Calculus, Block C

"Captain's log"
DateSection(s) / Assignment
08/13/2013first day of class - "subway" problem
08/14/2013wrap-up subway problem; hw: handout (odds)
08/15/2013continuity, differentiability; hw: download winplot for your pc laptop
08/16/2013implicit differentiation & winplot (handout); finish for hw
08/19/2013related rates; hw: handout #1-3, 8-10
08/20/2013intro l'hopital's rule; hw: handout #1-9
08/21/2013more indeterminate forms, quiz
08/22/2013intro to differential equations; hw: handout, HH p.481 #3,4,14
08/23/2013slope fields & intro to euler's method; hw: HH p.487 #8-10
08/26/2013euler's method on ms excel; hw: finish #1-2 (handout)
08/27/2013euler's method error; hw: atomic waste handout #1-2
08/28/2013atomic waste & begin skydiver investigation
08/29/2013continue working on skydiver
08/30/2013test #1
09/03/2013continue working on skydiver
09/04/2013intro to "tangent parabolas", continue working on skydiver; hw: CC p.219 #1ac,2a
09/05/2013quadratic euler's method; hw: CC p.219 #4
09/06/2013intro to taylor polynomials; hw: CC p.242 #1,2
09/09/2013more taylor polys; hw: HH p.440 #2,11,12,21,24
09/10/2013into parametric equations; hw: handout (front page only)
09/11/2013more parametric equations; hw: work on back page of handout
09/12/2013"parametric planes" activity
09/13/2013begin working on mars trip problem; hw: try to finish through part 2 (outward journey)
09/16/2013outward trip to mars
09/17/2013wrap-up mars trip; derivatives of parametric equations; hw: handout #1-4
09/20/2013test
09/23/2013more parametric equations; hw: same handout #1-3 at bottom
09/24/2013parametric equations - 2nd ders; hw: same handout #2,5,6 (2nd der)
09/25/2013curvature
09/26/2013wrap-up curvature; intro integration; no new hw besides work on graded hw
09/27/2013left- and right-hand sums
10/01/2013definition of def integral/ left-/right-sums; hw: HH p.227 #5,6,7,9
10/02/2013more left-/right-sums; hw: handout #1-4
10/03/2013midpoint rule; hw: handout odds
10/04/2013more sums, criteria for over-/under-estimates; hw: HH p.320 #5,7,10,12-15
10/07/2013fundamental theorem of calculus; hw: CC p.251 #1
10/08/2013area between curves; hw: handout #3,6,7,13,16,17
10/09/2013area between curves & displacement/ distance
10/10/2013u-substitution
10/11/2013test
10/14/2013intro to integration by parts & separation of variables
10/15/2013start working on investigations
10/17/2013work on investigations
10/18/2013work on investigtations