MAT122 SSII 2026 Week 2: Intro To Derivatives

 

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AP Calculus AB/BC 1993-2018

AP CSA/CSAB 1988-2019

NYS Regents Math & Physics 1984-2020

MAT122 SSII 2026 Week 2: Intro To Derivatives

Dear Students,

Wow, we made it! Week Two was a blast! 

This week we covered some introductory topics related to Differentiation. We introduced the Difference Quotient definition of the Derivative as the limit of the Secant Line Slopes in order to find a Tangent Line Slope:

Then we found out how the Power Rule for Differentiation works as well a few topics we encountered along the way: Tangent & Normal Line Equations, Pascal's Triangle, nCr, Binomial Expansion Theorem, Mechanics, Galileo's Free Fall Model, Dimensional Analysis, Newton's Method for Finding Radical Roots as Decimals to an arbitrary precision, Pathological Functions, Convergence Tables, TI84-BASIC & Scientific Computing!

See our Screencasts on BrightSpace & YouTube!

Last, but not least, here's this week's Docs! We start each class with a fun Filk or short Documentary related to a specific topic we're learning in class or something related to STEAM.

BTW: I need your Welcome Back BIOs ASAP.  Please read and follow our Syllabus very carefully! You can download these items from our BrightSpace site.

FYI: 100% Attendance is required, you all start with 100 pts as a test grade for attendance. Each absence counts 5 pts and each lateness (arriving late, leaving early) counts 1 pt against this grade. It's an easy 100, don't lose it! You can check your attendance record and grade book on our BrightSpace site.

That's it for now. Enjoy your weekend!

Well, that's all folks!

Be well,

A. Jorge García

Applied Math, Physics & CompSci

Nassau Community College (1993-)

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009

Baldwin High Retired (1984-2020):

Computing Independent Study Facilitator

Continental Mathematics League Advisor

Baldwin High Chess Club Founder 

Baldwin High Chess Team Coach:

US Chess Federation Affiliate

National CompSci Honor Society Advisor: 

Grace Hopper NY Chapter

2017 PAEMST NYS Secondary Math Nominee: 

https://www.paemst.org

HTH,

A. Jorge Garcia

Teaching With Technology:

Coding since 1975,

NYS Regents Math & Physics since 1984,

College Math & CompSci since 1993,

 Linux Clusters since 2002,

CAS since 2011,

SemiRetirement since 2020!

What's in store for 2029?

 

AP Computer Science: 1988-2019

AP Calculus BC: 1993-2018 

Applied Math, Physics and CS

Updated Resume!

Please support my classroom:
www.patreon.com/calcpage2020

https://www.udemy.com/user/alvar-garcia-fernandez

calcpage.redbubble.com

https://www.ebay.com/usr/sffbclub  

2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee

pastebin youtube slideshare

(IDEs & Code)
MATH 4H, AP CALC, CSH: SAGECELL

CSH: SAGECELL Sample

CSH: SAGE Commercial Server

CSH: Trinket.io

CSH: Trinket.io Sample

APCSA: ide.cs50.io

APCSA: code.cs50.io

APCSA: sandbox.cs50.io

APCSA: openProcessing

APCSA: openProcessing Sample
REPOS: GitHub

Jupyter: CoLab

(Curriculae)

CSH: CodeHS

CSH: Code.org

CSH: Coding In Python

CSH: Think Like A Computer Scientist

CSH: Runestone Academy

APCSA: Big Java

APCSA: CSAwesome

APCSA: Nature Of Code

APCSA: The Coding Train (site)

APCSA: The Coding Train (youtube)

APCSA: AP Teacher Community

APCSA: AP Central

RECOMMENDED AP COMPSCI REVIEW:

CRIB SHEET (no longer given during exam)
FREE TEXTBOOKS
REVIEW BARRONS ONLINE 
REVIEW APCENTRAL (exam format)
REVIEW EDX REVIEW MOOC01 

REVIEW UDEMY REVIEW MOOC02 

REVIEW CODING_BAT  

AUDIT CS50

RECOMMENDED AP CALCULUS REVIEW:

CRIB SHEET (not given during exam) 

FREE TEXTBOOKS

REVIEW BARRONS ONLINE 

REVIEW APCENTRAL (AB exam format)

REVIEW APCENTRAL (BC exam format)

REVIEW APCENTRAL (AB exam questions)

REVIEW APCENTRAL (BC exam questions)

REVIEW EDX MOOC01 

REVIEW COURSERA MOOC02

XTRA CREDIT FILKS RUBRIC 

(1 video = up to 5 bonus points):

1) Use a recognizable tune.

2) Karaoke entire song changing up the words (about STEAM).

3) You are Singing, Dancing or Playing an instrument.

4) You upload your video to YouTube and provide the url.

5) YouTube Description includes the lyrics.

XTRA CREDIT ARTICLES RUBRIC

(up to 5 articles = 1 bonus point each):

1) Cover Sheet is a Summary of the article.

2) FullPage, 12 pt, DoubleSpaced, 1" Margin.

3) Article has to be STEAM related

4) Article has to be a current event.

5) Copy of entire article is attached.

NOTE TO READER:

In recent years our independent study class has been about the care and feeding of Linux Clusters: How to Build A Cluster, How To Program A Cluster and What Can We Do With A Cluster? 

BTW, Shadowfax is the name of the cluster we build! FYI, we offer 4 computing courses: 

CSH: Computer Science Honors with an introduction to coding in Python using SAGE, IDLE, VIDLE and Trinket, 

CSA: AP Computer Science A using CS50, this IDE and this IDE and OpenProcessing, 

CSI: Computing Science Independent Study using OpenMPI and 

CSL: Computing Science Lab which is a co-requisite for Calculus students using Computer Algebra Systems such as SAGE.

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Membership Hall Of Fame!

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*Honorable Mention: I retired before we got to start our project this year...

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CIS(theta) 2013-2014: 

BryanS(12), CheyenneC(11), DanielG(12), HarineeN(12), RichardH(12), RyanW(12), TatianaR(12), TylerK(12)

CIS(theta) 2012-2013: 

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CIS(theta) 2011-2012: 

Graham Smith(12), George Abreu(12), Kenny Krug(12), Lucas Eager-Leavitt(12)

CIS(theta) 2010-2011: 

David Gonzalez(12), Herbert Kwok(12), Jay Wong(12), Josh Granoff(12), Ryan Hothan(12)

CIS(theta) 2009-2010: 

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CIS(theta) 2008-2009: 

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CIS(theta) 2007-2008: 

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