Mr. Dykstra's Calculus AB Homepage

Sample Test Answers from the Review Book

midykstra — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:53:40 +0000

Below is a copy of the answers to the Sample Tests in the AP review book that I passed out to you. These are for you to review on your own. If you have any questions on these, please stop by any time or shoot me an email and I will help you out.

SAMPLE TEST ANSWERS

Some Random Reading

midykstra — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:16:58 +0000

I thought I’d make it easy for you to find the Official AP Course Description for the course. Inside the document is a practice test with the solutions. It is a complete MC and Free-Response sample, with both no-calculator and calculator-active questions.

I also found a paper written by Lin McMullin, a well-thought-of AP Instructor that is a listing of the major question types for the free response questions. It lists the type of question, the possible skills tested for that type of question, and the years and problem numbers where that question came up.

Happy reading

Review Pacing

midykstra — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:44:42 +0000

I have updated our review plan and formally laid it out so you can see where we are going for the rest of the year until the AP Test. There is a little leeway, depending on how it goes, but this is pretty much the plan.

You’ll see that after break we will be doing free-response questions in class and have 15 Multiple Choice problems each night for homework.

Decisions, decisions!!

midykstra — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:06 +0000

I hope you all found our Worksheet 6.3A challenging in class today. The hardest part is certainly determining which method to use: shells, washers or disks. Make sure you are drawing a sample rectangle each time and then sketching the revolution of that rectangle around the appropriate axis. The shape that you get tells you what method to use and sets up the dimensions required for each formula.

I told you I would put our answers online so here you go…these are for only part C, and I even set up the first couple integrals for you so you could check them out:

The powerpoints from 6.2/6.3 are in my outbox if you want to review the notes from class and look at a few extra examples. There are also some nifty web resources to help you out if you need some extra visualization or examples. Happy exploring:

Java applet for visualizing the disk method

An applet for the Disk/Washer Methods

TEST INFO FOR 2/24/2010

midykstra — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:34:59 +0000

The problems that we went over in out CAFETERIA-STYLE REVIEW are in my outbox if you want a word format…the pdf is linked above. All of the answers are hanging on the wall in the classroom still if you have any lingering concerns and want to come in to go over them. Make sure you go over your derivative and antiderivative formulas for the non-calculator part as well. Our test on 5.4, 5.5 and differential equations is on 2/24 so get your questions cleared up before you leave school on Tuesday Good luck!

SLOPE FIELD PLOTTER

midykstra — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:42:24 +0000

Your calculator program is nice, but if you want a quicker and more visual way to view slope field, there are many online plotters that accesses Mathmatica to plot both slope fields and solutions to initial conditions. One is located on this link from The Lawrenceville School using EquationPlotter . I will add this to the links to the right soon.

Welcome back from BREAK! Reminders for starting the new semester…

midykstra — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:26:47 +0000

I hope you all had a great semester break. My kids and I had a great afternoon on Sunday. We went to the fundraiser that the Griffin’s had and we got to skate with some of the players, including my son’s new hero Justin Abdelkader

Just a reminder that all files are online for the class and are available in the links to the right. Below is a highlight list of things you might need…

Syllabus. Everything you need to know about how things are graded and what is expected of you.

Class Calendar. Assignments and weekly plan of each class. You can set this to feed into your own Google Calendar and merge it with other classes that use Google Calendar.

Access to my OutBox for notes, lesson outlines, etc.

Grades. You need to check these weekly via Skyward. Check where you are at, if you have missing assignments, and if there may be a mistake in the grades that have been entered.

4.4 Review (2008 Test)

midykstra — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:26:04 +0000

It’s a little bit cluttered, but here’s the key to last year’s test that we were working on in class. Good luck on the test tomorrow!

2008 Test 4.4 Answers

Update on Mrs. D

midykstra — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Thanks to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers. My wife and I just made our final visit to the Cleveland Clinic for evaluations and they have confirmed that her condition is not improving like they expected and the next step in treating my her illnesses (pulmonary hypertension caused by limited scleroderma) is to proceed with a lung transplant.

She has been through 4 days of tests and given 40-50 vials of blood and now her case goes before the transplant board. Next Monday, we will find out if her case is recommended by the Cleveland Clinic board and then Wednesday or Thursday we will find out if she is approved to be formally listed by the national organization.

If things go well, she will be listed next week and then just waits for a call from the clinic when they have a matching donor. Their median wait time is around 70 days. We feel very confident with their team down there as they have done 150+ transplants this year, including high-risk transplants exactly like my wife’s. Even U of M seemed hesitant about whether or not they would perform the procedure, but the doctors at Cleveland didn’t bat an eyelash and said she needed to get listed there and they would try to take care of her. If all things go well, she will have to stay in the Cleveland area for 2-3 months after transplant and then gets to come home.

I have pages and pages of additional info, but that’s the basic rundown. Thanks again for all your support.

Mr. D

DIFFERENTIALS AND LINEARIZATION

midykstra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:42:09 +0000

Here are the links that you need for the activity in class:

PAUL’S ONLINE NOTES on LINEARIZATION

PAUL’S ONLINE NOTES on DIFFERENTIALS