AP Calculus BC 2014-2015 School Year
Instructions for CASA estudy
Go to www.estudy.uh.edu and create an
account.
Note particularly, the top portion of the account page is asking for YOUR name.
The bottom two lines are asking for Instructor Information. That means me. My
last name is Stern. The Class Code is F1R5J8.
Complete instructions, with screenshots, can be found here.
(http://www.casa.uh.edu/CourseWare/Login.aspx)
Nspire Reminders
Bring your Nspire
handheld to class, charged, each day.
Online tutorials at http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/en/ti_nspire
If you want to backup files to your computer you need the free Linking software
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Some of you have not believed when I told you the Nspire
is perfectly acceptable on College Board tests. Please see this link.
Important Dates
5/5/2015 AP Calculus BC exam – 8 AM
4/7 and 4/8/2015 Calculus “Camp” at DWC room 201 from 9 AM to 2 PM
12/24-1/4 Winter Recess – no school
11/27-28 Thanksgiving Weekend – no school
11/11 Veterans Day – no school
11/5 and 7 – Open School evening and afternoon
11/4 Election Day – no classes
10/15 PSAT administration. We’ll have an odd schedule, and seniors will miss
class.
10/13 Columbus Day –
no school
9/25-26 Rosh Hashanah no school
9/4 First day of class
Stuff
you must know cold (courtesy Mr. Sean Bird)
do-it-yourself flashcards
Homework and
Assignments
HW
Cover Sheet must be attached in front of each homework set handed in.
Unless specified otherwise assignments are due at the beginning of class the
following Monday (or first school day of the week).
Unless specified otherwise, page numbers refer to the Stewart text.
Semester 2
Final Project group – Flipbook
Animation
Final Project solo – Calculus
lesson topics
listing
estudy quiz on Plane Curves and Parametrics.
Due by 4/12 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
estudy quiz on Taylor and
Maclaurin Series. Due by 4/12 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on Taylor
Polynomials. Due by 3/29 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on Series II.
Due by 3/22 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
estudy quiz on Sequences and
Series I. Due by 3/22 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on Differential
Equations. Due by 3/8 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
3/6 (due 3/9) p 694 #21-24, 42-44, 56
3/2 (due 3/9) p 586 #11, 16-18, 19, 29
estudy quiz on Integration by Parts. Due by
3/1 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
2/27 (due 3/2) p 579 #22, 27
2/25 (due 3/2) p 571 #5, 6, 10, 11
2/24 (due 3/2) p 515 # 5-8
2/13 (due 2/23) p 457 # 3-15 odds, pp 481-482 # 7-11, 39, 41, 43
estudy quiz on Volume – Cross Sections. Due by 2/22
11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
estudy quiz on Volume – Disk
and Washer. Due by 2/22 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on Volume –
Shell. Due by 2/22 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
2/6 (due 2.9) p 431-432 #19-30 (choose four), 47, 51, 54, 68, pp 436-437 # 9,
11, 13, 15, 29-32, 46
2/3 (due 2/9) worksheet from class
1/23 estudy quiz on Reimann
and Numeric Int. Due by 2/2 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on FTOC 1 and 2. Due by 2/2 11:59 PM.
Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
Semester
1
12/23 FTC
over winter vacation estudy quiz on Antiderivatives.
Due by 1/4 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
estudy quiz on Curve
Sketching. Due by 1/4 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85%
correct.
estudy quiz on 2nd
Deriv Test. Due by 1/4 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until
you have at least 85% correct.
12/22 FTC read rigorous proofs of the two FTC pages 381-385
12/19 Definite integral
pp 377-378 # 33, 40, 47-49
12/18
12/17 Sigma notation
12/16 Riemann sums
pp 364-365 # 2, 12, 13, 14, 16 (due 12/22)
12/15 Differential Equations
estudy quiz on MVT and Absolute Extrema.
Due by 12/21 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
12/9 Newton’s method
pp338-339 #5, 13, 17, 39 (due 12/15)
estudy quiz on Optimization Problems. Due by 12/14
11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
12/8 L’Hospital’s rule
12/3 estudy quiz on First Derivatives Test. Due by
12/7 11:59 PM. Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
12/2 p 285 #4-8
12/1 pp 252-253 # 5, 11, 16, 23, 24, 33
11/26 estudy quiz Rate Problems
11/21 Optimization
hw (due 11/24) pp 328-329 #9, 10, 14, 15, 37, 40
11/20 Optimization
hw (due 11/24) p 296 # 45-51 odd, p 314 # 26-32 even,
53
estudy quiz on Derivatives II. Due by 11/23 11:59 PM.
Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
11/14 Extrema and concavity
hw (due 11/17) p 295 # 9-17 odds, 31, 32, 65, 72-74
11/5 Maxima and minima
hw pp 277-279 # 34, 36, 39, 53, 54, 56, 69, 70 (due
11/10)
10/31 hw p 247 # 36, 38
10/30 Related Rates
hw pp 245-246 # 4, 10, 14, 18, 21
estudy quiz on Derivatives I. Due by 11/2 11:59 PM.
Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
10/24 Logarithms
hw p 220 #25, 34, 38-48
evens
estudy quiz on Continuity. Due by 10/26 11:59 PM.
Retake quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
10/17 Chain Rule
hw pp 203-206 #4, 6, 16, 20,
48, 52, 65, 76, 95
estudy quiz on Limits. Due by 10/26 11:59 PM. Retake
quiz until you have at least 85% correct.
10/10 Trig Derivatives
hw p 195 # 12, 14, 16, 22,
31, 35
also, create an account at Univ of Houston estudy. I will sometimes call this same
site “courseware.” See instructions above.
10/9 Produce Quotient Rules
hw p 188 # 31, 32, 35, 47, 48
10/2 Rules of Differentiation
hw pp180-182 #4-32 evens
9/30 Working w/ Derivatives
hw pp 162-165 #3-11, 19-29
9/29 Intro to Differentiation
hw p 151 #20-22, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33
9/24 Precise Definition of a Limit and Test #1
9/23 Continuity
homework p 107 # 35, 40, 42, 45, 62
9/22 Limits at Infinity
9/19 Infinite Limits and practice test
9/18 Infinite Limits
9/17Techniques for Computing Limits
9/16 Definition of Limits
9/15 Definition of Limits
9/12 The Idea of Limits
9/8 (due 9/15) worksheet
Instructor email: hastern.dwchs@gmail.com.
All students must register for a courseware account. Instructions are above.
It is your responsibility to bring your TI-Nspire to
class, fully charged, every day. If you have technical issues with your
borrowed Nspire, let me know immediately.
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