Highlighted topic is coming up soon. |
Planned Date |
Actual Date |
Topic |
20 Aug |
Syllabus, overview of calculus, Zeno's Paradox, Archimedes' circle | |
22 Aug | Functions; Graphs I have loved; Domain and Range | |
25 Aug | Transcendental functions: ex, ln(x) | |
27 Aug | Trig Review: degrees vs. radians, basic definitions; properties of trig functions | |
29 Aug | Trig Review: graphs of trig functions | |
1 Sep | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY | |
3 Sep | Trig Review: inverse trig functions | |
5 Sep | Trig Review: parametric equations, triangles that are not right | |
8 Sep | PAUSE | |
10 Sep | Test 1: Trig Review / First Maple Lab due today! | |
12 Sep | Tangent & velocity; limits | |
15 Sep | Limit laws | |
17 Sep | Limit: precise definition | |
19 Sep | Limit: precise definition (continued) | |
22 Sep | Continuity | |
24 Sep | Continuity (continued) | |
26 Sep | Limits involving infinity | |
29 Sep | Asymptotes | |
1 Oct | PAUSE | |
3 Oct | Test 2: Limits | |
6 Oct | The derivative | |
8 Oct | Computing derivatives: polynomials and exponentials | |
10 Oct | Applications of the derivative: Newton's method | |
13 Oct | Computing derivatives: products and quotients | |
15 Oct | Computing derivatives: trigonometry | |
17 Oct | FALL BREAK | |
20 Oct | Computing derivatives: the Chain Rule | |
22 Oct | Applications of the derivative: rates of change in the natural and social sciences | |
24 Oct | Computing derivatives: implicit differentiation | |
27 Oct | Computing derivatives: logarithmic functions | |
29 Oct | PAUSE | |
31 Oct | Test 3: Derivatives, their computation, and some basic applications | |
3 Nov | Applications of the derivative: linearization and differentials | |
5 Nov | Applications of the derivative: related rates | |
7 Nov | Applications of the derivative: max/min | |
10 Nov | Applications of the derivative: the Mean Value Theorem | |
12 Nov | Applications of the derivative: curve sketching | |
14 Nov | Applications of the derivative: L'Hôpital's Rule | |
17 Nov | Applications of the derivative: optimization | |
19 Nov | PAUSE | |
21 Nov | Test 4: Applications of derivatives | |
24 Nov | Antiderivatives | |
26 Nov | No class; Thanksgiving Break! | |
28 Nov | No class; Thanksgiving Break! | |
1 Dec | Area and distance; the definite integral | |
3 Dec | The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | |
5 Dec | Indefinite integrals and the Net Change Theorem | |
9 Dec | Final Exam (7-9·30p) |