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AP Calculus BC - Period 3 Period 3 - BC Calc - Daily Notes

__ End of Year Mathematicians Project __

Today I assigned the. It will be scored using.

See below for more information:

**Calculus – 4th Quarter Project **


 * __Due: __** Wednesday, 5/21 (Presentations begin on 5/19)


 * __Objective: __** to research an important figure in the history of mathematics.


 * __Project: __** You will choose a famous mathematician. You will write a short (2 to 3 page) research paper about this mathematician and then present your findings to the class. Your paper should contain the following:

A.) biographical information about your mathematician B.) any significant contributions by this figure to the field of mathematics C.)any interesting controversies, conflicts or anecdotes surrounding your mathematician D.)a description of how your mathematician’s contributions are still relevant to the field today.

Requirements:

A.) Your paper must be typewritten, double spaced and 12 pt. font.

B.) You must have at least 3 references (internet resources are okay). Include a bibliography.

C.) DO NOT plagiarize. Any information or quotes should cite the source in some way (footnotes, etc.).

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Old Stuff:

Here are the screen shots of solution to the Integral Test problems from the Mass Insight packet.



I handed out the, which will be due next Tuesday.

You will also have a test next Tuesday, 3/27

Your Test Corrections for the Diff-E-Q, Parametric and Polar Function Test will be due next Wednesday, 3/26.


 * FEBRUARY BREAK ASSIGNMENT: ** You are expected to complete the following assignment for Feb. 24, 2014. I will collect these packets at the start of class on that day. You will be graded on completion and effort, not accuracy.



Today we went over the material from "Assignment 2 - Differential Equations and the AP Exam" (See Below).

For tomorrow, students should work on completing 2005 AB6 and 2006 (Form b) AB 5

- Integration by Parts and Average Value

- Read and mark-up the handout. There are two problems at the end to try out. We'll go over this on Wednesday in class.

I will check these when I see you on Wednesday.

Today we did some Volume of Revolution free response problems. We did 2010 Form b 1 and 2010 4.

IF THERE IS NO SCHOOL TOMORROW:

ONLY IF NO SCHOOL - Read p. 412 - 425 the Length of a Curves (Section 7.4). Do p. 416, # 1- 15 ODD, 19, 38

Quiz Friday on Area and Volume

Today we learned about Volumes of Solids with Known Cross Sections, better known as the "slicing" method. Student were given a problem set which is due on Monday, 2/3.

for Problem Set 11.

Here are some screen shots from class to help you with the method:












 * Midterm Review Info:**


 * Midterm Topic List**

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For Tuesday, complete


 * More review materials:**













The midterm will be made of:

10 Multiple Choice - non-Calculator

1 Free Response - non-Calculator

10 Multiple choice - Calculator Active

1 Free Response - Calculator Active

I will hand out topic list in class.

Today we learned about integration by parts. Here are some materials and screen shots from the day. For homework, students should finish the first page of the AP Exam Questions Integration by Parts handout.

Also, please take moment to read p. 363-363 on Partial Fractions











Khan Academy Integration by Parts Videos

for a screen shot of a Left Riemann Sums.

for today's handout on Riemann sums.

2nd Quarter Project - Due Tue 12/3: Create an illustration / example for one of the concepts / vocab terms that we've learned. Do this on 8.5 x 11 inch paper. I will post these on my bulletin board and on my wall. Make the topic or term very clear. Think of it as a "mini poster". Be creative and have fun with it!


 * Here is the Rubric that I will use to score the project.**

Here are the links to the videos from the day's when I was out:

Concavity, concave upwards and concave downwards intervals

Exercises: Recognizing Concavity

Inflection points

Graphing using derivatives

From Thursday: Please complete the for next week.

Today we learned about the Mean Value Theorem. You can access the here. There was also a.

Here is how you can a multiple choice "Theorems" problem like 2003 AB 80 from the Mean Value Theorem handout.

On Friday, students learned the process for identifying local and absolute extreme values of functions and how to justify these ideas. Here is a of the "special cases" function which I discussed with notes added.



Students worked on the during class. __**We will have a quiz on Wednesday on Implicit Differentiation, Related Rates and Linear Approximation.**__

We did two challenging AP multiple choice problems, one using Linear approximation and one using related rates.

, a linear approximation problem.

, a related rates problem. to this problem. However, the green didn't show up to well.

__**From last week:**__

for a screen shot of a linear approximation problem.

On Wednesday we solved the, which you will find marked up if you click the link.

The procedure for solving these problems can be found if you.

I handed back the derivatives test on Wednesday. Test corrections will be due on Monday, 10/28:


 * We also reviewed the Implicit Diff Handout. Here are some screen shots:**

Problems 1 - 5 from the Implicit Differentiation packet. Here are some pictures:



Here are some screen shots of the multiple choice problems from the packet:









The free response questions can be found at the AP Central website, here