AP Calculus

Fall 2014
J eff Davis High School

Teacher: Sarah Beth Swain
Phone: 912-375-6760 (Jeff Davis High School)
Email: sarah.swain@jeff-davis.k12.ga.us
Time to Call: 1:15-2:45 Monday-Friday at school

Texts: Calculus of a Single Variable, Houghton Mifflin

Materials: 3 ring binder notebook, paper, pencils, calculator (optional)

Technology used in classroom: Interwrite software, document camera, google
chromebooks, graphing calculators

Classroom Expectations:
1. Exhibit a positive, respectful attitude towards the teacher, classmates, and
school property.
2. Participate in class discussions, yet refrain from personal conversations.
3. Keep your work area clean and neat.
4. Stay on task.
5. Avoid excessive requests to leave the room (bathroom, office, water).
6. Be prepared for class (have all materials and assignments).
7. Follow school rules which include no cell phones, no eating, drinking, or
having tobacco in the classroom.

Grading Scale: Grading is based on the following for each 9-week grading
period:
Unit Tests 45%

Grading Scale
Daily Grades 30%

90-100 A
Student Responsibility 5%

80 -89 B
70-79 C
Final Exam 20%

0-69 F
Total 100%


Unit Tests 50% Tests will be announced in advance; therefore, students are
expected to take a missed test on the day they return to school if they are absent.
If a student is absent the day before a test, he/she is expected to take the test on
test day. Each subsequent test may include questions from previous chapters.

Daily Grades 35% Daily grades will be made up of homework, review quizzes,
quizzes, and labs. Homework will be assigned on a regular basis and will be
taken up unannounced. To receive full credit for HW, students must write the
problem and show steps. Students will not receive any credit for homework with
answers only. Review Quizzes will cover prior knowledge learned in previous
math courses. Quizzes will be given between testing periods and will cover only
a few concepts. Labs will include calculator labs, computer labs, and
group/individual tasks.

Student Responsibility Grade 5% Each student will receive a Student
Responsibility grade at the end of each nine weeks. At the end of each nine
weeks, five points will be deducted from the final Student Responsibility
average for each tardy. Points are also deducted for failing to come to class
prepared and leaving the classroom excessively.

Tutoring: I will be available for tutoring. I will post my tutoring hours week by
week. You can also talk with me to make an appointment for tutoring time.
Please stay as soon as you see you are having difficulty. DO NOT wait until the
day before a test.

Attendance: You must bring a note for each absence. The note should be given
to your first block teacher. It will be evaluated by office personnel and marked
as either excused or unexcused. If you are tardy to class three times, you will be
assigned break detention, six tardies equal two days, etc. The seventh tardy will
result in an office referral.

Makeup Work: Work must be made up for ALL absences as soon as you
return to school. The work must be turned in within 3 days. If you have an
extended absence that is excused you will need to see me to set a due date for
your makeup work. If the absence is unexcused, you will receive a grade of 0
but you still need to make up the work and turn it in. If you are TL, all work
must be completed before the TL occurs. See me to arrange a time to stay after
school to learn the material that will be missed and get your assignments.
Topic Outline for Calculus AB

I. Functions, Graphs, and Limits:
Analysis of Graphs
With the aid of technology, graphs of functions are often easy to produce.
The emphasis is on the interplay between the geometric and analytic information and on the
use of calculus both to predict and to explain the observed local and global behavior of a
function.
Limits of Functions (including one-sided limits)
An intuitive understanding of the limiting process
Calculating limits using algebra
Estimating limits from graphs or tables of data
Asymptotic and Unbounded Behavior
Understanding asymptotes in terms of graphical behavior
Describing asymptotic behavior in terms of limits involving infinity
Comparing relative magnitudes of functions and their rates of change (for example,
contrasting exponential growth, polynomial growth, and logarithmic growth)
Continuity as a Property of Functions
An intuitive understanding of continuity. (The function values can be made as close as
desired by taking sufficiently close values of the domain.)
Understanding continuity in terms of limits
Geometric understanding of graphs of continuous functions (Intermediate Value Theorem
and Extreme Value Theorem)

II. Derivatives:
Concept of the Derivative
Derivative presented graphically, numerically, and analytically
Derivative interpreted as an instantaneous rate of change
Derivative defined as the limit of the difference quotient
Relationship between differentiability and continuity
Derivative at a Point
Slope of a curve at a point. Examples are emphasized, including points at which there are
vertical tangents and points at which there are no tangents.
Tangent line to a curve at a point and local linear approximation
Instantaneous rate of change as the limit of average rate of change
Approximate rate of change from graphs and tables of values
Derivative as a Function
Corresponding characteristics of graphs of and
Relationship between the increasing and decreasing behavior of and the sign of
The Mean Value Theorem and its geometric interpretation
Equations involving derivatives. Verbal descriptions are translated into equations involving
derivatives and vice versa.
Second Derivatives
Corresponding characteristics of the graphs of , , and
Relationship between the concavity of and the sign of
Points of inflection as places where concavity changes
Applications of Derivatives
Analysis of curves, including the notions of monotonicity and concavity
Optimization, both absolute (global) and relative (local) extrema
Modeling rates of change, including related rates problems
Use of implicit differentiation to find the derivative of an inverse function
Interpretation of the derivative as a rate of change in varied applied contexts, including
velocity, speed, and acceleration
Geometric interpretation of differential equations via slope fields and the relationship
between slope fields and solution curves for differential equations
Computation of Derivatives
Knowledge of derivatives of basic functions, including power, exponential, logarithmic,
trigonometric, and inverse trigonometric functions
Derivative rules for sums, products, and quotients of functions
Chain rule and implicit differentiation

III. Integrals:
Interpretations and Properties of Definite Integrals
Definite integral as a limit of Riemann sums
Definite integral of the rate of change of a quantity over an interval interpreted as the change
of the quantity over the interval:

Basic properties of definite integrals (examples include additivity and linearity)
Applications of Integrals
Appropriate integrals are used in a variety of applications to model physical, biological, or
economic situations. Although only a sampling of applications can be included in any specific
course, students should be able to adapt their knowledge and techniques to solve other similar
application problems. Whatever applications are chosen, the emphasis is on using the method
of setting up an approximating Riemann sum and representing its limit as a definite
integral. To provide a common foundation, specific applications should include finding the
area of a region, the volume of a solid with known cross sections, the average value of a
function, the distance traveled by a particle along a line, and accumulated change from a rate
of change.
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Use of the Fundamental Theorem to evaluate definite integrals
Use of the Fundamental Theorem to represent a particular antiderivative, and the analytical
and graphical analysis of functions so defined
Techniques of Antidifferentiation
Antiderivatives following directly from derivatives of basic functions
Antiderivatives by substitution of variables (including change of limits for definite integrals)
Applications of Antidifferentiation
Finding specific antiderivatives using initial conditions, including applications to motion along
a line
Solving separable differential equations and using them in modeling
(including the study of the equation y = ky and exponential growth)
Numerical Approximations to Definite Integrals
Use of Riemann sums (using left, right, and midpoint evaluation points) and trapezoidal sums
to approximate definite integrals of functions represented algebraically, graphically, and by
tables of values

Please read the previous pages and return this page by tomorrow to receive a daily
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and procedures that I feel are necessary to help educate your child.

Sincerely,
Sarah Beth Swain

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