| Advanced Placement Calculus AB covers the equivalent of two quarters of college calculus. Advanced Placement Calculus BC covers the equivalent of three quarters of college calculus. Most students will choose to take the Advanced Placement Calculus Test the morning of May 6, 2009, and many will receive college credit. For more information, see Advanced Placement at CollegeBoard.com . |
| Students will be using graphing calculators in class and when taking the Advanced Placement Test. It is strongly recommended that each student buy his or her own calculator if at all possible. The calculator that is recommended is the TI-89. Students may use the newer TI-89 Titanium Edition or the older TI-89. For more information about this calculator click the photo at left. |
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| The TI-89 calculator can usually be purchased locally at Staples, Office Max, Target, or the WSU Bookstore. Costco often carries them in the fall. The TI-89 can also be purchased online at: |
| We will be using: Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic by Finney, Demana, Waits & Kennedy, 3rd edition, © 2007. This recently released textbook is the successor to books we have been using for many years. The new version is written specifically for Advanced Placement Calculus classes, and includes many enhancements including sample advanced placement style questions. |
| Advanced Placement Calculus Mr. Kelly Hanford High School |
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| Information compiled by The College Board about AP Credit policies and colleges and universities around the country. Contains links to college web pages. Note: If there is any question you should contact the college directly before making plans.. |
| A.P. Exam Review Book: Most students take the A.P. Exam without using any additional review books, but if you have the time and want to improve your chances of a higher score, I strongly recommend Cracking the AP Calculus by The Princeton Review. Students who used this book in previous years found it extremely helpful. Cracking the AP Calculus can be purchased locally or ordered from Amazon.com . |
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| Calculus on the Web - a system for learning, practicing and experimenting with the ideas of calculus - is the ongoing work of Gerardo Mendoza and Dan Reich of the Mathematics Department at Temple University. |
| "The Calculus Page": An extensive list or resources and links for calculus. |
| Handouts used in A.P. Calculus, including the 11 page Formula Sheet, as well as instructions for the TI-89 calculator and other helpful information. |
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| PowerPoint Lectures: All of the lectures in calculus class are done as PowerPoint presentations. Students in calculus class are given a CD with all of the lectures as well as some of the class handouts. PowerPoint Lectures Online: The PowerPoint lectures for this class are now available online for individual download on the website of the Houston Area Calculus Teachers. Sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Houston. Calculus Teachers click here for information on ordering the lectures on CD. |
| Help with the TI-89 graphing calculator and other graphing calculators as well. |
| Online animations of calculus topics from International Education Software. |
| On-line tutorials, practice problems and competitions. Requires Macromedia Flash Player, available for free download here. |
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| The College Board - Information on the Advanced Placement exams, as well as the SAT and PSAT exams. Also, there is a college search feature that lets you search colleges across the United States based on the characteristics that you are interested in. |
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| Calculator Emulator Create a copy of your TI graphing calculator that works on your computer. You can make screenshots of the calculator or the calculator screen. You must own a TI calculator so that you can load the calculator ROM to the computer, and you will need a graph-link cable to connect to the computer. This does not yet work with the Titanium Edition. |
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| On-line Mathematics Help from the University of Houston. - Review material for First Semester Calculus and Second Semester Calculus, as well as other math classes. |
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| AP Exam Tips and more AP Exam Hints! |
| Hints for success at college from Mr. & Mrs. Kelly, based on years of experience. |
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| Another calculus teacner's list of facts and formulas that you absolutely must know for the AP Exam. Requires Adobe Reader. |
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| Interactive website for practice with the unit circle. |
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| A brief history of calculus with links to further resources and photos of mathematicians. |
| Released Exams: You can download released free-response AP exams from previous years by clicking on the links below: AB Released Exams BC Released Exams |
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| The home of CALCULUS: THE MUSICAL. |
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| On-line Calculus Videos from the Dept, of Mathematics, University of Houston Created by Selwyn Hollis To view these lectures, you need a high speed internet connection and Apple's QuickTime player (free). They can be viewd with Internet Explorer, but run much better with the Mozilla Firefox Browser (also free). |
| Mozilla Firefox Browser - free and needed to view the on-line calculus lectures above. |
