Day | Date | Activity | Assignment (due one week from assignment date, unless otherwise stated) |
Mon | 1/17 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | |
Wed | 1/19 | Welcome/Rates of Change | For next time:
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Mon | 1/24 | Section 1.1: How do we measure velocity? |
For next time:
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Wed | 1/26 | Section 1.2: The notion of limit |
Read Section
1.3: The derivative of a function at a point, and carry out the
preview exercise (I won't ask you to hand this one in; but
bring your work to class, because it will be graded "informally".).
Also carry out the following two exercises (due next Monday, at 2:00 pm (before class), to submit on Canvas): Section 1.1, #8; Section 1.2, #7. |
Mon | 1/31 | Section 1.3: The derivative of a function at a point |
For next time: no new reading. We're going to continue discussing Section
1.3: The derivative of a function at a point.
Your "preview" for Wednesday is to "Explore" two of the "GeoGebra" examples mentioned in this section (there are questions at the end of each); these are the work of Marc Renault, at Shippensburg University:
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Wed | 2/2 | Section 1.3: The derivative of a function at a point | |
Mon | 2/7 | Section 1.3/1.4: The derivative function |
For next time: read Section
1.4: The derivative function, and carry out the
preview exercise. Upload your preview to Canvas prior
to class on Wednesday. I'll also have you turn in
your handout work on Canvas, too. It will also be due
by class-time on Wednesday.
Also carry out the following two exercises (due next Monday, at 2:00 pm (before class), to submit on Canvas): Section 1.3, #7 and #8. |
Wed | 2/9 | Section 1.4: The derivative function |
For next time: read Section
1.5: Interpreting, estimating, and using the
derivative, and carry out the preview
exercise. Upload your preview to Canvas prior to class
on Monday. Also turn in your handout work on Canvas
by class-time on Monday.
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Mon | 2/14 | Section 1.5: Using the derivative | No new assignment: review and prepare for your exam. Make sure that you have a functioning graphing calculator for the exam. |
Wed | 2/16 | Exam 1 | |
Mon | 2/21 | Section 1.6: The second derivative |
For next time: read Section
1.8: The Tangent Line Approximation, and carry out the
preview exercise. Upload your preview to Canvas prior to class
on Monday. Also turn in your 1.6 worksheet on Canvas by
class-time on Wednesday.
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Wed | 2/23 | Section 1.8: The Tangent Line Approximation | We're going to jump ahead to chapter 2 next time. Please read section 2.1 to prepare, and do the preview exercise to submit on Canvas. |
Mon | 2/28 | Section 2.1: Elementary Derivative rules, and Section 2.3: Product and Quotient Rules | Read section 2.2 (derivatives of sines and cosines); do
the preview and submit prior to class next time.
You will also be submitting your worksheet on Canvas.
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Wed | 3/2 | Section 2.2: The sine and cosine functions | Read section 2.4 (Derivatives of other trigonometric functions); do
the preview and submit prior to class next time. And have a merry Spring break! You will also be submitting your worksheet on Canvas.
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Mon | 3/7 | Spring Break | |
Wed | 3/9 | Spring Break | |
Mon | 3/14 | Section 2.4: Derivatives of other trigonometric functions | |
Wed | 3/16 | Section 2.5: The chain rule |
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Mon | 3/21 | Review | Prepare for exam |
Wed | 3/23 | Exam 2 | |
Mon | 3/28 | Section 2.7: Derivatives of functions given implicitly | Please read section 2.6 to prepare, and do the preview exercise to submit on Canvas. |
Wed | 3/30 | Section 2.6: Derivatives of Inverse Functions | |
Mon | 4/4 | Section 2.8: Using Derivatives to Evaluate Limits | |
Wed | 4/6 | Curve Sketching | |
Mon | 4/11 | Section 3.1: Using derivatives to identify extreme values | |
Wed | 4/13 | Section 3.3: Global Optimization | |
Mon | 4/18 | Section 3.4: Applied Optimization | |
Wed | 4/20 | Exam 3 | |
Mon | 4/25 | Section 3.4: Applied Optimization | |
Wed | 4/27 | Section 3.5: Related Rates | |
Mon | 5/2 | More Optimization and Related Rates | A glimpse of the future! |
Wed | 5/4 | Review | |
Mon | 5/9 | Rest | |
Wed | 5/11 | Final Exam (2:30 pm) |