Schedule
for

Math 1A
Calculus
 Spring ‘08

 

Schedule, Syllabus, Tests&Review, Grades

Tentative Schedule

Week # Week Starting Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 28-Jan 1.1: Four Ways to Represent a Function 1.2: New Patterns from Old Functions 1.3: Graphing Calculators and Computers 1.4: Parametric Curves Diagnostic Test
2 4-Feb 1.5: Exponential Functions 1.6: Inverse Functions and Logarithms 1.7: Models and Curve Fitting Principles of Problem Solving Principles of Problem Solving
3 11-Feb Chapter 1 Review Chapter 1 Review Chapter 1 Test 2.1: The Tangent and Velocity Problems Holiday
4 18-Feb Holiday 2.2: The Limit of a Function 2.3: Calculating Limits Using the Limit Laws 2.4: Continuity 2.5: Limits Involving Infinity
5 25-Feb 2.6: Tangents, Velocities, and Other Rates of Change 2.7: Derivatives 2.8:  The Derivative of a Function 2.9:  Linear Approximations
6 3-Mar 2.10:  What Does f' Say About f? Focus on Problem Solving Chapter 2 Review
7 10-Mar Chapter 2 Test 3.1: Derivatives of Polynomial and Exponential Functions 3.2: The Product and Quotient Rules 3.3: Rates of Change in the Natural and Social Sciences
  17-Mar Spring Break
8 24-Mar 3.4:  Derivatives of Trigonometric Functions 3.5: The Chain Rule 3.5: The Chain Rule 3.6: Implicit Differentiation 3.7:  Derivatives of Logarithmic Functions
9 31-Mar 3.8:  Linear Approximations and Differentials Lab Project on Taylor Polynomials Review for Chapter 3 Test
10 7-Apr Chapter 3 Test 4.1: Related Rates 4.2:  Maximum and Minimum Values
11 14-Apr 4.3: Derivatives and Shapes of Curves 4.4: Graphing With Calculus and Calculators 4.5:  Indeterminant Forms and L'Hopital's Rule 4.6:  Optimization Problems
12 21-Apr 4.7: Applications to Economics 4.8: Newton's Method 4.9: Antiderivatives Chapter 4 Review
13 28-Apr Chapter 4 Review Chapter 4 Review Chapter 4 Test 5.1:  Area and Distances 5.2:  The Definite Integral
14 5-May 5.3:  Evaluating Definite Integrals Discovery Project: Area Functions 5.4:  The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Review for Chapter 5 Test Chapter 5 Test
15 12-May Review for Final Exam
16 19-May       Final Exam