On this page:

1. The course

2. Syllabus Updated 27 December 2009

3. Current class information Updated 16 February 2012

4. Links to Resources Updated 15 October 2011

5. Grades Grades will be posted on School Loop.

6. How we've done Updated 19 July 2011

7. Hall of Fame and class pictures Updated 19 July 2011

8. Practice Book Solutions Updated 6 March 2011

9. Summer Assignment for AP Calculus 2011-2012

10. Letter to Parents Updated 19 July 2011

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AP Calculus teaches university level Calculus to secondary students who are ready to begin the study of the Calculus.  The College Board sets the topics to be covered and provides an examination in May to verify completion and understanding of the material by students. The State of California has also defined its Standards for Calculus.

This course has two distinct goals:

• First, to learn and appreciate Calculus as both a significant mathematical/scientific tool and as a human achievement.

• Second, to prepare for the College Board’s Advanced Placement Examination in Calculus (AB or BC) which will be given on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.  Passing this examination may earn you college credit when you enroll in a four year institution in the Fall of 2011.

Both examinations are demanding.  The BC examination covers all of the material on the AB examination plus five other topics (Taylor series approximations, Euler approximations, polar equations, vector applications, and parametric applications).

Current Information Updated 16 February 2012

Our AP Exam Track Record Since the 1998-1999 School Year:

Mean Score

2009-2010

35

6

4

11

9

5

71%

3.1

2008-2009

29

5

6

4

8

6

62%

3.1

2007-2008

27

2

7

6

9

3

67%

3.1

2006-2007

27

3

6

11

5

2

67%

2.9

2005-2006

30

2

7

3

14

4

70%

3.4

2004-2005

19

0

2

3

5

9

89%

4.1

2003-2004

27

4

5

5

7

6

67%

3.2

2002-2003

24

4

4

4

4

8

67%

3.3

1

3

6

6

4

80%

3.5

3.4

3.0

3.2

325

41

62

75

86

65

69%

3.2

Since 2002, BC students have earned an AB subscore in addition to their BC score.  When tabulating results in the table above, the higher of the BC or AB subscore has been considered in order to render a record indicating the number of students earning passing scores.  In no instance have both scores been counted in an attempt to make the outcomes look better.

Links to AP Calculus Resources:

• Khan Academy (These are quite good; scroll down to the calculus section.  Pre-calculus topics are also presented in their section.)

• Pauls Online Math Notes Dr. Paul Dawkins is associate professor of mathematics at Lamar University.

• The College Board

• Harvey Mudd College calculus tutorials

• Harvey Mudd College phone tutoring

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Calculus for Beginners and Artists
  Calculus Graphics from Penn State University
  Cram Central AP Preparation
  David Wright is a Calculus teacher in Washington.

• Java animations of Calculus concepts from Japan.

• Texas Instruments offers archives of programs for their line of graphing calculators.
  Visual Calculus, a series of tutorials and examples from the Mathematics Department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Instructor is Tom James.  E-mail your comments:
If you are interested, here is a short bio about Mr. James.

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