Semester 1

15 weeks, 32 class meetings

Week Date # Topics
1 Aug 30 2 1.1 Unit circle, 1.2 Trig graphs; Group Work 1.1-1.2
2 Sep 6 1 1.3 Inverse trig, 1.4 word problems
3 Sep 13 2 2.1 Trig identities, 2.2 Sum/Difference identities; Test Unit 1 (Wed Sep 15);
4 Sep 20 3 2.3 Multiple angle identities; 2.4 Law of Sines/Cosines; Group Work Unit 2 (Fri Sep 24);
5 Sep 27 2 Coding Day; PNOC Thurs Oct 1; Test Unit 2 (Fri Oct 1);
6 Oct 4 2 3.1 Vectors; 3.2 Dot product;
7 Oct 11 2 3.3 Parametric equations and applications, 3.4 Polar coordinates; 3.5 Polar graphs;
8 Oct 18 3 Coding Project start; 3.6 Linear systems and matrices; 3.7 Matrix algebra; 3.8 Matrix inverses and determinants;
9 Oct 25 2 4.1 Function properties; Group Work Unit 3 (Pumpkin Day Oct 29);
10 Nov 1 2 Coding Project due; 4.2 Function operations, transformations, composition, inverses; 4.3 Polynomials
11 Nov 8 2 Test Unit 3 (Tue Nov 9); 4.4 More polynomials, complex numbers;
12 Nov 15 2 4.5 Complex numbers / Fundamental Theorem of Algebra; 4.6 Rational functions; Group Work Unit 4a (Thu Nov 18);
– Nov 22 - Thanksgiving Break
13 Nov 29 3 Group Work Unit 4b (Mon Nov 29); Test Unit 4 (Wed Dec 1); Coding Day?
14 Dec 6 2 5.1 Parabolas, 5.2 Ellipses;
15 Dec 13 2 5.3 Hyperbolas; Coding Day

Semester 2

18 weeks, 41 class meetings

Week Date # Topics
1 Jan 3 1 6.1 Combinatorics
2 Jan 10 3 6.2 Binomial theorem; 6.3 Probability; Group Work Unit 6a (Fri Jan 14);
3 Jan 17 2 6.4 More Probability; 6.5 Sequences;
4 Jan 24 2 6.6 Series; Group Work Unit 6b (Fri Jan 28);
5 Jan 31 2 6.x Bonus lesson, coding (sequences and series); Test Unit 6 (Thu Feb 3);
6 Feb 7 2 7.1 Exponential / Logarithm; 7.2 Exponential / Logarithm;
7 Feb 14 2 Calculus! 8.1 Limits and End Behavior; 8.2 Continuity;
8 Feb 21 2 8.3 Derivatives and differentiability; 8.4 Rules for differentiation;
9 Feb 28 3 8.5 Rates of change; 8.6 Derivatives of trig functions; Group Work Unit 8 (Fri Mar 4)
10 Mar 7 2 9.1 Chain rule; Test Unit 8 (Fri Mar 11);
11 Mar 14 2 9.2 Implicit differentiation; 9.3 Exp/log;
12 Mar 21 2 9.4 Inverse Trig Derivatives; 9.5 Applications, Group Work Unit 9a (Thu Mar 24);
– Mar 28 - Spring Break
– Apr 4 - Spring Break
13 Apr 11 2 Group Work Unit 9b (Mon Apr 11); 10.1 Extreme values;
14 Apr 18 3 10.2 Mean Value Theorem; Test Unit 9 (Wed Apr 20); 10.3 Extreme value tests;
15 Apr 25 2 10.4 Optimization; 10.5 Linearization / Newton’s Method
16 May 2 2 Group Work Unit 10 (Tues May 3); Bonus Lesson / Review / Practice;
17 May 9 2 Bonus Lesson / Review / Practice; Test Unit 10 (Thurs May 12)
18 May 16 3 TBD
19 May 23 1 End of PCHA :(