| Day | Date | Activity | Assignment |
| Mon | 1/9 | Welcome: Linear Things | For next time:
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| Wed | 1/11 | Section 1.1: How do we measure velocity? |
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| Mon | 1/16 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | |
| Wed | 1/18 | Section 1.2: The notion of limit |
Please read Section
1.3: The derivative of a function at a point, and carry out the
preview exercise.
Also carry out the following two exercises: Section 1.1, #8; Section 1.2, #7. |
| Mon | 1/23 | Section 1.2: The notion of limit |
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:
I'd like you to use Desmos in class next time (or something similar, so that you can do some graphing); bring a laptop or tablet, if you can. |
| Wed | 1/25 | Section 1.3: The derivative of a function at a point |
For next time: read Section
1.4: The derivative function, and carry out the
preview exercise.
Also carry out the following two exercises: Section 1.3, #7 and #8. |
| Mon | 1/30 | Section 1.3/1.4: The derivative function | |
| Wed | 2/1 | 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.
You might try some of the activities, and exercises in the section, which you can "activate" in webwork. You also have a new assignment on IMath.
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| Mon | 2/6 | Section 1.5: Using the derivative |
For next time: read Section
1.6: the Second Derivative, and carry out the
preview exercise.
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| Wed | 2/8 | Section 1.6: The second derivative |
For next time:
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| Mon | 2/13 | Section 1.8: The Tangent Line Approximation | Read Section 1.8: The Tangent Line Approximation, and carry out the preview exercise. |
| Wed | 2/15 | 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. |
| Mon | 2/20 | Section 2.1: Elementary derivative rules | Read section 2.2 (derivatives of sines and cosines); do the preview |
| Wed | 2/22 | Section 2.2: The sine and cosine functions | Please complete your worksheets to help you to prepare for the exam. |
| Mon | 2/27 | Review | |
| Wed | 3/1 | Midterm | Although we have already gone over both the product and
quotient rules, you should read over Section 2.3: Product and Quotient Rules,
just to make sure that you understand them.
Have a great Spring break! |
| Mon | 3/6 | Spring Break | |
| Wed | 3/8 | Spring Break | |
| Mon | 3/13 | Section 2.4: Derivatives of other trigonometric functions | For next time: Read section
2.5 (the Chain Rule), and carry out the preview.
You also have a couple of new IMath assignments. |
| Wed | 3/15 | Section 2.5: The chain rule | |
| Mon | 3/20 | Section 2.7: Derivatives of functions given implicitly | Read section 2.7 Derivatives of Functions Given Implicitly, and carry out the preview. |
| Wed | 3/22 | Covering Climate: the calculus of climate change | |
| Mon | 3/27 | Implicit Differentiation | For next time: please read section 2.6 (derivatives of inverse functions) to prepare, and do the preview exercise |
| Wed | 3/29 | Section 2.6: Derivatives of Inverse Functions | |
| Mon | 4/3 | Sections 2.8 and 3.2: Using Derivatives to Evaluate Limits and Curve Sketching | Please read section 3.1 (Using derivatives to identify extreme values) to prepare, and do the preview exercise |
| Wed | 4/5 | Section 3.1: Using derivatives to identify extreme values | |
| Mon | 4/10 | Section 3.1, continued | Please read section 3.5 (Related Rates) to prepare, and do the preview exercise. |
| Wed | 4/12 | Section 3.5: Related Rates | |
| Mon | 4/17 | Section 3.3: Global Optimization | |
| Wed | 4/19 | Section 3.4: Applied Optimization | |
| Mon | 4/24 | Antiderivatives | |
| Wed | 4/26 | Review | |
| Mon | 5/1 | Rest | |
| Wed | 5/3 (2:30pm) | Comprehensive Final Exam | |