordinates
174 6/06/03 Puzzle
Last Day for Seniors
           
175 6/09/03 No Calculus Class
176 6/10/03 No Calculus Class
177 6/11/03 No Calculus Class
178 6/12/03 No Calculus Class
179 6/13/03 No Calculus Class
           
180 6/16/03 No Calculus Class
           


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