Algebra II Final Exams + AP Calculus Summer Work
Here I describe two of my final tasks at the end of each school year: creating a fresh final exam for Algebra II (this year I incorporated multiple choice for the first time ever) and updating my AP Calculus summer work assignment.
Just Finished with 2024 AP Calculus Reading!
This was my first year working as an AP reader for CollegeBoard - here are details of my experience!
FRQ Practice Ideas for Next Year
It’s that time of year again…my seniors have gone, I find myself with a bit more unstructured time during the school day, and my mind is flooded with ideas to try for next year and things to improve. I typically use my increased free time to look up ideas, read math blogs, and brainstorm alternate approaches, and I always find this process exciting and hopeful. Here is one of my AP Calculus goals for next year.
Rediscovered Diff. Eq. application problems + Seniors’ final days
There are only two days left with our wonderful seniors: Class of 2024! Their final exam projects are wrapping up and final grades are almost done. I also just came across two great Differential Equations applications problems that I had saved years ago and lost track of.
2024 AP Calculus BC FRQ’s are here!
The moment we’ve been waiting for this week is here! The AP Calculus FRQ’s are available to view. Although the scoring rubrics won’t be available for several more months, I did out the problems and created my own solutions and predictions on point allocation. This post includes discussion of the questions.
Castle Attack: Final AP Calculus Review Game
After years of intending to try this easy-to-use game, I finally used to today in AP Calculus and it went really well! In this post, I describe how I set up the game, how I will improve it for future use, and share the problems I used.
AP Calculus Mock Exam time
In five week, students begin taking their AP exams! One of my favorite things our school does to get students ready is a full mock exam, which is a previously released practice exam from CollegeBoard. Here’s how it works at my school.
Some u-sub stuff I love
I share some of my favorite activities and problem sets that I use with my students to help them master this important method of integration. YOU can do U-sub!
Building Cross-Sectional Volumes
My favorite way to help Calculus students visualize cross-sectional volumes is with PIPE CLEANERS!
How I Introduce Volumes of Revolution
In this post, I describe what the critical first day of volumes looks like in my classroom and how I use various techniques to help my student conceptually understand how to use calculus to find those volumes.
AP Calculus Bootcamp💪
I spent my first full week of summer teaching my first AP Calculus bootcamp for rising seniors! This was a new program that I helped plan and organize, and I designed the curriculum for the week.
Polar Project fun
This year, their “final exam” is a project, and I’m trying something new! I saw this idea in the “Desmos Educators” Facebook: creating a magnet using a polar graph design created in Desmos.
Deriver’s Licenses in AP Calculus
Last year, I began using Deriver’s Licenses as a fun way to recognize students for their mastery of increasingly complex differentiation skills.
AP Calculus Exam day goodie bags!
For the third year in a row, I created goodie bags to hand out to my students on the day of the exam. I love creating these to give them a little morale boost either right before or in the middle of the exam.