College recommendations

If you are interested in seeking a college recommendation from me, read this College Recommendation Information for the Class of 2008 which includes a questionnaire that you must complete by June 30.

June project

Juniors remaining in the course in June are working on a group project (selected from 9 project ideas from the Contemporary Calculus textbook). Class meetings will be held on these dates:

• G block: 6/4, 6/5*, 6/7*, 6/8*, 6/12*, 6/13, 6/15 (project presentation). [*=meeting with Mrs. Haupt]
  
  
  
• H block: 5/31, 6/13, 6/14(first group presents project), 6/15 (other two groups present projects). On the days that we don't have a class meeting you are expected to be working with your group on the project during class time.
  

Both classes also have one more meeting on 6/20.

Final Exam 5/31-6/1

The final exam for all students will be during class on Thursday 5/31 and Friday 6/1. The exam is based on the same syllabus as the AP exam. One of the two days will be a multiple-choice section, and the other day will have three free-response problems.

Please return your books on Thursday.

Quiz Tue. 5/29

Our second of two quizzes on multivariable calculus will be on Tuesday.

HW due 5/24-5/25 (H block only)

From the "Functions of Several Variables" packet:

• Due Thu. 5/24: page 54 problems 15-22, page 60 problems 63-65.
  
• Due Fri. 5/25: page 60 problems 66-67, pp. 56-57 problems 25-30.
  

HW due 5/24-5/25 (G block only)

From the "Functions of Several Variables" packet:

• Due Thu. 5/24: pp. 54-55 problems 13-27.
  
• Due Fri. 5/25: pp. 55-57 problems 28-33, 42-47.
  

Quiz Tue. 5/22 (both classes)

Both classes will have a quiz Tuesday 5/22 covering the beginning of the "Functions of Several Variables" unit -- only up through page 29 in the reading and the pp. 49-50 homework assignment.

HW due Tue. 5/22 (G block only)

Read "Functions of Several Variables" to page 45. On page 60 do problems 63-67.

HW due Mon. 5/21 (G) or Tue. 5/22 (H)

In the "Functions of Several Variables" packet: pp. 56-57 problems 34-41, p. 61 problems 13 and 14a.

(Also there's a quiz for both classes on Tuesday -- see other post.)

no HW due Fri. 5/18

There's no homework due at this class because all seniors will be on a field trip. For non-seniors, at Friday's class we will have an initial discussion of the projects that you'll be doing in June.

HW due Thu. 5/17

These are the two assignments for the first half of this week, due Thursday:

• Problems from the “Functions of Several Variables” packet: pp. 49–51 problems 1(a–f), 2, 4, 6, 8, 9. These problems are based on Tuesday's lecture, or on pp. 14–29 of the reading in the packet.
  
• AP Exam solutions: Do the following assignment with a partner from your class. It’s OK to split up the work, but make sure you check each other. Your joint submission will count for a grade for both of you.
  Make a solution and scoring page for each of the 6 free response problems from this year’s AP Calculus BC exam. Follow the style of the published AP solution sheets. Use a word processor and/or neat handwriting. It is up to you to decide a reasonable way to allocate the 9 points for each problem.
  

HW due Mon. 5/14 (G) or Tue. 5/15 (H)

Thursday's lecture covered the contents of pages 1-13 of the handout packet "Functions of Several Variables." The homework is a sheet of problems also distributed in class, titled "Homework for pp. 1-13 of the 'Functions of Several Variables' packet."

HW 5/4-5/8

Your homework is to prepare for the AP exam on Wednesday 5/9. You'll receive some practice problems in class, and there are always more on the College Board web site.

Cancelled classes: H block will not meet on the AP exam day, Wednesday 5/9. Both classes are cancelled on Friday 5/11.

HW due Wed. 5/2 (H) or Thu. 5/3 (G)

Do the set of AP multiple-choice questions numbered 76-92 distributed in class on Tuesday (Part IB of the 1998 exam).

Test Tue. 5/1

On Tuesday 5/1, we will have a set of AP multiple choice questions in class that will count as a test.

Review week 4/23-4/27

All this week, we are doing review activities in preparation for the AP exam. These include:

• One-question free response quizzes: Mon./Thu./Fri. for G block, Tue./Thu./Fri. for H block. (The Mon./Tue. quizzes were on differential equations, the Thu. quiz's topic was not announced in advance, and the Fri. quiz will be on integrals and their applications.)
  
• Other past AP problems tried and then discussed in class.
  
• Question-and-answer day: Tue. for G block, Wed. for H block. We will also have a second day like this next week (Mon. 4/30 for G, Tue. 5/2 for H).
  
• Independent studying throughout the week. I suggest focusing especially on whatever topics may be areas of relative weakness for you at this point. The AP topic outline may be very helpful to use as a checklist.
  
• Remember that I'm almost always available for extra help after school. (However, Friday 4/27 is one of the few exceptions. I won't be available that afternoon.)