AP/DE Calculus BC

We’re busy as always. Lots of math to learn. Important reminder of something that should definitely not need a reminder: make sure to actually do unit tests when I assign them! [...]

A friendly reminder: bring your own dry erase markers to class! What we’re up to this week: Calculus 3: We’re calculating distances between parallel planes and learning about quadric [...]

Life is good here in room 510. Lots of learning, lots of math. How can it get better? How about better class participation grades! Everybody wants those free points each week. Common reasons for [...]

Hello again! MAP testing’s all done, and it’s time to get down to business. First order of business: make sure students are at school. There’s a huge amount that we discuss in [...]

…at least for this school year. Hello again! We’re midway through MAP testing, and it’s going well. Remember that anybody who gets their best score of the year (this is our [...]

Greetings! We’re having a fine, healthy time of it here in room 510, and the mathematics learning continues unabated. We survived AZM2, and soon we’ll brave MAP testing. Then AP tests [...]

Hello again, and happy 2021. Are we still learning math over here? Oh my, yes. I’ll tell you all about it, but first, a request… We’re burning through dry erase markers at a [...]

Greetings! It’s cold and mathy in our outdoor class area. This week, we discovered that plugging three electric patio heaters into the same corner of the building trips a circuit breaker. [...]

Hello again! The weather’s nice and math is as fun as ever. I’m continuing in my quest to show kids the compelling aspects of it. Calculus II is neck deep in integral applications. [...]

Greetings! We’re still doing math, and still mostly (see below about alligators) happy, especially now that the weather is turning. Calculus II just emerged victorious from a unit on [...]