AP BC Calculus (6 hours per week)

The Main Books Source:

Finney, Ross L., Franklin Demana, Bert Waits, and Daniel Kennedy. Calculus:
Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic. AP Edition. Fourth Edition. Pearson.2012
Supplemental Books Source:
S.P. Thompson Calculus Made Easy. Second Edition Enlarged. The Macmillan
Company, New York, 1943 (online version)
P. Dawkins. Calculus I. Complete Practice Problems (online version)
Course Revision:
Shirley O. Hockett, M.A. and David Bock, M.S. Barrons AP Calculus 2008


Week Chapter Contents Critical Thinking
Questions
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L.1-2 Review of AP
Calculus AB
L.3-4 Review of AP
Calculus AB
L.5-6 Review of AP
Calculus AB
L.7-8 Review of AP
Calculus AB
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus,
Part I. Graphing of function . ) ( dt t f f
x
a

Integration by parts. Eulers Method.

Logistic grows model. The logistic
differential equation.
Length of a curve. Rectangular
Approximation Method (RAM).
pp.306-309 #14-
20, 35-40, 45-48
pp.331-335 #21-
24, 29-34
pp.377-380 #30-
34, 38, 45-46, 50
pp.273-277 #4,
7, 9-12, 18










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L9-10 Chapter 8.
Section 8.1.
Application of
Definite Integrals
pp.383-402
L11-12 Chapter 8.
Section 8.2.
Application of
Definite Integrals
pp.383-402
L13-14 Chapter 8.
Section 8.3.
Application of
Definite Integrals
pp.383-402
L15-16 Chapter 8
Section 8.4
Application of
Definite Integrals
pp.403-422
Integral as Net Change. Linear
motion revisited. Consumption over
time. Net change from data. Work.


Areas in the Plane. Area between
curves. Area enclosed by interesting
curves. Boundaries with changing
function. Integrating with respect to .
Saving time with geometry formulas.
Volumes. Volume as an integral.
Square cross section. Circular cross
section. Cylindrical shells. Other cross
section.

Lengths of Curves. A sine wave.
Length of smooth curve. Vertical
tangents, corners and cusps.


pp.389-393 #11;
17-20; 27



pp.399-402 #9;
10; 13; 14;
36-38; 43


pp.410-415 #2;
7-10; 26-28; 43;
48; 49


pp.419-422
#11-15; 22-24



L17-18 Chapter 8
Section 8.5
Application of
Definite Integrals
pp.423-433
Applications from Science and
Statistics. Work revisited. Fluid force
and fluid pressure. Normal
probabilities.
pp.429-433 #12;
17; 23; 24; 31;
32

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5
L19-20 Chapter 9
Section 9.1
Sequences,
LHopital Rule and
Improper Integral
pp.439-456
L21-22 Chapter 9
Section 9.2
Sequences,
LHopital Rule and
Improper Integral
pp.439-456
L23-24 Chapter 9
Section 9.3
Sequences,
LHopital Rule and
Improper Integral
pp.457-462
L25-26 Chapter 9
Section 9.4
Sequences,
LHopital Rule and
Improper Integral
pp.463-472
Sequences. Defining a sequence.
Arithmetic and geometric sequences
Graphing a sequence. Limit a
sequence.


LHopital Rule. Indeterminate form
0
0
. Indeterminate forms

, 0
and ) ( . Intermediate forms 1

,
0
0
and
0
.
Related rates of grows. Comparing
rate of grows. Using LHopital rule to
compare grows rates. Sequential
versus binary search.


Improper Integrals. Infinite limits of
integration. Integrands with infinite
discontinuities.

pp.445-447 #19;
21; 31-40




pp.454-456 #27;
33-52 (even)




pp.461-462
#15-20; 35-38,
40, 45



pp.471-473
#35-42; 55








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L27-28 Chapter 10
Section 10.1
Infinite Series
pp.477-498
L29-30 Chapter 10
Section 10.2
Infinite Series
pp.477-498
L31-32 Chapter 10
Section 10.3
Infinite Series
pp.499-516
L33-34 Chapter 10
Section 10.4
Infinite Series
Power Series. Geometric series
Representing functions by series.
Differentiation and integration.
Identifying a series.
Taylor Series. Constructing a series.
Series for sinx and cosx. Beauty bare.
Maclain and Taylor series. Combining
Taylor series. Table of Maclain series.
Taylors Theorem. Taylor
polynomials. The remainder. Bounding
the remainder. Lagrange form of the
reminder. Eulers formula
Radius of Convergence.
Convergence. n
th
term test.
Comparing nonnegative series. Ratio
pp.485-487 #2;
21-24; 48; 51


pp.496-498
#5-12 even;
18-21; 35


pp.504-506
#11-13; 27-29;
35; 39

pp.515-516
#18-22; 36-42;








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8-9










10-12
pp.499-516
L35-36 Chapter 10
Section 10.5
Infinite Series
pp.517-530



L37-38 Chapter 11
Section 11.1
Parametric functions
pp.537-543
L39-40 Chapter 11
Section 11.2
Parametric functions
pp.544-566


L41-42 Chapter 11
Section 11.3
Parametric functions
pp.544-566

L43-55 Final Exam
and Review









L56-74 Review for
AP BC Calculus
Exam
test. Endpoint convergence.
Testing Convergence at Endpoint.
Integral test. Harmonic series and
p-series. Comparison tests. Alternating
series. Absolute and conditional
convergence. Intervals of
convergence. A world of caution.

Parametric functions. Parametric
curves in the plane. Slope and
concavity. Arc length. Cycloids

Vectors in the plane. Two-
dimensional vectors. Vector
operations. Modeling planar motion.
Velocity, acceleration and speed.
Displacement and distance
traveled.
Polar Functions. Polar coordinates.
Polar curves. Slopes of polar curves.
Areas enclosed by polar curves. A
small polar gallery.

In this course students take a
comprehensive final exam in similar
format to AP Exam. This exam
consists of both free response and
multiple-choice questions, including
calculator and non-calculator active
portions. During review, students work
collaboratively in cooperative groups
while working out AP style questions,
including previously released AP
questions.
Students prepare for the AP Calculus
BC exam during class time for
approximately 3 weeks prior the exam
date.
52-54
pp.528-530
#18-22; 46-50;
59; 62




pp.541-543
#13-16; 30-33;
36; 37; 43

pp.552-554 #25;
26; 33; 38; 51




pp.564-566
#26-30; 35-38;
42; 50; 52; 60


Use D. Bock,
S. Hockett
Barrons AP
Calculus 11
Edition book