HappyCal Monthly Schedule

(Honors AP Calculus, Period B)

Th 5/1/03

Practice AP Exam, Part III (70 points). Free response, half the length of the actual AP free response portion. The actual AP format is as follows:

Questions 1, 2, and 3 with calculator: 45 minutes.

Questions 4, 5, and 6 without calculator: 45 minutes, but you may also use part of your time to continue working on questions 1-3 (without calculator).

 

Our format will be similar but scaled down as follows:

Question 1 with calculator: 15 minutes.

Questions 2 and 3 without calculator: 30 minutes, but you may also continue working on Question 1 (without calculator).
 

F 5/2/03

Day of Rest.
 

M 5/5/03

Review. Now that our multiple-choice skills are improved to the point of being almost ready for the AP exam, we will focus on free-response questions from years 2000 through 2002. I will prepare packs of questions for you to work on, or you can start working on these yourself over the weekend.
 

T 5/6/03

Review. (Continue working on question packs at home and during class.)
 

W 5/7/03

Review. (Continue working on question packs at home and during class.)
 

Th 5/8/03

AP Examination, Trapier Theater, 8:00 a.m. sharp. Bring pencils, calculator, and spare batteries only. If you arrive late, you will be denied admission to the test and must report for class as usual.

Note that class will be held as usual today for those who for some reason fail to take the exam. (I, of course, expect everyone to take the exam.)
 

F 5/9/03

Day of Rest.
 

M 5/12/03

Our guest teacher, Mr. David Garlock, begins presenting “An Introduction to Number Theory for High School Students” today. There are daily exercises to help you learn the material experientially (i.e., through doing). The more you put into this, the more you will get out of it!

I gave you the Web link to Mr. Garlock’s modules in class last week. In case you forgot to write it down, it is http://modd.net/ followed by dg03, then another forward slash, the word “mods” and an underscore and tbd.htm; the reason I am being so cryptic is that I am trying to keep the Web bots from automatically indexing Mr. Garlock’s materials.

If you have an AP exam today, please read the introduction and work on the first three modules overnight. The first three, at least, are straightforward enough that you should be able to do them on your own.
 

T 5/13/03

HW due: Number Theory Modules 1, 2, 3. We covered nearly all the problems in class, except for #7 and 8 in Module 3. Please try to get caught up so that we can move forward today.

After you have worked the problems, or most of them, please read the Solutions for Modules 1–5 carefully. There are large nuggets of knowledge interspersed among the solutions.
 

W 5/14/03

HW due: Number Theory Modules 4, 5. Check your answers against the solutions.
 

Th 5/15/03

HW due: Number Theory Module 6.
 

F 5/16/03

HW due: Number Theory Modules 7, 8. We will have class today despite the Stotesbury Regatta and other conflicts. Please stay caught up by means of the Web postings (see 5/12 calendar entry) and the Solutions for Modules 6–10.

Here is an enrichment article concerning Sierpinski numbers and recent results in number theory.
 

M 5/19/03

HW due: Number Theory Modules 9, 10. Be sure to check your answers against the solutions.
 

T 5/20/03

Field trip to the National Cryptologic Museum. Bus will depart promptly at 8:00 a.m. and will return to STA at about 1:00 p.m.

Where to board: Bus will load in front of the Lower School. We will try to send runners to a few other places around campus to round up people who may be in the wrong place.

What to wear: Free dress, but please remember that you are representing STA. I reserve the right to deny boarding for sloppiness. To be safe, please wear a shirt with a collar, and avoid sandals, cutoffs, and soiled or torn clothing.
 
W 5/21/03

HW due: Number Theory Module 11. (Skip Module 12.) Check the Solutions for Modules 11–15 as you work your problems.
 
Th 5/22/03

HW due: Number Theory Modules 13, 14, 18. Be sure to check the solutions.
 
F 5/23/03

Last day of school. HW due: General check on number theory problems.
 

 

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