A.P. Calculus Assignments

for 2003 - 2004
for Howard Anton's Text 6th edition (Brief Edition)

Day Number Date Assignment
1 08/25/03 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 08/26/03 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 08/27/03 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 08/28/03 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 08/29/03 Composition of Functions
Quiz on Absolute value and inequalities
p. 58 (39, 41, 47b, 49a, 51a, 59)
           
  09/01/03 Labor Day Holiday
6 09/02/03 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 09/03/03 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 09/04/03 Fractals
Worksheets on Sierpinski's Triangle
Worksheets on Fractals
Videos
Study for Mini Exam #1
9 09/05/03 Mini Exam #1
           
10 09/08/03 Hand out Graphing Calculators
COMAP Video - Shapes (#16)
Read pages 111-124
Finish Fractal worksheets
11 09/09/03 Intuitive Ideas about Limits
p. 124 (1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14)
12 09/10/03 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 09/11/03 The delta-epsilon definition of a limit
p. 145 (2a, 5, 7, 8, 15(proof))
14 09/12/03 Hexaflexagon
p. 137 (6, 12, 30, 31)
p. 145 (6, 16, 17)
           
15 09/15/03 Continuity
p. 157 (11, 15, 21, 23, 26, 27ab)
16 09/16/03 Limits of Trigonometric Functions
Limits & Continuity Worksheet
p. 163 (2, 3, 10, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26)
17 09/17/03 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 09/18/03 Review of Limits
Worksheet on Limits
  09/19/03 No School -- Hurricane Isabel
           
19 09/22/03 Test on Chapter 2 (Limits)
20 09/23/03 Rates of Change
Read pages 169 - 175
p. 175 (2, 9, 17, 18)
21 09/24/03 Definition of Derivative
p. 187 (9, 12, 13)
Droodle Worksheet
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
22 09/25/03 Graph of the Derivative
p. 187 (15, 23, 24, 25, 26)
23 09/26/03 Derivative formulas
p. 197 (1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11)
           
24 09/29/03 Distance, Velocity
p. 197 (3, 29, 30, 33, 41, 44, 45, 47, 67)
25 09/30/03 Product Rule
Quiz on Definition of the Derivative
p. 197 (15, 18, 19, 35a, 39, 58, 71, 82)
26 10/01/03 Quotient rule
p. 197 (8, 22, 23, 25, 26, 35b, 38, 57, 60)
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
  10/02/03 Teacher Professional Day
27 10/03/03 Proofs of the Derivatives of the Trig functions
p. 202 (1, 3, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 22, 26a, 29a, 36, 41)
           
28 10/06/03 Chain Rule -- 2 forms
Read pages 204 - 207
p. 208 (1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 17, 23, 27, 29, 36, 41)
29 10/7/03 Chain Rule
Sheet of Formulae for Derivatives
p. 208 (25, 45, 58, 60, 63)
30 10/8/03 Review for the test on sections 3.1 - 3.3
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
31 10/9/03 Test on Sections 3.1 - 3.3
32 10/10/03 Proof of Quotient Rule using the Chain rule
Parametric Equations
p. 203 (35)
p. 100 ( 1, 3, 5, 6)
Droodle Review Worksheet
           
33 10/13/03 Parametric Equations
Football Kick Worksheet
Find the Bingo Worksheet
34 10/14/03 Parametric Equations
Finish Football Kick Worksheet
p. 208 (13, 31, 35, 63ab, 70a, 73)
35 10/15/03 Differentials
p. 217 (9, 11, 12, 27, 30, 35)
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36 10/16/03 Differentials
p. 217 (10, 29, 41)
p. 188 (27, 28)
"Farside" Droodle Worksheet
p. 219 (5, 12, 18, 19)
37 10/17/03 Fall Day -- No formal classes
           
38 10/20/03 Video on Derivatives -- write up summary
Derivative Magic Square
39 10/21/03 PSAT Testing -- No calculus class
40 10/22/03 Review for Test on Chapter 3
I Have ... Who Has cards
Review Game
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
41 10/23/03 Test on Chapter 3
NO Calculators
42 10/24/03 Inverse Functions
p. 233 (1, 13, 14, 16, 17)
End of the Nine Weeks Grading Period
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  10/27/03 Teacher Work Day
43 10/28/03 Properties of Logarithms
Conjectures with logarithms
p. 243 (1, 4a, 5, 13)
Log Worksheet
44 10/29/03 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)
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45 10/30/03 Exponential Functions -- Experiment with M&Ms
p. 243 (2, 6, 11, 15, 24, 26, 29, 30)
46 10/31/03 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
           
47 11/03/03 Graphs of ln(x), log(x), e^x, and a^x
p. 244 (27, 28, 34, 38, 51)
  11/04/03 Professional Day
48 11/05/03 Review for Mini Exam #2
Chapters 2 and 3
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
49 11/06/03 Mini Exam #2 (Limits and Derivatives)
50 11/07/03 Video on Exponential Growth
Read section 4.3
           
51 11/10/03 Implicit Differentiation
Worksheet on Implicit Differentiation
p. 253 (1, 8, 12, 15, 17)
52 11/11/01 Implicit Differentiation
Finish "Farside" Droodle Worksheet #11, 14
p.253 (11, 22, 25, 27, 36, 38, 40, 47)
53 11/12/03 Derivatives of y = ln x and y = log x
p. 260 ( 1 - 4, 8, 11, 13, 15, 31)
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54 11/13/03 Derivatives of ex and au
p. 260 (19, 21 - 24, 26, 39, 41)
55 11/14/03 Logarithmic Differentiation
p. 260 (12, 17, 25, 33, 34, 44, 45, 59a, 60a)
           
56 11/17/03 Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Sheet of Inverse Trig Graphs
p. 267 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9ad, 10, 11, 39)
57 11/18/03 Derivatives of Inverse Trigonometric Functions
p. 267 (21, 24, 26a, 27a, 29, 40, 42)
58 11/19/03 Review for Test
Come to the Calculus Review Session today!
59 11/20/03 Test on sections 4.1 - 4.4
60 11/21/03 Related Rates
Read p. 270 - 274
p. 274 (3, 6, 9, 11, 12)
           
61 11/24/03 Related Rates
p. 274 (13, 20a, 21, 26)
Worksheet "How Far Can You Watch?"
62 11/25/03 Related Rates
Turvey Worksheet on Related rates
63 11/26/03 Game -- Contig
Worksheet on Definitions
  11/27/03 Thanksgiving Holiday
  11/28/03 Thanksgiving Holiday
           
64 12/01/03 L'Hôpital's Rule
p. 284 (1, 3-7, 10, 39)
65 12/02/03 L'Hôpital's Rule
p. 284 (11, 13)
Blueberry Pancakes Worksheet
66 12/03/03 Review for Test
Derivatives Formula Sheet
Worksheet on Derivatives
Come to the Calculus Review Session this afternoon!
67 12/04/03 Test on Chapter 4
  12/05/03 Snow Day
           
68 12/08/03 Increasing and Decreasing functions
p. 296 (1, 2, 3, 7)
Calculus for all seasons
Exam Review Sheets
69 12/09/03 Concavity and Points of Inflection
p. 296 (9, 11, 12, 14, 25, 31, 32)
The S-Curve
70 12/10/03 Relative Maxima and Minima
Curve Sketching Instructions
Curve Sketching Worksheet
p. 304 (7, 24, 29)
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71 12/11/03 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 12/12/03 Test on Chapter 5
NO CALCULATORS
Outline of Semester Exam
Review for Exam
Answers to Review Sheet for Semester Exam
           
  12/15/03 Snow Day
73 12/16/03 Semester Examination
74 12/17/03 No Calculus Class
75 12/18/03 No Calculus Class
76 12/19/03 No Calculus Class
           
77 1/05/04 Absolute Maxima / Minima
p. 337 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 27)
78 1/06/04 Applied Maxima / Minima
Read section 6.2
Volume of Box -- with Calculator
p. 348 (17, 19)
79 1/07/04 Appled Maxima / Minima
Max/Min Procedures
Worksheet on Max/Min Problems -- Do #1, 2, 3, 4, 8
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
80 1/08/04 Applied Max / Min Problems
Tin can Problem
Cat Food Can Problem
Do Dogs Know Calculus?
p. 348 (9, 11, 56a, 57, 62)
81 1/09/04 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)
           
82 1/12/04 Quiz on Max/Min
Shortest Distance from a point to a curve
Study p. 345 example #6
"Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
83 1/13/04 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
p. 361 (11, 26, 27)
Finish "Class, Take Your Seats" Worksheet
84 1/14/04 Newton's Method
p. 366 (1, 6)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon
85 1/15/04 Rolle's Theorem and The Mean Value Theorem
p. 372 (3, 6, 11, 12, 15)
End of the Semester
  1/16/04 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  1/19/04 Martin Luther King Holiday
86 1/20/04 "The Spider and the Fly" Worksheet
Review Sheet on Maxima/Minima
87 1/21/04 Review for the Test on Chapter 6
Review of Applied Maxima/Minima
88 1/22/04 Test on Chapter 6
89 1/23/04 The Indefinite Integral
Read Section 7.2
p. 389 (1, 4, 7abc, 9ab, 13, 14, 16)
           
  1/26/04 Snow Day
  1/27/04 Snow Day
  1/28/04 Snow Day
90 1/29/04 The Indefinite Integral
p. 389 (8a, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 30, 41, 43, 49)
  1/30/04 Teacher Work Day
           
91 2/02/04 Exact Differential
Read and Study examples on pages 391-395
P. 395 (1a,c, 2a,b,e, 3b,d,e, 4c)
    2/03/04 Snow Day
92 2/04/04 Exact Differential
p. 395 (1d, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 45)
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93 2/05/04 Distance, Velocity, Acceleration
Video on Rollercoaster
p. 395 (3c, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 20, 22, 41, 43, 44)
    2/06/04 Snow Day
           
94 2/09/04 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"
95 2/10/04 Area Under A Curve
Read pages 379-382
p. 382 (1, 3, 4) use n = 6
96 2/11/04 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
97 2/12/04 Test on Sections 7.2 and 7.3
98 2/13/04 Quiz on Proof by Induction
Video on Integration
           
99 2/16/04 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
100 2/17/04 Differential Equations
p. 414 (41)
p. 396 (51, 52, 53)
101 2/18/04 SlopeFields
Worksheet on Slope fields
Come to the review Session today
102 2/19/04 The Definite Integral
p.414 (17a-d, 19b,c, 20a,b,c, 21)
103 2/20/04 Properties of the Definite Integral
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
p. 415 (22, 24, 25)
p.425 (3, 6, 10, 12, 13)
           
104 2/23/04 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Area Under a curve
p. 425 (5, 9, 16, 17, 18, 23, 30)
105 2/24/04 Uniform Motion / Displacement / Total Distance
p. 437 (1a,b, 7, 11a, 12a, 15, 34)
106 2/25/04 Review for Test on Sections7.1 - 7.6
Review Sheet (sections 7.1 - 7.6)
p. 455 (12, 16, 19)
Come to the review Session today
107 2/26/04 Test on Sections 7.1 - 7.6
Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
108 2/27/04 Average Value of a Function
p. 440 (49, 50, 51, 53, 54)
Mini Exam #3 Review Sheets
           
109 3/01/04 Substitution in The Definite Integral
p.444 (3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 24, 25, 28, 29, 37, 44)
110 3/02/04 Logarithm as an Integral
p. 451 (3, 7, 31, 32, 33)
Find The Bingo Worksheet (ex and logs)
111 3/03/04 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (1, 2, 5, 8)
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112 3/04/04 Area Between Two Curves
p. 467 (3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 19, 20, 25)
113 3/05/04 Mini Exam #3 (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7)
           
114 3/08/04 Volumes -- Disk Method
p. 473 (1, 3, 6, 10, 15)
115 3/09/04 Volumes -- Washers
Begin p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
116 3/10/04 Volumes -- Washers and Shells
Quiz -- Volumes of Solids of Revolution
Finish p. 473 (2, 5, 11, 13, 27, 28)
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117 3/11/04 Volumes -- Shells
Volumes of Solids of Revolution
p. 473 (#20 by Shells)
p. 479 (4, 5, 11, 13)
118 3/12/04 Arc Length
p. 483 (1, 3, 4)
           
119 3/15/04 Inverse Trig Functions
p. 516 (1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 24, 25)
120 3/16/04 Inverse Trig Functions
The Pink Panther
p. 516 (4, 9, 15, 18, 20, 27)
121 3/17/04 Review for the Test
Droodle Review for Chapter 8
Come to the Review Session today
122 3/18/04 Test on Chapter 8
Begin work on 1988 A.P. Exam
123 3/19/04 Integration by Parts
p. 521 (1, 2, 5, 9, 13, 15, 17, 25)
           
124 3/22/04 Integration by Parts
Integration By Parts Acronym
p. 521 (3, 7, 8, 11, 17, 19, 23, 32, 34, 43, 45)
125 3/23/04 Review of Integration by Parts
Jaime Escalante's Integration By Parts Trick
Quiz on Integration By Parts
p. 521 (4, 6, 14, 18, 20)
126 3/24/04 Integrals of Odd Powers of Sines and Cosines
p. 529 (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 17, 19)
Come to the Review Session today
127 3/25/04 Integrals of even powers of cosines and sines
p. 529 (4, 5, 11, 20, 21)
128 3/26/04 Integrals of odd powers of tangents and secants
p. 529 (23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 44)
End of the Third Nine Weeks
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  3/29/04 Teacher Work Day
129 3/30/04 Integrals of even powers of secants and tangents
p. 529 (28, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 55, 56)
130 3/31/04 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (1, 4, 5)
Review for test on sections 9.1 - 9.3
Come to the Review Session today
131 4/01/04 Test on Sections 9.1 - 9.3
Finish 1988 A.P. Exam -- Hand in on Monday
  4/02/04 Teacher Work Day
           
132 4/05/04 Integration by Trigonometric Substitution
p. 535 (2, 9, 15, 16, 30)
133 4/06/04 Integrals involving Quadratic expressions
p. 535 (35, 36, 39, 40)
134 4/07/04 A.P. Exam Rubrics -- 1991 Free Response
Map Coloring -- The Four Color Theorem
  4/08/04 Spring Break
  4/09/04 Spring Break
           
  4/12/04 Spring Break
135 4/13/04 Partial Fractions
Read p. 536 - 542
p. 542 (1 - 8) set up only
p. 542 (9, 10, 13, 25, 27, 28)
136 4/14/04 Integration using Partial Fractions (Heaviside Method)
p. 543 (11, 12, 14, 24, 35 <--set up only)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
137 4/15/04 Outline for Solving Integrals
Droodle Review for Integration
p. 543 (15, 16, 18)
138 4/16/04 Tangram Puzzle -- Silly Sally Seal
Distribute copies of the 1997 A.P. Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part A)
           
139 4/19/04 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
140 4/20/04 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)
141 4/21/04 Collect A.P. Exam (quiz grade)
Really Stupid Integrals
Review for Multiple Choice Sections of Final
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
142 4/22/04 Final Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part A no calculators)
143 4/23/04 Final Exam -- Multiple Choice (Part B with calculators)
Distribute copies of 2002 A.P. Exam -- Free Response
           
144 4/26/04 Collect A.P. Exams (quiz grade)
Discuss Free Response Questions
145 4/27/04 Review for A.P. Exam
146 4/28/04 Final Exam -- Free Response Part A -- With Calculators
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
147 4/29/04 Final Exam -- Free Response Part B (no calculators)
  4/30/04 Apple Blossom Holiday
           
148 5/03/04 Review for A.P. Exam
149 5/04/04 Review for A.P. Exam
Test on Chapter 9
150 5/05/04 Calculus A.P. Exam -- Morning
No Calculus class
151 5/06/04 Begin circles ...
(A.P. English Lit Exam)
152 5/07/04 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)
           
153 5/10/04 Parabolas
Parabola Paper
p. 739 (3a, 4a,b, 5a,b, 7a)
Droodle Graph
154 5/11/04 Parabolas
p. 739 (1a, 7b, 8a, 21a,b, 22a, 23a)
155 5/12/04 Tracker -- in Computer Lab
(A.P. Government Exam)
After School: Make-Up Exam
156 5/13/04 Ellipses
Ellipse Paper
p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
(Two-day assignment)
157 5/14/04 Ellipses
Finish p. 739 (9a, 10a,b, 11b, 13a, 27a,b, 29b, 49)
           
158 5/17/04 Hyperbolas
Hyperbola Paper
p. 739 (15a, 16a,b, 17b, 20a, 33a, 34b, 35b, 50)
159 5/18/04 Reflection Property of a Parabola and an Ellipse
Circle / Parabola Activities
160 5/19/04 Graphics
Formulas for Analytic Geometry
"Berlin"
"Graph It!"
161 5/20/04 Applications
Applications of Conic Sections
162 5/21/04 Translation and Rotation of Axes
Rotation of Axes
           
163 5/24/04 Computer Lab -- Tracker (Ellipse, Hyperbola)
164 5/25/04 Movie -- Stand and Deliver
165 5/26/04 No Calculus Class
166 5/27/04 No Calculus Class
167 5/28/04 Polar Coordinates
Connect Four Game with Polar Coordinates
           
  5/31/04 Memorial Day Holiday
168 6/01/04 Polar Coordinates
Rose Curve Worksheet
169 6/02/04 Test on Analytic Geometry
Computer Lab -- Green Globs
170 6/03/04 Worksheet -- Convert polar and Cartesian coordinates
171 6/04/04 Battleship Game for Polar Coordinates
Starship
"Parabella" Worksheet
           
172 6/07/04 Calculus video "The Stand Up Conic"
Calculus Definitions
I Have ... Who Has Cards
173 6/08/04 Test on Polar Coordinates / Math Game (Factors)
174 6/09/04 Mobius Strip / Mobius Card
Last Day for Seniors
175 6/10/04 No Calculus Class
Game - Can't Stop
176 6/11/04 No Calculus Class
           
177 6/14/04 No Calculus Class
178 6/15/04 No Calculus Class
179 6/16/04 No Calculus Class
180 6/17/04 No Calculus Class
           


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