AP Calculus AB

Pacing Guide: Application of Differentiation

To complete this semester, this class will be studying concepts with respect to more complex differentiation and derivatives and applying those concepts to scenarios. Students need to follow this pacing of the class with the following dates:

-Extrema (Section 3.1): October 23 – October 24

-Rolle’s Theorem and Mean Value Theorem (Section 3.2): October 27 – October 28

-L’Hopital’s Rule (Section 8.7, page 568): October 29

-Increasing and Decreasing Functions, First Derivative Test (Section 3.3): October 30 - October 31

-Second Derivative Test (Section 3.4): November 3 – November 5

-Limits at Infinity (Section 3.5): November 6 - November 7

-Curve Sketching (Section 3.6): November 10 – November 13

-Optimization Problems: November 14 – November 18

-Newton’s Method: November 19 - November 21

-Differentials: December 1 - December 3

-Review for Test: December 4 - December 5

-Test 4: December 8 - December 9

-Informal Introduction to Integration and Final Exam Prep: December 10 - December 17

-Final Exam: December 18

All Assignments can be viewed in the Canvas portion of the class. (Two weeks are displayed due to requests from students.) 

This week, we will be studying more complex derivative situations and differentials and how they can be utilized in mathematical situations. All this week's homework will be due on the first school day of the next week.

Remember, this is a senior-level ECA class. No late work will be accepted.

Monday, November 17:

We will be studying optimization problems. 

Homework:

Complete #19, #39, #41 and#45 on page 224. You will be turning this in on Monday, December 1, along with the other work from this week.

Tuesday, November 18:

We will be studying optimization problems. 

Homework:

Complete the worksheet provided in class. You will be turning this in on Monday, December 1, along with the other work from this week.

Wednesday, November 19:

We will be starting our study of Newton's Method. 

Homework:

Complete problems #1 #3, #7, #11 and #13 on page 233 in your ECA calculus book. You will be turning this in on Monday, December 1, along with the other work from this week.

Thursday, November 20:

We will be continuing our study of Newton's Method. 

Homework:

Complete problems #9 #15, #17, #21 and #23 on page 233 in your ECA calculus book. You will be turning this in on Monday, December 1, along with the other work from this week.

Friday, November 21:

We will be finalizing our study of Newton's Method. 

Homework:

Complete #1 - #4 on the worksheet in class. You will be turning this in on Monday, December 1, along with the other work from this week.

This week, we will be studying more complex derivative situations and how they can be utilized in mathematical situations (specifically learning about differentials) and we will be preparing for Monday's test. 

Regular homework will be assigned in the classroom. The homework will also be provided in the Canvas class. This week's homework will not be submitted since we have a test on Monday.

Monday, December 1:

We will be studying differentials. 

Homework: Complete #1 - #5 on page 240. 

Tuesday, December 2:

We will be studying differentials. 

Homework: Complete #7 - #19 (odd) on page 240. 

Wednesday, December 3:

We will be completing our study of differentials. 

Homework: Complete #27, #33, and #43 - #46 on page 240. 

Thursday, December 4:

We will be preparing for the fourth test of the semester, which will occur on Monday. Students will complete the document provided in class. (Answers are in the document in the canvas virtual class.)

Friday, December 5:

We will be preparing for the fourth test of the semester, which will occur Monday. Students will complete the document provided in class. (Answers are in the document in the canvas virtual class.)

Signup and paying for the AP Calculus AB test in May must be completed by October 31, 2025. To sign up for the class, students must access my College Board personal class/website. The instructional are below. Mr. Glaser's College Board AP classroom is: 2LJ7GW (for 2025-26).

STEP 1: Use the class-specific JOIN CODE to join your AP teacher’s classroom on

the MyAP website (http://myap.collegeboard.org) and set your exam decision to

“YES” no later than October 31, 2025.

STEP 2: Starting August 25, 2024, submit payment of $99 for the AP exam that you

are choosing to take at ECA/CEC’s payment website (http://aptsusa.com/eca-cec).

Payment must be received no later than October 31. 2025 . (College Board charges

cancellation/unused exam fees; if a student cancels after November 14th, or fails to take the

exam in May, $40 will be forfeited to pay this charge.)

BOTH Steps 1 & 2 MUST be completed by October 31, 2025 to complete an AP

exam order activation. Orders activated after this will incur an additional

LATE FEE of $40 per exam. (LATE FEE is required by College Board.)

(Students eligible for free/reduced lunch should contact Counselor Alicia Faulds

(alicia.faulds@aps.edu) to obtain the fee reduction code. A $40 deposit will be collected, but $35 of

that fee will be refunded once the exam is completed, resulting in a final fee of $5 per exam.)

ECA/CEC AP Exam Ordering Deadline:

Exam Activation Deadline:  October 31, 2025

Full Exam Payment Deadline:  October 31, 2025

For more information and details as well as assistance and support visit http://aptsusa.com/eca-cec OR contact Ms. Vierra, ECA/CEC Testing Coordinator, at: jessica.vierra@aps.edu.