You may find that you want to look something up and revisit topics you've learned in this class. To make this easier for you, I've compiled all of the color lesson notes, plus the worked examples, into a single PDF file with a table of contents for you to take to college:
AP Calculus BC Entire Course Notes
| Date | Daily lesson materials | Homework | ||
| M 5/18 | MCQ review for final. | |||
| T 5/19 | MCQ review for final. | |||
| W 5/20 | MCQ review for final. | |||
| Th 5/21 | ** MCQ Final Exam **
Bring your calculator | |||
| F 5/22 | Study hall for other classes | |||
| M 5/25 | Holiday (no school) | |||
| T 5/26 | Underclass finals (Study hall for other classes in our class) | |||
| W 5/27 | Underclass finals (Study hall for other classes in our class) | |||
| Th 5/28 | Graduation! | |||
| F 5/29 | (teacher meetings) | |||
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High-School Course Syllabus:
AP Calculus BC HS Course Syllabus
AP Calculus BC Detailed Course Topics Description
If you take this course for Rio Salado credit, you are also subject to the Rio Salado syllabus rules (these are still being developed for this year):
Rio Salado Course Syllabus - MAT221
Rio Salado Course Syllabus - MAT231
If you have any questions about college credit at this point, please ask me in class or by email.
Unit 1: Limits and Continuity
Unit 1 Notes (blank) Unit 1 Notes (filled-in) Unit 1 Required Practice Packet Unit 1 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 1 Extra Practice Packet Unit 1 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 1 Test Review Unit 1 Test Review - FULL SOLUTIONSUnit 2: Derivative-Evaluation...
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2.1 Lesson video: Limit Definition of the Derivative 2.2 Lesson video: Derivative Shortcuts 2.3 Lesson video: Derivative Product and Quotient Rules 2.4 Lesson video: The Chain Rule 2.5 Lesson video: Implicit and Logarithmic Differentiation 2.6 Lesson video: Higher-order derivatives and Derivatives of inverse functions and the inverse trig functionsUnit 3: Derivative-Applications...
Unit 3 Notes (blank) Unit 3 Notes (filled-in) Unit 3 Part 1 Required Practice Packet Unit 3 Part 1 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 3 Part 1 Extra Practice Packet Unit 3 part1 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 3 Part 2 Required Practice Packet Unit 3 Part 2 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 3 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet Unit 3 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS 3.1 Lesson video: Indeterminant forms and L'Hopital's Rule - Part 1: lesson 3.1 Lesson video: Indeterminant forms and L'Hopital's Rule - Part 2: more examples 3.2 part 1 Lesson video: The First Derivative Test 3.2 part 2 Lesson video: The Second Derivative Test 3.3 Lesson video: Mean Value and Rolle's Theorems 3.4 Lesson video: Extrema on an interval 3.5 Lesson video: Optimization Problems 3.6 Lesson video: Physics Applications 3.7 Lesson video: Linearization, Differential's, Newton's Method 3.8 Lesson video: Related Rates problems, Part 1 - lesson and examples 3.8 Lesson video: Related Rates problems, Part 2 - more examples Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 1 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 2 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 3 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 4 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 5 and 6 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 7 and 8 Unit 3 part 1 test review - Question 9 and 10 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Questions 1 and 2 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Questions 3 and 4 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Question 5 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Questions 6, 7, and 8 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Question 9 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Question 10 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Question 11 Unit 3 part 2 test review - Question 12Unit 4: Integration-Evaluation...
Unit 4 Notes (blank) Unit 4 Notes (filled-in) Unit 4 Part 1 Required Practice Packet Unit 4 Part 1 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 4 Part 1 Extra Practice Packet Unit 4 part1 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 4 Part 2 Required Practice Packet Unit 4 Part 2 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 4 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet Unit 4 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS Summary of Integration Techniques 4.1 Lesson video: Antiderivatives - evaluation using 'shortcuts' (theorems) 4.2 Lesson video: Riemann Sums, Part 1 (definition and rectangular cases) 4.2 Lesson video: Riemann Sums, Part 2 (Trapezoidal Rule and other geometric shapes) 4.3 Lesson video: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus - Evaluating Definite Integrals 4.4 Lesson video: Start Plus Accumulation Method (SPAM), Average Value of a Function 4.5 Lesson video: Integration by Substitution, Part 1 (basic examples) 4.5 Lesson video: Integration by Substitution, Part 2 (advanced examples) 4.6 Lesson video: Additional Integration Techniques 4.7 Lesson video: Integration by Parts, Part 1 4.7 Lesson video: Integration by Parts, Part 2 (the 'cyclic' case and the 'tabular method') 4.8 Lesson video: Evaluating Trigonometric Integrals 4.9 Lesson video: Trigonometric Substitution 4.10 Lesson video: Partial Fractions (Part 1) 4.10 Lesson video: Partial Fractions (Part 2) 4.11 Lesson video: Improper Integrals Unit 4 Part 1 Test Review - #1-14 Unit 4 Part 1 Test Review - #15-18 Unit 4 Part 1 Test Review - #19 Unit 4 Part 1 Test Review - #20-23 Unit 4 Part 1 Test Review - #24-25 Identifying which method to use for integration memorized shortcuts u-substitutions by parts trig integrals (using trig identities) trig substitutions partial fractions improper integralsUnit 5: Integral-Applications...
Unit 5 Notes (blank) Unit 5 Notes (filled-in) Unit 5 Part 1 Required Practice Packet Unit 5 Part 1 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 5 Part 1 Extra Practice Packet Unit 5 part1 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 5 Part 2 Required Practice Packet Unit 5 Part 2 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 5 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet Unit 5 Part 2 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS 5.1 Lesson video: Area Between Curves 5.2 Lesson video: Volumes of Revolution (Disc/Washer) - Part 1 5.2 Lesson video: Volumes of Revolution (Disc/Washer) - Part 2 5.3 Lesson video: Volumes of Revolution (Shell) 5.4 Lesson video: Volumes using Cross Sections 5.5 Lesson video: Arclength / Surfaces of Revolution 5.6 Lesson video: Average Value of a Function)Unit 6: Differential Equations...
Unit 6 Notes (blank) Unit 6 Notes (filled-in) Unit 6 Required Practice Packet Unit 6 Required Practice Packet - ANSWERS Unit 6 Extra Practice Packet Unit 6 Extra Practice Packet - FULL SOLUTIONS 6.1 Lesson video: Differential Equations, Slope Fields 6.2 Lesson video: Euler's Method of approximating a solution to a differential equation 6.3 Lesson video: Solving Differential Equations by Separation of Variables 6.4 Lesson video: DiffEq Applications: Growth/Decay, Newton's Law of Cooling 6.5 Lesson video: DiffEq Applications: Logistical GrowthSemester 1 Final Exam...
Final Exam Review - Question #1ab Final Exam Review - Question #1c, #2 Final Exam Review - Question #3 Final Exam Review - Question #4-#6 Final Exam Review - Question #7-#11 Final Exam Review - Question #12-#15 Final Exam Review - Question #16-#19 Final Exam Review - Question #20-#26 Final Exam Review - Question #27-#28 Final Exam Review - Question #29-#31 Final Exam Review - Question #32, #33, #35-#37 Final Exam Review - Question #34 Final Exam Review - Question #38-#40Unit 7: Infinite Series, Taylor/Maclaurin Polynomials and Series, Power Series...
Unit 7 Notes (blank) Unit 7 Notes (filled-in) Unit 7 Part 1 Required Practice Unit 7 Part 1 Required Practice - ANSWERS ONLY Unit 7 Part 1 Extra Practice Unit 7 Part 1 Extra Practice - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 7 Part 2 Required Practice Unit 7 Part 2 Required Practice - ANSWERS ONLY Unit 7 Part 2 Extra Practice Unit 7 Part 2 Extra Practice - FULL SOLUTIONS 7.1 Lesson video: Sequences - LESSON - Part 1 (lesson and examples) 7.1 Lesson video: Sequences - LESSON - Part 2 (more examples) 7.2 Lesson video: Series Convergence - Part 1 (lesson and examples) 7.2 Lesson video: Series Convergence - Part 2 (more examples) 7.3 Lesson video: Integral and p-Series Tests - Part 1 (lesson and examples) 7.3 Lesson video: Integral and p-Series Tests - Part 2 (more examples) 7.4 Lesson video: Direct and Limit Comparison Tests - Part 1 (lesson and examples) 7.4 Lesson video: Direct and Limit Comparison Tests - Part 2 (more examples) 7.5 Lesson video: Alternating Series Test and Telescoping Series 7.6 Lesson video: Absolute vs. Conditional Convergence - LESSON 7.7 Lesson video: Ratio and Root Tests - LESSON 7.8 Lesson video: Alternating Series Error - LESSON 7.9 Lesson video: Power Series - LESSON 7.10 Lesson video: Series Representation of Function (Geometric Series) - LESSON 7.11 Lesson video: Taylor/Maclaurin Polynomials and Series - LESSON 7.12 Lesson video: Binomial, using Power Series Lists - LESSON 7.13 Lesson video: Lagrange Error - LESSON 7.13 Lesson video: Lagrange Error - EXAMPLESUnit 8: Conics, Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vectors...
Unit 8 Notes (blank) Unit 8 Notes (filled-in) Unit 8 Part 1 Required Practice Unit 8 Part 1 Required Practice - ANSWERS ONLY Unit 8 Part 1 Extra Practice Unit 8 Part 1 Extra Practice - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 8 Part 2 Required Practice Unit 8 Part 2 Required Practice - ANSWERS ONLY Unit 8 Part 2 Extra Practice Unit 8 Part 2 Extra Practice - FULL SOLUTIONS Unit 8 Part 3 Required Practice Unit 8 Part 3 Required Practice - ANSWERS ONLY Unit 8 Part 3 Extra Practice Unit 8 Part 3 Extra Practice - FULL SOLUTIONS 8.1 Lesson video: Conic Section Review 8.2 Lesson video: Parametric Equations (Lesson and examples) 8.2 Lesson video: Parametric Equations (more examples) 8.3 day 1 Lesson video: Calculus w/parametric equations - derivative/tangent/concavity 8.3 day 2 Lesson video: Calculus w/parametric equations - arclength 8.4 Lesson video: Polar Coordinates 8.5 Lesson video: Calculus w/polar - arclength 8.6 Lesson video: Calculus w/polar - area between curves 8.7 Lesson video: Vectors - arithmetic and applications 8.8 Lesson video: Vector-valued Functions 8.9 Lesson video: Velocity and Acceleration as VectorsAP Review...
After Unit 8, our course reviews all course material in preparation for the AP Calculus BC Exam. All materials for our entire course review in preparation for the AP Calculus BC Exam are not available on this website due to copyright reasons. We will explain how to access materials to currently registered students in my class during class.
(Note: all information in the future is tentative and may change.)
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