Week 1 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
W | 9/3 | Organization | pp. xiii-xiv | Setting goals |
Th | 9/4 | Learning Maple | Lab: Maple Tutorial | |
F | 9/5 | Linear Functions | 1.1, 1.2 | Reading a math book |
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Week 2 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 9/8 | Exponential functions | 1.3 | |
W | 9/10 | Power, inverse functions | 1.4, 1.5 | |
Th | 9/11 | Linear models | Guide
to Writing |
Lab: Marine Pollution |
F | 9/12 | Logarithmic functions | 1.6 | |
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Week 3 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 9/15 | New functions from old | 1.9 | Log plots |
W | 9/17 | Polynomial and rational functions |
1.11 |
Writing day |
Th | 9/18 | Logarithmic plotting | Lab: Radioactive Decay | |
F | 9/19 | Speed and velocity | 2.1 | |
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Week 4 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 9/22 | Derivative at a point | 2.2 | |
W | 9/24 | Derivative, exp and ln | 2.3, 1.7 | |
Th | 9/25 | Population growth | Lab: Limited Population Growth | |
F | 9/26 | Interpretations of derivatives |
2.4, 1.7 | |
Suppl.: 1.8 |
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Week 5 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 9/29 | Second derivative | 2.5 | |
W | 10/1 | Approximations | 2.6 | |
Th | 10/2 | Lab: Radioactive Wastes | ||
F | 10/3 | Review Chapters 1, 2 | ||
Suppl.: 2.7, 2.8, App. B |
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Week 6 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 10/6 | Power Rule | 4.1, 4.2 | Start Take-Home Test 1 |
W | 10/8 | Slope fields | 9.1, 9.2 | Take-Home Test 1 due |
Th | 10/9 | Lab: Slope Fields | ||
F | 10/10 | Exponential Rules | 4.3 | |
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Week 7 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
Fall Break | ||||
W | 10/15 | Euler's Method | 9.3 | |
Th | 10/16 | Euler's Method | Lab: Raindrops | |
F | 10/17 | Growth and decay | 9.5 | |
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Week 8 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 10/20 | Product Rule | 4.4 | |
W | 10/22 | Chain Rule | 4.5 | |
Th | 10/23 | Newton's Law of Cooling | Lab: Fitting Exponential Decay | |
F | 10/24 | Trigonometry review | 1.10 | |
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Week 9 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 10/27 | Trigonometric functions | 4.6 | |
W | 10/29 | Applications of Chain Rule |
4.7 | |
Th | 10/30 | Lab: Time and Temperature | ||
F | 10/31 | Implicitly defined functions |
4.8 | ATC Project |
Suppl.: 4.9 |
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Week 10 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 11/3 | Separation of variables | 9.4 | |
W | 11/5 | Using derivatives | 5.1, 5.2 | |
Th | 11/6 | Review of differentiation | Practice for Gateway Test | |
F | 11/7 | Gateway Test | ||
Suppl.: 5.3, 5.4, 5.7 |
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Week 11 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 11/10 | Optimization | 5.5 | |
W | 11/12 | More optimization | 5.6 | |
Th | 11/13 | Interacting species | Lab: Predator-Prey Models | |
F | 11/14 | Review Chapters 4, 5 | ||
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Week 12 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 11/17 | Distance from velocity | 3.1 | Start Take-Home Test 2; Car speed worksheet |
W | 11/19 | Definite integral | 3.2 | Take-Home Test 2 due |
Th | 11/20 | Area approximations | Lab: Accumulation | |
F | 11/21 | Area and averaging | 3.3 | Average temperature worksheet |
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Week 13 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 11/24 | Fundamental Theorem | 3.4 | |
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Week 14 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 12/1 | Antiderivatives | 6.3 | Start Take-Home part of Final Exam |
W | 12/3 | Indefinite integrals | 6.4 | |
Th | 12/4 | World population growth | Lab: World Population | |
F | 12/5 | Modeling | 9.6 | |
Suppl.: 9.7, 9.8 |
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Week 15 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
M | 12/8 | Summary of the semester | ||
W | 12/10 | TC Evaluation | Take-Home part of Final Exam due |
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Week 16 | Date | Topic | Reading | Activity |
12/18 | Final Exam, 7-10 pm | In-Class part of Final Exam |
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