• AP CALCULUS AB

    Credits: 5

    Prerequisite: 85 in Pre-Calculus Honors or Calculus Honors

    Grade: 11, 12

    Students learn to appreciate the value of calculus as the mathematics of change and motion. This course prepares students for further study in all branches of higher mathematics, science and related fields. The course emphasizes an approach to calculus that involves problems being expressed numerically, analytically, graphically and verbally. Technology is used regularly to reinforce these approaches to confirm written work, to implement experimentation and assist in interpreting results. This course is equivalent to a college Calculus 1 course. All students enrolled in Advanced Placement courses are required to take the Advanced Placement Examination in May (see Policy 2429 & Program of Studies page 5).

    Course Sequence

    1

    Limits 

    2

    Intro to Derivatives

    3

    Derivative Rules

    4

    Concavity/Theorems/Particle Motion

    5

    Implicit / Related Rates

    6

    Integration Rules (Basic, Usub, FTC) & 2nd FTC

    7

    Diff Eq/Slope Fields

    8

    Accumulation/Average Value & Particle Motion

    9

    Area/Volume 

     

    AP Calculus AB Syllabus