Class Agenda: September 2 – September 30, 2025
Class Agenda: September 2 – September 30, 2025
Exam #01 Study Sheet available in GC or click here.
•In-class work time (90 min) on Exam #01 Study Sheet.
•HW: Finish Exam #01 Study Sheet; check Key when posted.
Key to Exam #01 Study Sheet available in GC or click here.
•Class does not meet today.
•HW: Re-address, as needed, anything on the Study Sheet that you didn’t initially understand.
•Exam #01 – Part 1!
•HW: Prepare, as needed, for Exam #01 – Part 2 TOMORROW!
AP Classroom Join Code available in GC (“Class or School Business”) or click here.
•Exam #01 – Part 2!
•HW: None; relax!
•Rates of change; slope as a rate of change; “with respect to”
•Instantaneous rate of change vs average rate of change; non-linear slope
•Secant line; tangent line; point of tangency
•msec vs mtan; The Difference Quotient; slope “formula” for any x; examples
•The derivative; notation
•HW: None; relax!
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
•Section 3.3: Derivatives by Formula; Set #1 formulae (#1 - 8); examples.
•“differentiation”; d/dx; dy/dx; d(Dep)/d(Ind); y' (and other primes) notation and meaning
•Using notations in expressions and equations
•In-class work time (20 min) on HW1 on Derivatives
•HW: Finish HW1 on Derivatives; check Key when posted.
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
AP Quiz #03 on Friday, September 12!
AP Exam Order Form available in GC (“Class or School Business”) or click here.
HW1 on Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•Class does not meet today.
•HW: Nothing new.
•The Difference Quotient derivation of the derivative of sin x and cos x
•The derivative in concealed form
•Higher order derivatives; all notations
•Intro to visualizing the derivative
•HW: None; relax!
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
•APQ #03!
•HW: Nothing new.
APQ #03 available in GC or click here.
Key to HW1 – Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•Visualizing the derivative; what does f'(x) tell you about f(x) at x1
•Sketching f'(x) over graphs of f(x).
•HW: Finish HW2 on Derivatives; check Key when posted.
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
AP Quiz #04 on Friday, September 12!
HW2 on Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•Sub day
•In-class work time (90 min) to watch: (1) Polynomial Character at: https://youtu.be/fMtAYXaodi8 and (2) Characterization, An Analytical Approach at: https://youtu.be/vjUE7bKdyak and to get the information into your notes.
•Work on HW3 on Derivatives.
•HW: Get current on notes; HW2 on Derivatives and HW3 on Derivatives!
Polynomial Character viewable at https://youtu.be/fMtAYXaodi8 or click here.
Characterization, An Analytical Approach viewable at: https://youtu.be/vjUE7bKdyak or click here.
Board Notes from A2A last year on Polynomial Character available in GC or click here.
HW3 on Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•Class does not meet today.
•HW: Nothing new.
Key to HW2 – Derivatives available in GC or click here.
Key to HW3 – Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•AP Quiz #04!
•HW: Get current!
APQ #04 available in GC or click here.
•Classes do not meet today.
•HW: Nothing new.
•Trigonometric derivatives; x versions g(x) versions
•Trigonometric derivative word problem (Section 3.4); trigonometric derivatives are defined for theta in RADIANS
•HW: Finish converting in-class example to feet/degree.
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
•Derivatives of compositions; General Power Form; General Composition Form; examples
•Distribute textbooks
•In-class work time (40 min) on HW4 on Derivatives.
•HW: Finish HW4 on Derivatives; check Key when posted.
AP Quiz #05 on Thursday, September 26!
Exam #02 on Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3!
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
HW4 on Derivatives available in GC or click here.
Key to HW4 – Derivatives available in GC or click here.
•Class does not meet today.
•HW: Nothing new.
•The Chain Rule; change rates multiply; example
•Complicated example
•Section 3.5 #39
•HW: Nothing new.
Today’s Board Notes available in GC or click here.
•AP Quiz #05!
•HW: Study derivative formulae.
APQ #05 available in GC or click here.
Exam #02 Study Sheet available in GC or click here.
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•HW:
Key to Exam #02 Study Sheet available in GC or click here.