AP Calculus BC Period 6

AP Calculus BC 

AP Calculus BC course, students will learn the following important topics: limits, derivatives, indefinite integrals, definite integrals, series and parametric equations. The course will make sure students understand of the concepts of calculus, using methods and its applications for each equation. Students should know how to approach the problems by numerically, graphically, analytically and verbally.

Course Text Book

Larson, Hostetler, Edwards. Calculus of a single variable. The 8^th edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006

Graphing Calculator Use

Students are expected to have a graphing calculator for class work, homework, many tests and AP exam. I strongly recommend students have his/her own calculator in the TI-83 or TI-84 with these built-in capabilities:

• Graph a function in an arbitrary viewing window
• Find the zeros of function (solve equations numerically)
• Numerically calculate the derivative of a function
• Numerically calculate the value of a definite integral

Calculus BC Classes Plan

AP Calculus BC classes will begin in early September, after Labor Day. It will include 174 teaching days and at lease 13 days of formal assessment. The classes met five days a week. Students will have at least 3 weeks to summarize, review and reflect what you have learned to be well preparing for your AP Calculus BC Exam on Wednesday, May 9th. 2012.

Student Resource Requirements

• Graphing Calculator for individual use inside and outside of the classroom.
• Multiple-Choice & Free-Response Questions in Preparation for the AP Calculus Examinations (BC), 8^th Edition, 2003 by David Lederman.
• Fast Track to a 5: preparing for the AP calculus AB and Calculus BC Examinations, by Sharon Cade, Jeff Lucia, and Rhea Caldwell.
• AP Calculus Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination, 2000 by Jmes F. Bohan, AMSCO. There are 5 complete model Exams, Review exercises and chapter assessments, use of graphing calculators and complete answer key with solutions.
• AP Central web site to find past free-response exams and AP Exam information. See www. apcentral.collegeboard.com.

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