Pre-Calc Honors

This is the Pre-Calc Honors web-page!  Here you will find mostly assignment keys, but other cool stuff as well.

Iowa State!  Go Cyclones!!!

Stanich's office/tutoring hours:

Monday and Wednesday from 3:20-4:00. If you plan to show up late, please let me know as I won't stay if nobody shows up.

Hey PCH students!!!

This is the page where you can find all sorts of great things for class like assignments and answer keys.  Check it out!

Interesting stuff:

Hand trick for Unit Circle:  I never knew this before, it's interesting and some of you may like it.  I prefer to just memorize the circle but maybe this will work for you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBmhgiLi77k

Assignments:  The assignment is listed on the day that it was assigned, NOT the day it is due.

Semester 2:

1/6 - Institute day.  No student attendance.

1/7 - Right Triangle Trig ws #'s 9-17.

1/8 - Deg, Rad, Cot, Ref ws #'s 1-14.

1/9 - Deg, Rad, Cot, Ref ws #'s 15-18, 20-26.

1/10 - Circular trig and trig through a point ws #'s 1-7.

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1/13 - Circular trig and trig through a point ws #'s 11-14.

1/14 - Unit Circle ws #'s 6-10, 18-22.

1/15 - Unit Circle ws #'s 37-39, 41-44, and 48-50.

1/16 - Unit 6 Review guide through Unit Circle.

1/17 - Unit 6 Quiz

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1/20 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No school!

1/21 - Law of Sines ws #'s 1-4 tell how many triangles exist but don't solve.

1/22 - Law of Sines ws #'s 5, 6, and 7.

1/23 - Law of Cosines ws #'s 1-4 choose two SSS and one SAS.

1/24 - "Laws ws" Front side: Choose one of each of ASA, SAS, SSS, and two that are SSA.   Back side: #’s 20-22.

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1/27 - Weekly worksheet 2 #’s 1-9.  

1/28 - Law of Sines and Cosines word problems ws #’s 4-8, 10.  

1/29 - Unit 6 Review guide #'s 1-4.  Weekly ws #2 due date extended until Tuesday.

1/30 - Unit 6 Review guide.

1/31 - Unit 6 Test

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2/3 - Unit 7 was started on Graphing Trig.  We learned how to graph Sine and Cosine waves with different periods and transformations.  No assignment.

2/4 - Unit 7 Graphing Sinusoids ws #'s 1,5,10,13-16.

2/5 - Unit 7 Reciprocal graphs were started.

2/6 - Reciprocal graphs ws #'s 9,12,14,15,16,17.

2/7 - Graphing Tangent was started.   No assignment.

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2/10 - Unit 7 Quiz review guide.  Do as much as you need to prepare for the quiz.

2/11 - Unit 7 Quiz.

2/12 - Tangent and Cotangent Notes and practice in class.  No assignment.  

2/13 - Trig Apps ws #'s 1-7 (the spring problem).

2/14 - Institute day.  No student attendance.

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2/17 - Presidents' Day - No School!

2/18 - We did more practice with trig apps.  Weekly ws #4 is due (this was handed out on 2/10).

2/19 - Practice with apps and composite trig graphs.

2/20 - Unit 7 Review guide.  Do as much as you need to study.

2/21 - Unit 7 Test.

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2/24 - Simplifying trig identities ws #'s 6,9,16,20.

2/25 - Simplifying Identities ws more practice in class.

2/26 - Verifying identities ws Choose 3 at your "spicy" level, then 2 at the level above, and 1 that is 2 levels above.

2/27 - We started Sum and Difference Identities notes.  No assignment.

2/28 - More Sum and Difference Identities.  Weekly ws #5 Due Tuesday.

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3/3 - Casimir Pulaski Day - No School!

3/4 - Sum and Difference ID's ws #'s 1,8, and 10.  Weekly ws #5 was due.

3/5 - Unit 8 Quiz review in class.  No assignment but to study!

3/6 - Unit 8 Quiz through Sum and Difference IDs.

3/7 - We started Double and Half angle IDs.  No assignment.

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3/10 - Double and Half IDs ws #'s 2,3,8,10,12, then out of 13,14,16 choose just one.

3/11 - Solving trig equations BACK side #'s 3,4,5,6,8.

3/12 - Solving trig equations BACK side #'s 18,19,22.

3/13 - Solving trig equations FRONT SIDE #'s 14,15,17,20. BACK side #'s 11,20.

3/14 - We finished Unit 8!  Begin working on review guide.

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3/17 - Unit 8 Review guide.

3/18 - Unit 8 Test

3/19 - Unit 9 on Polar was started.  No assignment yet.

3/20 - 9.1 ws #'s 1-9,16,17 and 9.2 ws #'s1,4,6,9,11,12

3/21 - Practice of old material before break.  No assignment.

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3/24 - Spring Break - No School!

3/25 - Spring Break - No School!

3/26 - Spring Break - No School!

3/27 - Spring Break - No School!

3/28 - Spring Break - No School!

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3/31 - We started learning to convert equations between Polar/Rectangular.  No assignment.

4/1 - Converting Equations ws #'s 1-16 ALL and 17-22 choose 3.

4/2 - Graphing classic Polar curves was started.   No assignment.

4/3 - Graphing Polar ws #'s 9,14,18,21-24,31-34.

4/4 - We finished graphing Polar and began to work on the Unit 9 Review Guide.

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4/7 - Unit 9 Review Guide.

4/8 - Unit 9 Test on Polar.

4/9 - ACT Day!

4/10 - Unit 10 on Vectors was started.  No assignment yet.

4/11 - Vector operations 2D ws #'s 1-11, 14,15,17.

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4/14 - Vectors Operations ws #'s 1-20.  This was completed in class but will be checked for credit on 4/15.

4/15 - Vector Component & Resultant problems ws was started.  No assignment.

4/16 - Weekly ws #6 was handed out.  Due next Wednesday.

4/17 - Movable vectors ws #'s 4-11,15,16.

4/18 - Non Attendance Day.  Good Friday.

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4/21 - Movable vectors ws #'s 4-11,15,16.  Extended to tomorrow.  Notes on Parametric equations was started.

4/22 - In class practice on Parametric ws 1 #'s 3-6.  Weekly ws #6 is due tomorrow for credit!

4/23 - Weekly ws #6 DUE. Parametric ws 2 #'s 4-9.

4/24 - Unit 10 Review guide.

4/25 - Unit 10 Test

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4/28 - Unit 11 was started.  Visual limits notes and no assignment.

4/29 - Unit 11 Infinite and Finite limits notes.  No assignment.

4/30 - Unit 11 More properties of Limits.  In class examples and no assignment.

5/1 - Limits by calculator and practice in class with other limits too.

5/2 - Unit 11 Definition of Derivative was introduced.  No assignment.

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5/5 - Definition of Derivative practice.  No assignment.

5/6 - Reward Day!  No assignment.

5/7 - Limits Review for Quiz ws (check the attachment section for the answer key).

5/8 - Unit 11 Quiz on Limits of all kinds.

5/9 - More with derivatives then some final exam review.

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5/12 - Went over 11 Quiz and then had final exam review time for seniors.

5/13 - Senior Finals Periods 5-8

5/14 - Senior Finals Periods 1-4.

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5/26 - Memorial Day!  No School.

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5/28 - Final Exams Periods 1, 2, 4.

5/29 - Final Exams Periods 3, 8, 5.

5/30 - Final Exams Periods 7, 6, and make ups.

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