September 14 - 18

Monday, 9/14--
*Submit the chapter 1 review sheet
*Submit Sec 1.3 Limits worksheet
*Chapter 1 test

Tuesday, 9/15--
*Practice with limits!!!
*Worksheets:
*NAG Limit Calculator Lab
*Continuity worksheet
*Review of Limits matching worksheet

Wednesday, 9/16--EARLY RELEASE
*Chapter 1 test revisited
*Review of Trigonometry--
Essential Question: How can I identify and apply properties of trigonometric functions?
Objectives: Review of unit circle trigonometry, graphing trigonometric functions, and
solving trigonometric equations
*Assignment: Appendix D, page D25-27 #1-21 odd

Thursday, 9/17--
*Review of Trigonometry continued...use even numbered problems from D25-D26 as examples

Friday, 9/18--
*Review of Trigonometry--solving trig equations
*Assignment: Appendix D, page D25-D27 #27-45 odd
*Assignment: Trigonometry Review worksheet due Monday 9/21

Need more help with Chapter 1?

I went to YouTube and typed "evaluating limits" in the search bar and this is one of the results that I received :
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4AADFF44443B8E60&search_query=evaluating+limits

I hope you find this helpful!

Limits and Continuity

Limits & Continuity of Functions

When is a function continuous? Is the function graphed below continuous? No it isn't. Find out this week what continuity means and how it applies to Calculus.

September 7 - 11

Monday, September 7--NO SCHOOL!!!!! You should still study though!

Tuesday, September 8--
*Submit page 67 and any other outstanding work from sections 1.2 and 1.3
*Begin Section 1.4--Continuity and One-Sided Limits; Since we have already discussed one-sided limits (limits approaching c from the left and the right) we will only spend 1 day on this section.
*Assignment--page 78 #1-6 all, 7-19 odd, 25, 28, 30, 33, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 53, 63, 66, 69, 71, 76, 79, 84, 92, 95
We will begin discussing these problem on Wednesday. They will be due by Thursday.

Wednesday, September 9--
*Q&A-page 78 assignment
*Receive Chapter 1 review sheet and limits worksheet (section 1.3) in class
*Section 1.5--Infinite Limits
*Assignment--page 88 #2, 5, 13, 19, 21, 31, 33, 42, 43, 50, 55, 57, 63 (This will not be collected; however, you should still attempt the problems for practice with the content. We will discuss. It will be most helpful if you know what you don't understand so you can ask questions.)

Thursday, September 10--
*Recap and review!
*Submit page 78 (section 1.4)

Friday, September 11--
*More review!!!
*The section 1.3 Limit worksheet will be due on Monday

Monday, September 14--
*Submit the completed chapter 1 review sheet that was received on Tuesday
*Chapter 1 test

Select Answers to Page 67...

I have worked out several problems from the assignment on page 67 (section 1.3). The worked out solutions can be found in the document folder. See the link to the left.

Need Help with Limits???

Visit the following site for additional help with limits:

http://archives.math.utk.edu/visual.calculus/1/index.html

There you will find tutorials, quizzes, drill and practice and visual demonstrations of the concept of a limit.

Please note that we are not covering the formal definition of a limit. Anything dealing with delta and epsilon are irrelevant to our discussions.

August 31 - September 4

Monday-
*Chapter P tests returned with answer key; use the key to review your test to see what simple errors you could have avoided; if there are larger issues that you have with a concept, please join me on Wednesday morning or afternoon for extra help
*Begin section 1.2; since we're having technical difficulties with the internet, you may want to view the videos from home that I've been trying to show for the past 2 classes; the links are below:
http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit01.html
http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit02.html
http://www.calculus-help.com/funstuff/tutorials/limits/limit03.html

Please take time to view all three videos. They are great! (and I'm not just saying that because I love math!!!)

Tuesday--
*Wrap up section 1.2; do problems 9-28 on page 55 (must be submitted by Friday)

Wednesday--
*Section 1.3--finding limits algebraically
*Limits worksheet #1 (blue paper)--due Thursday
*Limits wksh on tables--due Friday

Thursday--
*Section 1.3 continued
*Assignment page 67 #5-25 odd, 27-36 all, 45 - 77 odd--due Tuesday, Sept. 8

Friday--
Quiz--Sec 1.2-1.3
An unexpected fire drill halted our plans to review selected problems from page 67, so I have posted selected answers in the Document folder.
I'm in the process of making the doc folder more organized by putting files into relevant folders. Check the chapter 1 folder for chapter 1 documents!

Introduction to Limits

We will begin our study of Calculus by exploring Limits.

Essential Question: What are limits and how are they used in Calculus?

Note: It is imperative that you do daily assignments as the concepts you will study from here on out are totally new!

Agenda 8/24 - 8/28

Monday--Submit the PreCal Review Worksheet
Complete pages 4 - 7 of the chapter P guided reading notes

Tuesday--Review/Q&A PreCal Review
Discuss the remaining topics from chapter P (odd/even functions, transformations, compositions of functions); Homework--pgs. 27-30 #17-27odd, 47-52, 57, 59

Wednesday--Chapter P Test --moved to Thursday!!!
Homework review; Chapter P test details revealed

**UPDATED:
Thursday--Chapter P Test;
Homework--Transfomations worksheet (will be uploaded afterschool on 8/27)-- Due 8/31/09

Section 1.2--estimate limits numerically and algebraically; learn ways that limits fail to exist; Homework--worksheet

Friday--Unit Circle Quiz; Section 1.2--estimate limits numerically and algebraically; learn ways that limits fail to exist; HOMEWORK--Limits worksheet


There will be a quiz covering 1.2 and 1.3 next week. Study, study, study

Answers to PreCalc Assignment

I'm sure you're wondering where the answers are for the assignment. I am just leaving Open House (9 pm) and I have not had a chance to scan and upload them. With that in mind and the late hour of the night, I will have a hard copy available for you tomorrow in class.

I do apologize for any inconvenience. Tonight ran a lot longer than I expected.

See you in the morning.
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