Friday, October 30, 2009

November 2 - 6

Monday, 11/2--Mini Test 2.1-2.4
*All assignments for section 2.4 are due today
*Non-calculator test!!!
*Homework--put final touches on the 1985 AP Practice Exam MC section you received Wednesday 10/28 (submit on 11/3)

Tuesday, 11/3--Sec 2.5 Intro--Implicit Differentiation
*Submit Practice AP MC Exam (1985)
Section 2.5 Essential Question: How can you take a derivative if y is in the problem more than once? What does it mean that the relationship between x and y is implied rather than explicitly stated?
Section 2.5 Objectives: Differentiate implicitly defined functions
*Notetaking Guide & Examples
*Assignment: page 146-148 #1-19 odd

Wednesday, 11/4--Sec 2.5 cont'd
*Assignment: page 146-148 #4, 6, 10, 18, 20, 25, 27, 29, 31

Thursday, 11/5--Sec 2.5 Cont'd
*Assignment: page 146-148 #45-50 all; 57, 58;

Friday, 11/6--Sec 2.5 Wrap Up
*Assignment: worksheet 2.5

Study for quiz on 2.5 (Monday 11/9)

October 26 - 30, 2009

Monday, 10/26--(I have Jury Duty!)
*Complete worksheet 2.4
*Assignment: page 137-140 #41-59 odd, 67, 83, 85

Tuesday, 10/27--No Class (GHSGT Checkpoint Test)

Wednesday, 10/28--AP Exam Practice Questions
*Please bring the worksheet received on 10/16 with the Free Response Questions
*Complete the worksheet with sample multiple choice items

Thursday & Friday, 10/29-30--Wrap Up & Clean Up Sect 2.4
*Begin preparing for a Mid-Chapter test--Sections 2.1-2.4 (Monday)

Monday, 11/2--Mini Test 2.1-2.4
*All assignments for section 2.4 are due today
*Non-calculator test!!!
Be able to:
1. Find the derivative using the limit process
2. Find the slope of a line at a point
3. Find the derivative of a function using the rules for derivatives
4. Determine the points at which the graph has horizontal tangents
5. Apply derivatives to position, velocity, and acceleration problems
6. Use the product rule and quotient rules to differentiate functions
7. Find higher-order derivatives
8. Find the derivative of composition functions using the chain rule

Tuesday, 11/3--Sec 2.5 Intro--Implicit Differentiation
*Notetaking Guide & Examples
*Assignment: page 146-148 #1-19 odd