Calculus 2017-2018:
Limits & Derivatives
(September)
UNIT02 ScreenCasts
UNIT03 ScreenCasts
We are really flying through our review of the AP Calculus AB material! September was all about UNIT02: Limits and UNIT03: Derivatives. I don't do UNIT01 anymore as it's just PreCalculus Review! I'll cover those skills as needed!
We talked about basic 2-sided limits and even developed the limit of the secant line slopes as deltaX approaches 0.
We developed the Algebraic Laws of Differentiation. We played with the Power Rule, Trig Rules, Product Rule, Quotient Rule and Chain Rule. We even talked about the derivatives of e^x and ln(x). Finally we worked with Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates!
UNIT03 ScreenCasts
We talked about basic 2-sided limits and even developed the limit of the secant line slopes as deltaX approaches 0.
We developed the Algebraic Laws of Differentiation. We played with the Power Rule, Trig Rules, Product Rule, Quotient Rule and Chain Rule. We even talked about the derivatives of e^x and ln(x). Finally we worked with Implicit Differentiation and Related Rates!
MCQ Mondays
SAGE Tuesdays
YouTube Wednesdays
Think Pair Share Thursdays
FRQ Fridays
MCQ Mondays will start in October. Even months we will do practice MCQ Exams using Formative Assessments via Socrative. On odd months we will have actual Mock MCQ Exams as Summative Assessments.
SAGE Tuesdays will make use of Pythonic Math reasoning whenever possible, instead of the TI84C.
My YouTube Wednesdays are infamous for STEAM related Filks as well as month-long documentaries (10-15 inutes each Wednesday).
Think Pair Share Thursday is a review day. Students get into groups of 2 or 3 with a WhiteBoard to help each other complete HomeWork questions they had trouble with.
FRQ Fridays occur at the end of every 2-3 week unit. On Friday I give a preTEST review sheet. We go over it in Think Pair Share sty. The real TEST, similar to the preTEST, is then given at the end of the period as a TakeHome Exam due the following Tuesday.
Last, but not least, I'm starting each month with a Filk for YouTube Wednesday. For the next several months, we'll be concentrating on the infamous Tom Lehrer. Remaining Wednesdays each month will be devoted to educational STEAM related documentaries from PBS (Nova) and National Geographic (Star Talk TV).
1st YouTube Wednesday: Tom Lehrer
September YouTube Wednesdays
Well, that's all folks!
Teaching with Technology,
AJG
A. Jorge Garcia
Applied Math, Physics & CompSci
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