Calculus 2 MATH 2300 Spring 2020


Course Schedule

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University of Colorado academic calendar

Note: Homework assignments are listed on the day they are due

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday           Friday Saturday
Jan 12

Week 1
Jan 13

Activity: Review of basic antiderivatives

Activity: Indefinite Integral Dominoes

Jan 14

Integration by substitution (5.5)

Activity: Mechanics of u/du subs

Activity: Recognizing u/du subs

Jan 15

Integration by parts (5.6)

EWA 5.5
Jan 16

HW 1

Project 1: Trig integrals

Jan 17

Integration by parts - continued (5.6)

Jan 18

Jan 19

Week 2
Jan 20

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

No Class

Jan 21

Trigonometric Integrals (5.7)

EWA 5.6
Jan 22

Trigonometric Substitutions

EWA 5.7 (Part 1: Trig Integrals)
Jan 23

HW 2

Project 2: Partial Fractions

Jan 24

Partial Fractions (5.7)

EWA 5.7 (Part 2: Trig Substitution)

Jan 25

Jan 26

Week 3
Jan 27

Activity: Tables, computer algebra systems, and alternate solutions

EWA 5.7 (Part 3: Partial Fractions)
Jan 28

Approximate Integration (5.9)

Activity: Approximate Integration

Jan 29

Improper Integrals using Limits (5.10)

EWA 5.8
Jan 30

HW 3

Project 3: Comparison Tests for Improper Integrals

Jan 31

Improper Integrals by Comparison (5.10)

Activity: Choosing a Technique of Integration

EWA 5.9

Feb 1

Feb 2

Week 4
Feb 3

Areas of Regions and Volumes of Solids of Revolution(6.2)

EWA 5.10
Feb 4

Volumes of Solids by Cross Sections (6.2)

Activity: Solids with Known Cross Sections

EWA 6.1

Feb 5

Volumes of Solids of Revolution by Cylindrical Shells (6.3)

Feb 6

HW 4

Project 4: Area and Volume Practice

EWA 6.2

Feb 7

Volumes of Solids of Revolution by Cylindrical Shells (6.3) - continued

EWA 6.3

Feb 8

Feb 9

Week 5
Feb 10

Review

Exam 1

(5:15-6:45 PM)

Feb 11

Average Value of a Function (6.5)

Feb 12

Applications of Integration: Work and Hydrostatic Pressure (6.6)

Feb 13

HW 5

Project 5: Applications of Integration

EWA 6.5

Feb 14

Applications of Integration: Moments and Center of Mass (6.6)

EWA 6.6 (Part 1)

Feb 15

Feb 16

Week 6
Feb 17

Sequences (8.1)

EWA 6.6 (Part 2)
Feb 18

Sequences continued (8.1)

Activities:
  1. Sorting Rates of Growth,

  2. Sorting Rates of Decay,

  3. Sequences
Feb 19

Series, Convergence of Series, Divergence Tests (8.2)

EWA 8.1

Feb 20

HW 6

Project 6: Geometric Series

Feb 21

Geometric Series (8.2)

Feb 22

Feb 23

Week 7
Feb 24

p-series and the Integral Test (8.3)

Activity: Integral Test

EWA 8.2

Feb 25

p-series and the Integral Test continued (8.3)

Feb 26

Comparison Tests (8.3)

Activity: Comparison Test Discovery

Feb 27

HW 7

Project 7: Comparison Tests - Big Picture

EWA 8.3 (Part 1: p-series and Integral Test)

Feb 28

Comparison Tests continued (8.3)

Activity: Comparison Test Practice

Feb 29

Mar 1

Week 8
Mar 2

Alternating Series (8.4)

EWA 8.3 (Part 2: Comparison Tests)
Mar 3

Absolute Convergence and Ratio Test (8.4)

Mar 4

Alternating Series Remainder Estimate

EWA 8.4 (Part 1: Alternating Series)
Mar 5

HW 8

Project 8: Series Convergence Practice

EWA 8.4 (Part 2: Absolute Convergence and Ratio Test)

Mar 6

Integral Test Remainder Estimate (8.3)

EWA 8.4 (Part 3: Alternating Series Remainder Estimate)
Mar 7

Mar 8

Week 9
Mar 9

Review

Exam 2

(CANCELLED)

Activity: Series Matching

Mar 10

Taylor Polynomials (8.7)

Activity: Introduction to Taylor Polynomials

EWA 8.3 (Part 3: Integral Test Remainder Estimate)

Mar 11

Taylor Polynomials - continued (8.7)

Mar 12

HW 9

Project 9: Recursive Sequences

Mar 13

Power Series (8.5)

Mar 14

Mar 15

Week 10
Mar 16

Power Series - continued (8.5)

Activity: Making New Power Series from Geometric Series

EWA 8.5

Exam 2 (see here for more details)
Mar 17

Representing Functions with Power Series (8.6)

Mar 18

Taylor Series (8.7)

EWA 8.6
Mar 19

HW 10

Project 10: Building New Taylor Series from Old

Mar 20

Taylor Series - continued (8.7)

EWA 8.7 (Part 1: Taylor Series)

Mar 21

Mar 22

Mar 23 - Mar 27
Spring Break

Mar 28

Mar 29

Week 11
Mar 30

Error in Taylor Series Approximation (8.7)

Alternate Version of Taylor's Inequality

Activity: Taylor Series Matching

EWA 8.7 (Part 2: Taylor Series)

Mar 31

Error in Taylor Series Approximation - continued (8.7)

Apr 1

Error in Taylor Series Approximation - continued (8.7)

Activity: Taylor Polynomial Remainder Estimate Practice

Apr 2

HW 11

Project 11: Taylor Series Application - Area Under Gaussian Curve

EWA 8.7 - 8.8 (Part 3: Taylor Series Remainder Estimate)
Apr 3

Differential Equations and Direction Fields (7.1 and 7.2)

Apr 4

Apr 5

Week 12
Apr 6

Differential Equations and Direction Fields (7.1 and 7.2) - continued

Activity: Slope Field Matching

Apr 7

Euler's Method (7.2)

Activity: Euler's Method

EWA 7.1

Apr 8

Separable Equations (7.3)

Apr 9

HW 12

Project 12: Torricelli's Law and Separable Differential Equations

EWA 7.2

Apr 10

Growth and Decay (7.4)

EWA 7.3

Apr 11

Apr 12

Week 13
Apr 13

Review

Exam 3

(5:30-8:30 PM)

See here for more details...

Apr 14

The Logistic Equation (7.5)

EWA 7.4
Apr 15

Parametric Equations (1.7)

Activity: Parametric Matching

Apr 16

HW 13

Project 13: SIR Model and Ebola

EWA 7.5

Apr 17

Calculus of Parametric Equations (3.4)

EWA 1.7
Apr 18

Apr 19

Week 14
Apr 20

Calculus of Parametric Equations (3.4) - continued

Apr 21

Arc Length (6.4)

EWA 3.4, 6.1 (Calculus of Parametric Equations)
Apr 22

Polar Coordinates (Appendix H.1)

Apr 23

HW 14

Project 14: Polar Coordinate Practice

EWA 6.4
Apr 24

Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates (Appendix H.2)

EWA H.1 (Polar Coordinates)

Apr 25

Apr 26

Week 15
Apr 27

Area and arclength in polar coordinates - continued (Appendix H.2)

Apr 28

Review, or

Modeling with differential equations (p.517)

Activity: Modeling with Differential Equations

EWA H.2 (Area and Arc Length in Polar Coordinates)

Apr 29

Review

The FTC revisited: flow in and flow out

Mixing problems: flow in and flow out Calc 2 style

Apr 30

HW 15

Project 15: Review

May 1

Reading Day
No Class

May 2

May 3


May 4

Final Exam

(10:30am - 1:00pm)


May 5

May 6


May 7


May 8


May 9