Classroom: 419

Subject:Calculus 1 (AP Calculus AB) Teacher: Mr. Schievenin

Livingston American School Quarterly Lesson Plan

Week 1
Concept / Topic To Teach:

Introduction to Calculus

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Limits

Derivatives

Derivatives

LO 1.1A(a):
Express limits symbolically using correct
notation.

LO 1.1A(a):
Express limits symbolically using correct
notation.

LO 2.1A:
Identify the derivative of a function as the
limit of a difference quotient.

LO 2.1B:
Estimate Derivatives

LO 1.1A(b):
Interpret limits expressed symbolically.

LO 1.1A(b):
Interpret limits expressed symbolically.

LO 2.1B:
Estimate Derivatives

LO 1.1B:
Estimate limits of functions.

LO 1.1B:
Estimate limits of functions.

LO 2.1C:
Calculate derivatives.

LO 1.1C:
Determine limits of functions.

LO 1.1C:
Determine limits of functions.

LO 2.1D:
Determine higher order derivatives

LO 1.1D:
Deduce and interpret behavior of functions
using limits.

LO 1.1D:
Deduce and interpret behavior of functions
using limits.

LO 2.2B:
Recognize the connection between
differentiability and continuity.

LO 1.2A:
Analyze functions for intervals of
continuity or points of discontinuity.

LO 1.2A:
Analyze functions for intervals of
continuity or points of discontinuity.

LO 2.3A:
Interpret the meaning of a derivative within
a problem.

LO 1.2B:
Determine the applicability of important
calculus theorems using continuity

LO 2.3B:
Solve problems involving the slope of a
tangent line.

Limits/Algebra
Standards Addressed:

General Goals:

A Preview of Calculus

Evaluate limits analytically

Buy in to the course and exam

Introduce Continuity and one-sided limits

An introduction to limits, including an

intuitive understanding of the limit process

Introduce Infinite limits

Estimating limits graphically and

numerically
Reintroduce function notation and
function compositions

Describing asymptotes using infinite limit

notation

Introduction to the derivative using the

limit of a difference quotient
Understanding of the derivative:
graphically, numerically, and analytically
Overview of
power/product/quotient/chain rules and
how they relate to limits
Evaluating higher order derivatives
Reintroduce the Unit Circle
Evaluate derivatives for Sin/Cos/Tan

LO 2.1C:
Calculate derivatives.
LO 2.1D:
Determine higher order derivatives
LO 2.2A:
Use derivatives to analyze properties of a
function

The derivative as: the limit of the average

rate of change, an instantaneous rate of
change, limit of the difference quotient,
and the slope of a curve at a point
The meaning of the derivative
translating verbal descriptions into
equations and vice versa
The relationship between differentiability
and continuity
Functions that have a vertical tangent at a
point
Functions that have a point on which
there is no tangent

Classroom: 419
Specific Objectives:

Subject:Calculus 1 (AP Calculus AB) Teacher: Mr. Schievenin

SWBAT:

SWBAT:

SWBAT:

Describe some situations

where Calculus must be
employed to solve a
problem rather than algebra

Calculate some simple

limits analytically,
graphically, and
numerically

Calculate when a function is

not defined due to a vertical
asymptote

Calculate any horizontal

asymptotes the function
approaches when nearing
negative infinity or infinity

Categorize a function as
continuous, having a
removable discontinuity, or
having a non-removable
discontinuity at a point

Evaluate limits graphically

and numerically

Evaluate composite
functions

Assessment Based On
Objectives:

Homework

Core Values Addressed

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Connect infinite limits to the

concept of asymptotes, then
compare and contrast the
process for evaluating each

Determine whether or not a

limit is continuous, and if
not, whether or not the
discontinuity enables us to
predict an expected value
via the limit process.

Chapter 1 Test

Quiz 1 Online

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

SWBAT:

Use limits to determine the

slope of a line at a point

Use graphing calculators to

find the derivative

Use this new definition of a

derivative to prove
power/quotient
/product/chain rules

Apply the derivative to real

life situations

Relate Distance/Velocity
/Acceleration

Use these shortcuts to find

the instantaneous slope at
that point

Find the relative minimum

and maximum values

Calculate the slope of a line

tangent to a curve at any
given point, or determine a
derivative via numerical or
graphical approaches.

Determine whether or not a

function is differentiable,
relating differentiation to
limits graphically and
analytically in a new way.

Solve for higher order

derivatives

Determine the
sine/cosine/tangent of unit
circle values WITHOUT the
aid of a calculator

Homework

Homework

Quiz 2 Online

Quiz 3 Online

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Classroom: 419

Subject:Calculus 1 (AP Calculus AB) Teacher: Mr. Schievenin

Livingston American School Quarterly Lesson Plan
Week 5

Concept / Topic To Teach:

Standards Addressed:

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Application of Derivatives

Application of Derivatives

Application of Derivatives

Application of Derivatives

LO 2.1C:
Calculate derivatives.

LO 2.1C:
Calculate derivatives.

LO 2.3E:
Verify solutions to differential equations

LO 2.3E:
Verify solutions to differential equations

LO 2.1D:
Determine higher order derivatives

LO 2.1D:
Determine higher order derivatives

LO 2.3F:
Estimate solutions to differential equations

LO 2.3F:
Estimate solutions to differential equations

LO 2.2A:
Use derivatives to analyze properties of a
function

LO 2.2A:
Use derivatives to analyze properties of a
function

LO 2.4A:
Apply the Mean Value Theorem to
describe the behavior of a function over an
interval

LO 2.4A:
Apply the Mean Value Theorem to
describe the behavior of a function over an
interval

LO 2.2B:
Recognize the connection between
differentiability and continuity.

LO 2.2B:
Recognize the connection between
differentiability and continuity.

LO 2.3A:
Interpret the meaning of a derivative
within a problem.

LO 2.3A:
Interpret the meaning of a derivative
within a problem.

LO 2.3B:
Solve problems involving the slope of a
tangent line.

LO 2.3B:
Solve problems involving the slope of a
tangent line.

LO 2.3C:
Solve problems involving related rates,
optimization, rectilinear motion, (BC) and
planar motion.

LO 2.3C:
Solve problems involving related rates,
optimization, rectilinear motion, (BC) and
planar motion.

LO 2.3D:
Solve problems involving rates of change
in applied contexts.

LO 2.3D:
Solve problems involving rates of change
in applied contexts.

Classroom: 419
General Goals:

Subject:Calculus 1 (AP Calculus AB) Teacher: Mr. Schievenin

Optimize values in a real-world context

Implicit differentiation
Related rates

Extrema on an interval and the Extreme

Value Theorem
Rolles Theorem and the Mean Value
Theorem

Review

Increasing and decreasing functions and

the First Derivative Test

Concavity and points of inflection

Concavity and the second derivatives test
Limits at infinity
A summary of curve sketchingusing
geometric and analytic information as well
as calculus to predict the behavior of a
function
Relating the graphs of f , f (x), and f
(x)

Specific Objectives

Assessment Based On
Objectives:

Core Values Addressed

Use the principles of

differentiation to minimize or
maximize values in the real
world

Create functions that model

real world events (such as
profits as a function of
price/sales/fixed costs/fluid
costs), then explain what the
derivative would mean and
why it might be useful when
analyzing real-world events

Incorporate the derivative rules

and/or Algebraic/Geometric
principles with optimization to
solve more complex
optimization problems in the
real world
Solve related rates problems

Apply the principles of

instantaneous rate of change to
solve various problems in
physics and chemistry

Use the mean value theorem to

prove whether or not a point on
a function exists, apply this to
prove that whether or not
someone was speeding between
point A and B

Match the graphs of a function,

its first derivative, and its
second derivative appropriately

Match the equations of a

function, first derivative, and
second derivative appropriately

Sketch a curve, then sketch its

derivative and second
derivative

Relate slope and concavity to

real world velocity/acceleration
of height or distance functions

Homework

Homework

Homework

Homework

Unit Test: Limits and

Derivatives 1

Online Quiz 4

Online Quiz 5

Unit Test: Limits and

Derivatives 2

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

Compassion,
Communication, Creativity,
Confidence

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