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 from TI at http://education.ti.com/en/us/software/details/en/82035809F7E6474099944056CCB01C20/ti-nspire_computerlink
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

SmartBoard Notes

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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