BC Calculus

This website will give homework, scheduling, and hints for the BC Calculus class of Mrs. Haupt during the 2008-2009 school year.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Changing things up a little bit

Given that Thursday was going to be spent just doing problems and given that all of you already seem to understand the Trapezoidal Rule, I will talk about 5.5 briefly in class on Thursday, the homework will be extended to include that part of 5.5 (bring your books!) and that topic will be included on the test on Tuesday.  On Wednesday we will talk about Simpson's Rule (also in 5.5) and do some problems on that in class.  This way there will not be a quiz on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving.

Ergo, the new classwork/homework combo for 11/15 is
HW 5.4/47-56, 60-64  and  5.5/1, 3, 5-9, 11, 12, 17 (not d), 22, 23

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Chapter 5 Syllabus

This is the proposal.  It might change but I hope not. Chapter 5 is when we start looking at going the other way - e.g. if you start with the derivative, what is the function?  To be ready, you need a rectangular area approximation program in your calculator.  That is your after test homework.  The homework is listed by sections rather than pages so you will have to look it up.

11/06  HW  Enter program in calculator

11/07  Area and Riemann Sums
             HW 5.1/1-5,7,8,10-13,22-26 and 5.2/7-27 odd

11/08  Integration and Integral Properties
             HW 5.2/27-47 odd  and  5.3/1-6

11/09   Average Value of a Function
              HW 5.3/26, 29-42, 46

11/13   Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
              HW 5.3/7-27 odd  and  5.4/1-17 odd

11/14   More tricky integrals with the Fundamental Theorem
              HW 5.4/19-35 odd, 37-46  (bring your book)

11/15   And more...  (bring your book)
              HW 5.4/47-56, 60-64

11/16   Recap and review

11/20   Test of 5.1-5.4

11/21   Trapezoidal Rule  (on Half Day  A C F H)
              HW 5.5/1, 3, 5-9, 11, 12, 17 (not d), 22, 23

11/22   Thanksgiving!!

11/27   Recap and one AP question quiz of 5.5
              HW reading and problems from 6.1

11/28   Professional Development Day (no school at all)

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Related Rates - the best of the Calculus Applications

We are spending two days on section 4.6, mostly to give you a chance to try all sorts of problems.  Bring  your book (or a copy
of the pages) so you can do problems in class on Thursday.

10/31  p.237-239/3,5,6,9,11-13,15,18-22,24
11/01  p.240-241/27,28,30,32,34,35,37,39,40,41