Math 1300: Calculus 1

Spring 2020



Section: 300E
Where: FLMG 156
When: Tu/Th 6-8:30 PM
Instructor: Alexander Nita (alexander.nita@colorado.edu )
Office: MATH 140, Wed/Fri 1-2, Th 5-6, or by Appt.

     • Syllabus
     • MARC (Mathematics Academic Resource Center)

           \ Day     
Week \
Tu Th HW
   1 1/21

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

 
 
1/23

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


HW 1 (Due 1/23)
   2 1/28

Sections: 2.2-2.3

 
1/30

Sections: 2.3-2.4
Project 2: Limits  


HW 2 (Due 1/30)
   3 2/4

Sections: 2.5-2.6
Project 3: Definition of the Derivative
2/6

Sections: 2.7
Activities: Review

 
HW 3 (Due 2/6)
 
 
   4 2/11

Exam 1
Sections: 2.7-2.8
2/13
 
Sections: 2.8
Activities: Derivative Function
Project 4: Graphing Using Signs  

 
HW 4 (Due 2/13)
 
 
   5 2/18

Sections: 3.1
Activities: Derivative Matching

2/20

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


HW 5 (Due 2/20)
 
   6 2/25

Sections: 3.3-3.4
2/27

Sections: 3.4
Project 6: Chain Rule


HW 6 (Due 2/27)
 
 
   7 3/3

Sections: 3.4-3.5
Activities: Grade Quiz
3/5

Sections: 4.1
Project 7: Related Rates


HW 7 (Due 3/5)
 
 
   8 3/10

Sections: 4.1
Activities: Cups,
Review
3/12

Exam 2
Sections: 3.6-3.7
Activities: Arctangent Function
 


HW 8 (Due 3/12)
 
 
   9 3/17

Sections: 3.7, 3.9

3/19

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


HW 9 (Due 3/19)
 
 
   10 3/24

SPRING BREAK
3/26

SPRING BREAK


HW (No HW Due)

   11 3/31

Sections: 4.3, 4.5
Activities: Sketching Snippets
Project 10: Graphing with Analysis
4/2

Sections: 4.5-4.6
Activities: Modeling with Functions



HW 10 (Due 4/2)
 
 
   12 4/7

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

Project 11: Applied Optimization
 
4/9

Exam 3
Sections: 4.8


HW 11 (Due 4/9)
 
 
   13 4/14

Sections: 5.1-5.2
Project 12: Riemann Sums
4/16

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



HW 12 (Due 4/16)
 
 
   14 4/21

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

Project 13: FTC
4/23

Sections: 5.5-6.1
Project 15: Derivative Matching


HW 13 (Due 4/23)
 
 
   15 4/28

Activities: HW 15
Review
4/30

Final Exam


HW 14 (Due 4/30)