Schedule for Spring 1998,
Calculus I with Applications
MWF 8:45-9:50 A.M., T 8:30-10:30, Th 8:30-9:20
| Month | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12
Introduction 1.1, 1.3 What's a Function? Exponential Functions | 13
Meet in the PC lab Windows 95 Tutorial Maple New User's Tour | 14
1.4, 1.5 Power Functions Inverse Functions | 15
1.7, 1.8 The Number e and Natural Logarithms New Functions from Old | 16
1.9 The Trigonometric Functions |
| 19
Martin Luther King Day | 20
Maple Labs | 21
1.10, 1.11 Polynomials and Rational Functions Introduction to Continuity | 22
Group Problem Presentations | 23
2.1 How Do We Measure Speed? | |
| 26
2.2 The Derivative at a Point | 27
Maple Labs | 28
2.3 The Derivative Function 2.4 Hwk Assigned | 29
Group Problem Presentations | 30
2.4 Interpretations of the Derivative Go over 2.4 homework for most of the class. | |
| February | 2
2.5 The Second Derivative | 3
Maple Labs | 4
Focus on Theory (p136) Differentiability and Linear Approximation | 5
Group Problem Presentations | 6
3.1, 3.2 How Do We Measure Distance Traveled? The Definite Integral |
| 9
3.2 The Definite Integral | 10
Maple Labs SKILLS EXAM | 11
3.3 Interpretations of the Definite Integral | 12
Group Problem Presentations | 13
3.4 Theorems About Definite Integrals The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | |
| 16
Presidents' Day | 17
Maple Labs | 18
Catch up Review | 19
Group Problem Presentations | 20
EXAM 1 | |
| 23
4.1 Short-Cuts to Differentaion Powers and Polynomials | 24
Maple Labs | 25
4.2 Short-Cuts to Differentaion The Exponential Function | 26
Group Problem Presentations | 27
4.3 The Product and Quotient Rules | |
| March | 2
4.4 The Chain Rule | 3
Maple Labs | 4
4.5, 4.6 The Trigonometric Functions Applications of the Chain Rule SKILLS Practice (p237) | 5
Group Problem Presentations | 6
5.1 Using First and Second Derivatives |
| 9
5.2 Families of Curves: A Qualitative Study | 10
Maple Labs | 11
SKILLS EXAM | 12
Group Problem Presentations | 13
5.3 Optimization | |
| 16
Section 5.4 Applications to Marginality | 17
Maple Labs | 18
5.5 More Optimization: Introduction to Modeling | 19
Group Problem Presentations | 20
6.1 Antiderivatives Graphically and Numerically | |
| 23
6.2 Constructing Antiderivatives Analytically | 24
Maple Labs | 25
6.3 Differential Equations | 26
Group Problem Presentations | 27
6.4 Second Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | |
| 30
Group Problem Presentations Catch up Review | 31
Maple Labs | 1
EXAM 2 | 2
Focus on Modeling (p317) The Equations of Motion | 3
Geometry and Curvature | |
| April | 6
Easter Recess | 7
Easter Recess | 8
Easter Recess | 9
Easter Recess | 10
Easter Recess |
| 13
Easter Recess | 14
Maple Labs | 15
7.1 Integration by Substitution I | 16
Group Problem Presentations | 17
7.2 Integration by Substitution II | |
| 20
7.3 Integration by parts | 21
Maple Labs | 22
7.5 Approximating Definite Integrals | 23
Group Problem Presentations | 24
SKILLS EXAM | |
| 27
7.6 Approximation Errors and Simpson's Rule | 28
Maple Labs | 29
7.7 Improper Integrals | 30
Group Problem Presentations | 1
8.1 Applications to Geometry | |
| May | 4
8.4 Applications to Economics | 5
Maple Labs SKILLS EXAM | 6
8.2 Density and Center of Mass | 7
Group Problem Presentations | 8
Review |
| 11
| 12
| 13
Final EXAM 8:00 - 10:00 | 14
| 15
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