Math 1300: Calculus 1

Spring 2018



Section: 301E
Where: FLMG 103
When: Tu/Th 6-8:30 PM
Instructor: Alexander Nita (alexander.nita@colorado.edu )
Office: MATH 140, Mon/Tues 1-2pm, Thurs 3-4pm

     • Syllabus
     • Activities and Projects
     • Past APPM Exams
     • Exam 2 Study Resources
     • Exam 3 Study Resources
     • Final Exam Study Resources

     • Extra Credit Assigment

     • MARC (Mathematics Academic Resource Center)

           \ Day     
Week \
Tu Th HW
   1 1/23

Sections: 1.1-1.3
Activities: Function Placemats,
Transformation Matching

 
 
1/25

Sections: 2.1-2.2
Activities: Parent Functions,
Project 1: Modeling
 


HW 1 (Due 1/25)
   2 1/30

Sections: 2.2-2.3

 
2/1

Sections: 2.3-2.4
Project 2: Limits  


HW 2 (Due 2/1)
   3 2/6

Sections: 2.5-2.6
Project 3: Definition of the Derivative
2/8

Sections: 2.7
Activities: Review

 
HW 3 (Due 2/8)
 
 
   4 2/13

Exam 1
Sections: 2.7-2.8
2/15
 
Sections: 2.8
Activities: Derivative Function
Project 4: Graphing Using Signs  

 
HW 4 (Due 2/15)
 
 
   5 2/20

Sections: 3.1
Activities: Derivative Matching

2/22

Sections: 3.2
Activities: Derivatives of Polynomials
Project 5: Trig Review
 


HW 5 (Due 2/22)
 
   6 2/27

Sections: 3.3-3.4
3/1

Sections: 3.4
Project 6: Chain Rule


HW 6 (Due 3/1)
 
 
   7 3/6

Sections: 3.4-3.5
Activities: Grade Quiz
3/8

Sections: 4.1
Project 7: Related Rates


HW 7 (Due 3/8)
 
 
   8 3/13

Sections: 4.1
Activities: Cups,
Review
3/15

Exam 2
Sections: 3.6-3.7
Activities: Arctangent Function
 


HW 8 (Due 3/15)
 
 
   9 3/20

Sections: 3.7, 3.9

3/22

Sections: 4.2-4.3
Activities: EVT
Project 9: EVT
 


HW 9 (Due 3/22)
 
 
   10 3/27

SPRING BREAK
3/29

SPRING BREAK


HW (Always Never Due)

   11 4/3

Sections: 4.3, 4.5
Activities: Sketching Snippets
Project 10: Graphing with Analysis
4/5

Sections: 4.5-4.6
Activities: Modeling with Functions



HW 10 (Due 4/12)
 
 
   12 4/10

Sections: 4.6
Activities: Absolute vs. Local Extrema,
Review

Project 11: Applied Optimization
 
4/12

Exam 3
Sections: 4.8


HW 11 (Due 4/12)
 
 
   13 4/17

Sections: 5.1-5.2
Project 12: Riemann Sums
4/19

Sections: 5.3-5.4
Activities: Definite Integral Domoninoes,
Area Accumulation Functions



HW 12 (Due 4/19)
 
 
   14 4/24

Sections: 5.4-5.5
Activities: Indefinite Integral Dominoes
Two perspectives on the FTC

Project 13: FTC
4/26

Sections: 5.5-6.1
Project 15: Derivative Matching


HW 13 (Due 4/26)
 
 
   14 5/1

Activities: HW 15
Review
5/3

Final Exam


HW 14 (Due 5/3)