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Check out the link above for a review on the following topics:
*Lesson 27--Related Rates
*Lesson 28--Relative Extrema & the First Derivative Test
*Lesson 29--Concavity & the Second Derivative Test

November 16-24

Monday – Tuesday (11/16 – 17)
*Work on related rates problems as assigned 11/9 – 11/13

Wednesday (11/18)—Early Release (No class)

Thursday (11/19)
*Pop Quiz (sec 2.6)
*Begin chapter 2 review in preparation for the chapter 2 test (11/24)
*Chapter 2 review: page 158 #1, 4, 5 – 35 odd, 39, 41 – 53 odd, 59, 60, 61, 63, 65, 91, 99, 101, 102, 110


Friday (11/20)
*Related rates and chapter 2 review continued


Monday (11/23)
*Related rates quiz
*Continue working on chapter 2 review

Tuesday (11/24)
*Chapter 2 Test
*Receive Thanksgiving AP Packet!

November 9 - 13, 2009

Monday, 11/9--Wrap Up 2.5
*Clean up and finish up section 2.5 assignments
*Gray implicit differentiation worksheet due Wednesday (11/11)
*Sec 2.5 Quiz Tuesday

Tuesday, 11/10--Sec 2.6 Related Rates
*Sec 2.5 Quiz
*Essential Question: How can calculus be used to solve real life applications where we want to maximize or minimize an outcome?
*Objective: Apply the definition of the derivative to problem situations involving related rates of change.
*Assignment #1: pages 154 - 157 #1-7 odd, 13, 15, 19, 21
*Begin work on sec 2.6 related rates homework worksheet (Due Thursday)

Wednesday, 11/11--Sec 2.6 cont'd
*Gray implicit differentiation worksheet due today!!!
*Assignment #2: pages 154 - 157 #17, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35

Thursday, 11/12--Sec 2.6 cont'd
*Related rates homework worksheet due today
*Sec 2.6 worksheet

Friday, 11/13--Sec 2.6 cont'd
*Related rates concept check quiz
*Related rates classwork worksheet (due Tuesday)
*Assignment #3: pages 154 - 157 # 43, 45, 47, 54
*Study for sec 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 test (Tuesday)

Monday will be test review day; Wednesday (11/18) is early release (no class)

Note: All section 2.6 assignments are due on the day of the test.

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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

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Video: Sec 2.4 Chain Rule

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October 19 - 23, 2009

Monday, 10/19--Sec 2.3 part 3
*Q&A on previously assigned section 2.3 problems (see 10/15)
*Higher Order Derivatives--notes and examples
*Assignment (due Wednesday 10/21): page 126 #93-101 odd, 103, 109, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120

Tuesday, 10/20--Sec 2.3 Wrap Up/Recap
*Q&A on section 2.3 concepts
*Worksheet 2.3
*Prepare for section 2.2-2.3 quiz for Wednesday

Wednesday, 10/21--Quiz Sec 2.2-2.3
*Q& A--acceleration
*Quiz (20 minutes)

Thursday, 10/22--Section 2.4 The chain rule
*Section 2.4 Intro (notetaking guide)
*Assignment: page 137-140 #7-21 odd

Friday, 10/23--Sec 2.4 part 2
*Submit all assignments for section 2.3 on page 126
*Examples for the general power rule
*Assignment: page 137-140 #23-35 odd