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CalculusBC: Tentative Schedule Fall 2004

AP Central Course Description

CalculusBC Syllabus

Review

1. Background Material:Useful Facts , Finding Tangent Lines Examples , Exps & Logs

2. Assignment:  Velocity & Acceleration

• Worksheet4P1
• Worksheet4P2
• Worksheet4P3
• Worksheet4P4
• Worksheet4P5

3. Assignment:  Derivative Rules

• DR Review 00 (Four linked pages)
• DR Review 01
• DR Review 02

Arc Length & Indefinite Integrals

0. Assignment:  Choose & Review JOMA Article

• Judy Holdener's project website
• Tommy Ratliff's project website
• Tommy Ratliff's Student Work Fall 1998
• Tommy Ratliff's Student Work Fall 2001
• Tommy Ratliff's Student Work Spring 2002
• Tommy Ratliff's Student Work Spring 2003

1. Assignment:  Integrals 1

2. Assignment:  Integrals 2

3. Assignment:  Student's Quiz 1 Practice Problems

4. Quiz 1on 1-3 above, Wednesday, 9-22-04.

5. JOMA Article Review due Wednesday, 9-29-04.

6. Assignment:  Integrals 3

7. Assignment:  Tangent Substitution Formulas

8. Assignment:  Integrals 4

9. Assignment:  Integrals 5

10. Takehome Test, Due Monday 10-18-04: Test 1

Vectors, Curves, and Motion in 2D & 3D Space

1. Assignment: Read pp. 520-526, Exercises: pp. 527-528, 1-25 (odd).

2. Assignment: Read pp. 529-536, Exercises: p. 537, 5-10, 19-24, 27, 28.

3. Assignment: Determinant Exercises

4. Applet: Cross Product , Maple 3D Vectors Worksheet: Vectors3D

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5. Reparameterizing a curve: Read notes below and verify all the details of the examples.

Arc Length Reparametrization

6. Frenet Frames and Formulas: Section 1. Read notes below and verify all the details of the examples.

Frenet Frames 1

7. Frenet Frames and Formulas: Section 2. Read notes below and verify all the details of the examples.

Frenet Frames 2

Final Exam: Takehome Problem