Daily Syllabus, Math 101 Calculus I, Spring 2022
Be sure to check back, because this will be updated during the semester.
- All numbers indicate sections from APEX Calculus, Version 4.0.
- PCA due refers to Pre-Class Assignments submitted through onCourse.
- WW due refers to WeBWorK assignments submitted through Wheaton's WeBWorK site and your WeBWorK journal submitted through onCourse.
- PS due refers to Problem Sets uploaded to onCourse.
| Week | Monday 10:30 - 11:20 |
Wednesday 10:30 - 11:20 |
Thursday 8:30 - 9:20 |
Friday 10:30 - 11:20 |
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| 1 | 1/24 | 1/26 | Welcome to Calc I!
Zoom link posted to onCourse |
1/27 | Warm up for Calculus
Zoom link posted to onCourse Background Questionnaire and PCA due @ 11:59 pm |
1/28 | An intuitive introduction to derivatives
Zoom link posted to onCourse PCA due Sunday 1/30 @ 11:59 pm |
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| 2 | 1/31 | Review of exponentials
WW #1 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/2 | Review of logarithms | 2/3 |
Solving logarithmic equations
PS #1 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/4 | Review of trigonometric functions
PCA due Sunday 2/6 @ 11:59 pm |
| 3 | 2/7 | 1.1 An Introduction to Limits
1.3 Finding Limits Analytically WW #2 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/9 | 1.4 One Sided Limits
1.5 Continuity |
2/10 |
Limits, continuity, and asymptotes
PS #2 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/11 | 1.6 Limits Involving Infinity
PCA due Sunday 2/13 @ 11:59 pm |
| 4 | 2/14 | 2.1 Instantaneous Rates of Change: The Derivative
WW #3 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/16 | 2.3 Basic Differentiation Rules | 2/17 |
Practice differentiation
PS #3 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/18 | 2.3 Basic Differentiation Rules
PCA due Sunday 2/20 @ 11:59 pm |
| 5 | 2/21 |
The Big Picture before Exam 1
Cheat Sheet for Exam 1 due Tuesday 2/22 @ 8:00 am |
2/23 | 2.4 The Product and Quotient Rules | 2/24 |
Office Hours for Exam 1 in DC 1309
Exam 1 due @ 11:59 pm |
2/25 | 2.5 The Chain Rule
Snow Day! Zoom link posted to onCourse PCA due Sunday 2/27 @ 11:59 pm |
| 6 | 2/28 | 2.5 The Chain Rule | 3/2 | 3.1 Extreme Values | 3/3 |
Using the derivative to find extrema
WW #4 due @ 11:59 pm |
3/4 | 3.2 The Mean Value Theorem
3.3 Increasing and Decreasing Functions PCA due Sunday 3/6 @ 11:59 pm |
| 7 | 3/7 | 3.3 Increasing and Decreasing Functions
WW #5 due @ 11:59 pm |
3/9 | 3.4 Concavity and the Second Derivative | 3/10 | What the derivative tells you geometricallyPS #4 due @ 11:59 pm |
3/11 | 3.5 Curve Sketching
PCA due Sunday 3/20 @ 11:59 pm |
| 3/14 | Spring Break | 3/16 | Spring Break | 3/17 | Spring Break | 3/18 | Spring Break | |
| 8 | 3/21 | 6.7 L'Hôpital's Rule
4.3 Optimization |
3/23 | MAP Day. No class | 3/24 |
Applications of optimization
PS #5 due @ 11:59 pm |
3/25 | 4.3 Optimization
PCA due Sunday 3/27 @ 11:59 pm |
| 9 | 3/28 | 8.7 Taylor Polynomials
WW #6 due @ 11:59 pm |
3/30 | 8.7 Taylor Polynomials | 3/31 |
Approximating transcendental functions
PS #6 due @ 11:59 pm |
4/1 | 8.7 Taylor Polynomials
PCA due Sunday 4/3 @ 11:59 pm |
| 10 | 4/4 |
The Big Picture before Exam 2
Cheat Sheet for Exam 2 due Tuesday 4/5 @ 8:00 am |
4/6 | 5.1 Antiderivatives and Indefinite Integration | 4/7 |
Practice finding antiderivatives
Exam 2 due @ 11:59 pm |
4/8 | 5.2 The Definite Integral
PCA due Sunday 4/10 @ 11:59 pm |
| 11 | 4/11 | 5.3 Riemann Sums | 4/13 | 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus | 4/14 |
FTC! FTC!
WW #7 due @ 11:59 pm |
4/15 | 5.4 The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
PCA due Sunday 4/17 @ 11:59 pm |
| 12 | 4/18 | 6.1 Substitution | 4/20 | 6.1 Substitution | 4/21 |
Practice with Substitution
WW #8 due @ 11:59 pm |
4/22 | 6.1 Substitution
PCA due Sunday 4/24 @ 11:59 pm |
| 13 | 4/25 | Modeling and Applications | 4/27 | Modeling and Applications | 4/28 |
More Modeling
PS #7 due @ 11:59 pm |
4/29 | Modeling and Applications |
| 14 | 5/2 | The BIG Picture for the semester | 5/4 | The BIG Picture for the semester | 5/5 |
Semester overview
Cheat Sheet for Exam 3 due @ 8:00 am |
5/6 | The BIG Picture for the semester |
| 5/9 | Finals Period | 5/11 | Finals Period | 5/12 |
Exam 3 due @ 11:59 pm |
5/13 | Finals Period |