Welcome to AP Calculus AB! Advanced Placement Calculus AB is designed as college-level Calculus I. Students are required to take the College Board AB Examination in May to determine college credit awarded. This class will provide an advanced study of Calculus and possibly prepare you for taking the AP Calculus AB AP Exam. Calculus is often thought of as the apex of high school math but it is actually the door that opens the student to a new world of mathematics that allows us to truly explore nature. This class covers Functions, Graphs, Limits, Differential Calculus (techniques and applications) and integral Calculus preparing the student for the AP Calculus exam.
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- Students should be able to work with functions represented in a variety of ways: graphical, numerical, analytical, or verbal. They should understand the connections among these representations.
- Students should understand the meaning of the derivative in terms of a rate of change and local linear approximation and should be able to use derivatives to solve a variety of problems.
- Students should understand the meaning of the definite integral both as a limit of Riemann sums and as the net accumulation of a rate of change and should be able to use integrals to solve a variety of problems.
- Students should understand the relationship between the derivative and the definite integral as expressed in both parts of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus.
- Students should be able to communicate mathematics both orally and in well-written sentences and should be able to explain solutions to problems.
- Students should be able to model a written description of a physical situation with a function, a differential equation, or an integral.
- Students should be able to use technology to help solve problems, experiment, interpret results, and verify conclusions.
- Students should be able to determine the reasonableness of solutions, including sign, size, relative accuracy, and units of measurement.
- Students should develop an appreciation of calculus as a coherent body of knowledge and as a human accomplishment.
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| Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of: Geometry, Algebra II, and Pre-calculus |
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| Please pay your tuition : |
| Semester Fee |
$395.00 |
(Class is held on Mondays from 4:00PM - 7:00PM PST) |
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$15.00 |
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| Exam Fee |
$84.00 |
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| We would appreciate it if you would make your payments on the due dates or make special payment arrangements with Mrs. Katinka Tichnell prior to the start of the course. Please make checks payable to Katinka. |
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| If you need to contact Mrs. Katinka Tichnell, for any reason, she is available at 626-798-9657 and at kt@abacus-es.com. |
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