AP Calculus BC
3rd 9-week Calendar

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

January 21

22

23

24

25

 

Solving separable differential equations and applications of differential equations in modeling, including logistic and  exponential growth

Txt 6.2-6.3

 

Use of slope fields to interpret a differential equation geometrically & drawing slope fields and solution curves for diff. eqs.

Txt 6.1

 

28

29

30

31

February 1

Euler’s method as a numerical solution of a differential equation

Txt 6.1

 

Test 3.1

 

The integral as an accumulator of rates of change and area of a region between two curves

Txt 7.1

4

5

6

7

8

 

Volume of solids with known cross sections and solids of revolution

Txt 7.2-7.3

 

Arc length and surfaces of revolution

Txt 7.4

 

11

12

13

14

15

Applications of integration in physical, biological, and economic contexts and in problems involving a particle moving along a line, including the use of the definite integral with an initial condition and using the definite integral to find the distance traveled by a particle along a line

Txt “P.S.”

 

Test 3.2

 

Review of basic integration rules

Txt 8.1

18

19

20

21

22

 

Integration by parts

Txt 8.2

 

Trigonometric integrals

Txt 8.3

 


 

25

26

27

28

29

Test 3.3

 

Integration by partial fractions

Txt 8.5

 

 

March 3

4

5

6

7

Discovery lab on L’Hôpital’s Rule, L’Hôpital’s Rule and its use in determining limits

Txt 8.7

 

Discovery activity on improper integrals, improper integrals and their convergence and divergence including the use of L’Hôpital’s Rule

Txt 8.8

 

Test 3.4

π day activities assigned

10

11

12

13

14

 

Introduction/ Lab on Sequences; convergence and divergence of sequences

Txt 9.1

 

π day activities; series project assigned;

Txt 9.2-9.6

 

17

18

19

20

21

 

 

 

 

 

24

25

26

27

28

Group presentations 9.2-9.4

 

Review of 9.2-9.4; Group presentations 9.5-9.6

 

Review of sequences, series and their behavior

Txt 9.1-9.6