Guess What I Just Found???

Another great resource! Check it out for yourself: http://www-math.mit.edu/~djk/calculus_beginners/index.html

Let me know what you think!

October 26 - 30, 2009

Monday, 10/26--(I have Jury Duty!)
*Complete the trig review packet. There is also a worksheet in there on limits!

Tuesday, 10/27--GHSGT Checkpoint Testing (alternate schedule)
*Continue working on the packet received yesterday in class.
*If you finish that packet, begin work on the Trigonometry Review Worksheet

Wednesday, 10/28--GHSGT Checkpoint Testing (alternate schedule)--NO CLASS
The study group is cancelled due to my absence.

Thursday, 10/29--Trig Review Continued...
*More examples on solving trig equations
*Assignment--D26#15-18, 27-40, 45-48
*Complete and submit all Appendix D3 assignments (#5-9, 11-48) by Monday
*Submit trig/limit packet received Monday 10/26
*Homework--Trig Review Worksheet

Friday, 10/30--Trig Review Mini-Test Preparation
Wrap up and Review....
*Mini Test--Trig Review Material (you will be able to use your "golden handout")
Be able to:
1. Convert between degrees and radians
2. Find arc length, radius, or measure of central angle
3. Use a right triangle to find the values of the 6 trig functions
4. Evaluate sine, cosine, and tangent of a given degree or radian measure
5. Solve trigonometric equations
6. Solve word problems involving trig functions
7. Find amplitude, period, and phase shifts of trig functions

October 19 - 23, 2009

Monday, 10/19....Sec 1.5 Classwork
* page 88 #

Tuesday, 10/20--Trig Review Day 1
*Video from tutorial website on Trigonometry Review
*Converting between radians and degrees

Wednesday, 10/21--Trig Review Day 2
*Assignment: D25 #5-9, 11-20

Thursday, 10/22--
*Trig Graphs (period, amplitude, shifts)
* Assignment: D25 #21-26, 41-44

Friday, 10/23--
*Unit Circle Quiz
*Solving Trig Equations
*No homework!!! (I still recommend that you study by looking over your notes!)

Online Calculus Tutorial

Follow the link below for the tutorial website. Click the folder for the unit, then select the lesson you would like to view.

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Coll_NROCMath/APCalculusABI?bc=

October 12-16, 2009

Monday, 10/12--Section 1.5
*Introduce section 1.5--Infinite Limits
*Video: Limits and Infinity: http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit04.html
*Complete Notetaking Guide Worksheet for section 1.5
*Review Continuity Concept check (from Friday)
*Homework--Chapter 1 study guide, pages 1 - 3 #1-14

Tuesday, 10/13--
*Visit chapter 1 study guide. This will be submitted on Thursday, the day of the test!
*Homework--complete all problems on the study guide for Thursday

Wednesday, 10/14--Early Release--PSAT Administration

Thursday, 10/15--Chapter 1 TEST!!
*Chapter 1 study guide will be due on the day of the test. Please have all items complete.

Friday, 10/16--Spiral Review Day
*Sec 1.5 CW page 88 #2, 4, 5, 6, 9-12, 29-39 odd, 53, 54 (Due Tuesday)
*Receive Appendix D3--Review of Trigonometric Functions
*HW: read pages D17 - D22 for Monday

An Introductory Level Video on Limits

Section 1.5: Infinite Limits

Essential Questions:
1. What is an infinite limit? Theoretically? Graphically?
2. When does a vertical asymptote occur?

Objectives:
1. Demonstrate what it means for the value of the function to approach infinity.

October 5 - 9, 2009

Monday, 10/5-Sec 1.4 Classwork
*Classwork--page 78-82 #1-11 odd, 15-18, 25, 26, 33-47 odd, 57, 59, 75, 76, 83, 85, 87
*Continue working on classwork at home...we will have more class time tomorrow
*Try this link for extra help: http://online.math.uh.edu/Math1431/
(There are practice problems with solutions, videos, and explanations, all organized by topic! )

Tuesday, 10/6--Classwork continued
*Warm Up--Continuity Calculator lab wksh
*Discuss select problems from section 1.4 classwork
*Sec 1.4 classwork--see above

Wednesday, 10/7--Sec 1.5 Intro
*Warm Up: Continuity of a Function (see back of yesterday's warm up)
*View video: Continuity Part 2
*Section 1.4 classwork continued...
*Continue working on the Chapter 1 study guide

Thursday, 10/8--Quiz!!!
*Section 1.4 Concept Quiz
*Making a function continuous
*A closer looking at finding discontinuities of a function
*Homework Assignment: Chapter 1 study guide (stop at the Intermediate Value Theorem)

Sec 1.4 Video: Understanding Continuity Part 1

Sec 1.4 Video: Continuity Part 2

September 28 - October 2

Monday, 9/28--Section 1.4 Introduction--Continuity!!!!
*EQ: How do I determine if a function is continuous over a closed interval?
*View video on continuity; http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit05.html
*Discuss the definition of continuity
*Homework--Study for section 1.3 quiz;

Tuesday, 9/29--Section 1.3 QUIZ!!!! & Section 1.4 (cont'd)
*For the quiz, be able to evaluate a limit by substitution, factoring, and rationalizing.
*Testing for continuity
*Worksheet--continuity chart (please work on the chart for Wednesday)

Wednesday, 9/30--(GHSGT Writing)--Continuity Wrap Up
*Discuss continuity chart worksheet
*view TI Emulator calculator
*Review section 1.3 quiz

Thursday, 10/1--Continuity (cont'd)
*Homework: Limits and Continuity Matching worksheet (Answers for #1-Y; #13-V)
*Continue discussing continuity using the POD packet wksh Continuity Over an Interval
*NOTE: Please come in for tutorial if you are experiencing difficulty with the concepts being discussed in class. It is imperative that you build a strong foundation with the skills and objectives being taught in chapter 1.

Friday, 10/2--Continuity (cont'd)
*Intermediate Value Theorem & Examples
*Q&A section 1.4
*Receive chapter 1 study guide; begin working on the study guide in preparation for the chapter 1 test

Section 1.4 Video: Limits and Continuity

Video: Limits

Continuity!!!

When is a function continuous? Is the function graphed to the left continuous? Find out this week what continuity means and how it applies to Calculus!!!

TI Graphing Calculator

Here is a site that lets you download a TI Emulator to your computer like the one I use in class. This will be helpful for those of you who still do not have a graphing calculator at home!!http://dkarasmath.googlepages.com/tiprograms

Please be advised that I am not associated with the information contained on the page for the link. I found it through a search. I am not responsible and will not be liable for any information found on the page link.

September 21-25

Monday, 9/21--Sect 1.3--Evaluating Limits by Rationalizing; Special Trig Limits
*Examples on evaluating by rationalizing
*Special Trig Limits (you need to memorize them)
*Homework--complete all problems on Limits worksheet 1.3

Tuesday, 9/22--NO SCHOOL (INCLEMENT WEATHER)

Wednesday, 9/23--Sect 1.3--Review
*Receive 3 handouts (Problem of the Day, Limits of Trig Functions (2-sided), Limits (with graph)
*Review limits quiz
*Recap evaluating limits (factoring and rationalizing) using tables worksheet

Thursday, 9/24--Sketching a graph from limit information
*View a video on limits and graph
*Guided examples on sketching graphs from limit information (use problem of the day & limits with graphs #11)
*Homework--complete the limits worksheet with the graph #1-12 (#11 was completed in class)

Friday, 9/25--Classwork Section 1.3
*Classwork--text page 68# 45-61 odd;
*Homework--worksheet (Blueberry Pancake recipe) & study for quiz

Free Practice Test Option from the Public Library

Students do NOT have to have a library card to register for this program. There are timed and untimed versions of the test. We will add this to our list of online resources as well.

GHSGT and EOCT Practice Tests from Atlanta Fulton Public Library

'Georgia High School Graduation Test' and 'End of the Year Course Test'

Georgia students must take the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) and the in some cases, the End of the Year Course (EOCT). Increase your chances of success in passing these tests by practicing from home or school. In order to enroll in the AFPLS Online Testing courses, students will need to go to the following links and create a unique username and password and enter an email address. The procedure below is simpler and transfers the sign-up process from the librarian to the student or parent. Click on the course of interest to start practicing on respective courses:

GA HSGT Links:
Mathematics:http://www.abconlinetesting.com/lms/portal/login.php?c=51&a=2&

If a student needs to log-in to the Online Testing system once they have enrolled, they can click on “Click here to log-in.” at the top of the enrollment page.Please contact Debbie Mack @ 404-730-1971 or email concerns to Debora.mack@fultoncountyga.gov.

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September 14 - 18

Monday, 9/14-- Section 1.3: Evaluating Limits
*Watch video on evaluating limits; http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit03.html
*Work on section 1.3 notetaking/reading guide handout
*Practice evaluating limits using direct substitution and factoring
*Homework: Worksheet 1.3 #1-6

Tuesday, 9/15--(substitute due to workshop)
*Section 1.2 & 1.3 practice
*Page 37 #29 (this problem should look familiar!)
*Page 55 #9-22
*Page 67 #5-44

Wednesday, 9/16--EARLY RELEASE
I will still have tutoring at 7:45 am and I will eat lunch in my room after dismissal in case you want to stop by for help. Remember, you must attend a minimum of 2 help sessions to be eligible for recovery for the chapter p test!

Thursday, 9/17--Section 1.3: Evaluating Limits (cont'd)
*Discuss/Review problems assigned Tuesday

Friday, 9/18--Section 1.3: Evaluating Limits (cont'd!)
*Submit problems from pages 37, 55, 67 (assigned Tuesday)
*Discuss evaluating limits by factoring
*Complete worksheet 1.3 #7-25 (omit # the items with radicals)

Need Help with Limits???

I went to YouTube and typed "evaluating limits" in the search bar and received a lot of results. You may find this helpful as we make our way through the remaining sections of chapter 1. I think there are a total of 12 videos available for your viewing pleasure!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4AADFF44443B8E60&search_query=evaluating+limits

Introduction to Limits

Introduction to Limits

We will begin our study of Calculus by exploring Limits.

Essential Question: What are limits and how are they used in Calculus?

Note: It is imperative that you do daily assignments as the concepts you will study from here on out are totally new!

September 7 - 11

Monday, September 7--
*Hopefully you've already started working on the take home test. It's due as soon as you walk in the classroom door Tuesday!

Tuesday, September 8--
*Submit the Chapter 1 Test
*Continue working on the P-3 page 27 assignment that was received Thursday; it is due Wednesday, Sept. 9
*Chapter 1, Section 2--Finding Limits Graphically and Numerically; Guided reading notes handout; watch videos on limits (lesson 1 and 2)
Video link:
http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/phobe.html


Wednesday, September 9--
*Section 1.2 continued--limits from tables (using the graphing calculator); limits from graphs worksheet (complete the first side of the worksheet);

Thursday, September 10--
*Last day to submit section p-3 assignment from last week!!!!
*Wrap up section 1.2
*Complete the limits worksheet received in class on Wednesday
*Homework--study for a quiz on section 1.2 (be able to find the limit of a function from a table, and a graph; sketch a function given information about the limit)

Friday, September 11--
*Quiz on Limits section 1.2


To prepare for next week, you can read over the examples in Section 1.3--Evaluating Limits
Also watch the video on evaluating limits (lesson 3: http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/phobe.html).

August 31 - September 4

The PowerPoints for Chapter P can be located in the Document folder. (See link for class documents)
Monday--
*Circles assignment due (page D15)
*Section P-1 (finding intercepts of a equation--algebraically and graphically)
*HW--read about symmetry of a graph

Tuesday--
*Section P-1 continued...(finding intercepts with the TI-84; testing equations for symmetry (algebraically and with a calculator); points of intersection)

Wednesday--
*Section P-1 wrap up...(points of intersection)
*Section P-2 & P-3 (equations of lines and functions)
*Homework--P-3 worksheet with selected problems
Thursday--
*Wrap up and review chapter P material....prepare for test!!!
*Homework--Continue working on outstanding work.

Friday--
*Chapter P TEST!!!! (Take Home test--Due when you walk in the door on Tuesday, September 8)
*Q&A--select problems from page 27 (section P-3)

Agenda 8/24 - 8/28

Monday--Review quiz from Friday; since we did not have a chance to go over #16 from the handout you received at the end of class Friday, please have that ready for Tuesday

Tuesday--Appendix 1 and 2 (handouts will be provided in class; they can also be accessed via the textbook resource link or the Class Document link); Homework--page D8 #32, 33, 41, 43, 44

UPDATED:
Wednesday--Unit Circle Quiz!!! Study, study, study!!!
Appendix D2 handout--distance formula, midpoint, circles
Homework--page D15 #1-3 (do not plot), #7-10

Thursday--Wrap up discussion on circles; Class Assignment: page D15 #27-30, 32, 34

Friday--There is supposed to be a Pep Rally on Friday, so our class time will be cut short. We will add to the problems we started yesterday from page D15. Those problems are #22, 23, 41, 43, 45, 48.

PreCalculus Review PowerPoint

Access the link below for the PreCal Powerpoint we viewed in class on 8/19/09.

http://sites.google.com/site/pbrownchs

Upcoming Assessments

The following assessments were announced in class on Tuesday, August 18, 2009:

• "Are You Ready for Calculus" Quiz-- Friday, August 21st
• Unit Circle Quiz--Wednesday, August 26th
• Chapter P Test--Tuesday, September 1st

For the "Are You Ready..." Quiz review the following from the handout that we have been going over in class:

1. Factoring (#1, 12)
2. Laws of Exponents (#3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
3. Quadratics (#14, 16, 20)
4. Logarithms/Exponential Functions (#21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30)
5. Linear Equations (#17, 36, 38, 57)

The quiz will be approximately 12-15 questions.

For the Unit Circle Quiz, you need to be able to complete a copy of the blank unit circle that you received in class on Aug. 13. You need to know the radian measures and the values of sine and cosine for each radian of the circle.

Agenda August 17 - 21

Monday--Review "Are You Ready for Calculus" problems
Tuesday--Trig Identities Handout received; Success in Calculus handout received

• In class focus and discussion on "Are You Ready..." problems that will be quizzed on Friday, August 21
• Unit Circle Quiz announced--August 26, 2009
• Chapter P test announced--September 1, 2009

Wednesday--Continue with "Are You Ready..." problems

Tutorial Schedule

Tutorial will be offered at the following times:

*Wednesday--7:45 am - 8:20 am (all students welcome)
*Wednesday--3:50 pm - 5:00 pm (Calculus students only)

The sweep bus will be able to provide transportation to those who stay in tutorial for the entire time. If an appointment for tutorial is necessary, please see me on an individual basis.

Aug. 13--Handouts

Use the link below to access the 2 handouts received in class today.

1. The blank unit circle
2. Skills Needed for Calculus




http://sites.google.com/site/pbrownchs/

Aug. 10 - 14: Review Packet

A copy of the review packet can be accessed using the link below. Please select the file titled "Are You Ready for Calculus". A test over this material will given during the week of August 24. A date will be announced at the beginning of next week.

http://sites.google.com/site/pbrownchs/Home

Required Materials

The following materials are required for Calculus:

3-ring binder
dividers
graph paper
notebook paper
writing utensils
TI-83/84 graphing calculator