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    The course

    Syllabus Updated 25 July 2015

    Letter to Parents Updated 25 July 2015

    Current class information Updated 18 March 2016

    Links to Resources Updated 1 June 2012

    Grades Grades will be posted on School Loop.

    How we've done Updated 12 July 2013

    Hall of Fame and class pictures Updated 17 May 2014

    Summer Assignment for AP Calculus 2015-2016

    Final Exam Schedule Updated 23 February 2016

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AP Calculus teaches college level mathematics to secondary students who are ready to begin the study of the Calculus.  The College Board sets the topics to be covered and provides an examination in May to verify completion and understanding of the material by students. The State of California has also defined its Standards for Calculus.

This course has two distinct goals:

• First, to learn and appreciate Calculus as both a significant mathematical/scientific tool and as a human achievement.

• Second, to prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examination in Calculus (AB or BC) which will be given on Tuesday, May 5, 2015.  Passing this examination may earn you college credit when you enroll in a four year institution in the Fall of 2015.

Both examinations are demanding.  The BC examination covers all of the content of the AB examination plus five other topics (Taylor series, Euler approximations, polar equations, vector applications, and parametric applications).

Current Information Updated 18 March 2016

Our AP Exam results since the 1998-1999 School Year:

Mean Score

2011-2012

36

8

6

7

6

9

61%

3.1

2010-2011

35

9

5

12

2

7

60%

2.8

2009-2010

35

6

4

11

9

5

71%

3.1

2008-2009

29

5

6

4

8

6

62%

3.1

2007-2008

27

2

7

6

9

3

67%

3.1

2006-2007

25

3

6

9

5

2

64%

2.9

2005-2006

30

2

7

3

14

4

70%

3.4

2004-2005

19

0

2

3

5

9

89%

4.1

2003-2004

27

4

5

5

7

6

67%

3.2

2002-2003

24

4

4

4

4

8

67%

3.3

1

3

6

6

4

80%

3.5

3.4

3.0

3.2

526

83

86

121

123

113

68%

3.2

Since 2002, BC students have earned an AB subscore in addition to their BC score.  When tabulating results in the table above, the higher of the BC or AB subscore has been considered in order to render a record indicating the number of students earning passing scores.  In no instance have both scores been counted in an attempt to make the outcomes look better.

Links to AP Calculus Resources:

• Khan Academy (These are really good; scroll down to the calculus section.  Pre-calculus topics are also presented in their section.)

• Textbook problems and solutions to odd numbered items

• Calculus Applets  A cool set of Java applets organized by topic.  You will need to have Java enabled on your computer to enjoy these resources.

• Pauls Online Math Notes Dr. Paul Dawkins is associate professor of mathematics at Lamar University.

• The College Board

• Harvey Mudd College calculus tutorials

• Harvey Mudd College phone tutoring

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Calculus for Beginners and Artists

• Calculus Graphics from Penn State University

• David Wright is a Calculus teacher in Washington.

• Java animations of Calculus concepts from Japan.

• Texas Instruments offers archives of programs for their line of graphing calculators.

• Visual Calculus, a series of tutorials and examples from the Mathematics Department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

• Varsity Tutors offers free resources for learning an practicing algebra.

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