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M 5/1/06
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AP review (day 7 of 8). In
class: Pop Quiz (10 pts.).
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T 5/2/06
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AP review (day 8 of 8). In
class: Another Pop Quiz (10 pts.).
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W 5/3/06
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AP Examination, Trapier Theater, 7:45
a.m. Students who are not taking the exam should report for class at the
usual time for roll call and extra help.
Your most important mission is to get adequate sleep on Tuesday night.
However, if you are absolutely determined to do some last-minute studying,
here is an AB Calculus cram sheet
that will at least make your cramming more efficient.
Bring to the AP exam: calculator, spare batteries, several pencils, and a pen
(for signing your name).
Optional: straightedge.
Leave in your car: scratch paper and cell phone. Cell phones are completely banned.
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Th 5/4/06
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NSA Field Trip 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (normal dress
code) for the following students:
Adam, Baird, Bobby, Carl.
Meet at the bus behind the Martin Gym (on the service road, near the gate).
Bus will depart at 8:05 sharp. I will have some minor snacks (soda and
cookies), but bring money if you wish to purchase something more from the
vending machines at the museum.
Students not on the field trip must complete the following two-part
assignment:
1. On a piece of paper with your name, write approximately two paragraphs on
the subject of what you have learned during the course of the year, as an
overview, and the value that you perceive you have obtained or will obtain
from the course as you apply it to your future education and/or occupation.
If there were any portions that you felt were of little value, mention that
also. The basic idea is that you should be able to address articulately what
it is that you have spent the last 8 months doing.
2. On a piece of paper with no name,
list half a dozen or so interesting data items that the school should be
gathering. The data should be quantitative and should have some bearing on
the school’s mission. For example, you could suggest weighing the amount of
food discarded after Upper School lunch each day as a way of assessing which
meals were least popular. (Try to come up with more interesting if you can.)
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F 5/5/06
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HW due: Two-part assignment (see yesterday’s calendar
entry) for those who were not on the field trip yesterday.
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M 5/8/06
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No
additional HW due.
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T 5/9/06
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Guest
speaker, Part I: Señor Muñoz will discuss finance and investments.
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W 5/10/06
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Quiz on yesterday’s talk. One of the problems will be the following:
If, as in Señor Muñoz’s example, the money supply is enlarged by $1 million
and banks are required to keep 20% of their deposits in reserve (i.e., they
are allowed to lend out 80% of the funds on deposit), compute the total
increase in the money supply by summing the infinite geometric series.
(This problem was originally given as homework, but it will be collected on
the quiz instead. You have no written homework to hand in.)
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Th 5/11/06
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NSA Field Trip 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
(normal dress code) for the
following students:
Ben, Brian, Carl, Chris, Courtney, Daniel, Doug, Drew, Drew, Julian, K.J.,
Peter, Rick, Sam, Tim.
Meet at the bus behind the Martin Gym (on the service road, near the gate).
Bus will depart at 8:05 sharp. I will have some minor snacks (soda and
cookies), but bring money if you wish to purchase something more from the
vending machines at the museum.
Students not on the field trip must complete the following two-part
assignment (unless it has already been turned in):
1. On a piece of paper with your name, write approximately two paragraphs on
the subject of what you have learned during the course of the year, as an
overview, and the value that you perceive you have obtained or will obtain
from the course as you apply it to your future education and/or occupation.
If there were any portions that you felt were of little value, mention that
also. The basic idea is that you should be able to address articulately what
it is that you have spent the last 8 months doing.
2. On a piece of paper with no name,
list half a dozen or so interesting data items that the school should be
gathering. The data should be quantitative and should have some bearing on
the school’s mission. For example, you could suggest weighing the amount of
food discarded after Upper School lunch each day as a way of assessing which
meals were least popular. (Try to come up with more interesting if you can.)
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F 5/12/06
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HW due: Two-part assignment (see yesterday’s calendar
entry) for those who were not on the field trip yesterday. You are exempt if
you have already turned this in.
In class: Ask-Backward Bingo and Lessons from
the Pentagon.
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M 5/15/06
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Guest
speaker, Part II: Señor Muñoz will discuss finance and investments.
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T
5/16/06
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[See continuation on main Calculus Zone page.]
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W
5/17/06
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Th
5/18/06
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F
5/19/06
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Last day of fourth quarter.
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Exams (schedule TBA).
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