Houston Area Calculus Teachers Past Workshops
2011-2012
Workshop I September 17, 2011 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Strengths and Weakness of Graphing Calculators, Excel, Geogebra and Winplot Presentation file (go to bottom of the page) Workshop II Online! October 15, 2011 Bekki George - University of Houston Derivatives and Slope Fields using Graphing Utilities Presentation (pdf), Presentation with answers (pdf), Presentation (ppt) Workshop III November 12, 2011 Cedric French Preparing students for the AP Calculus Exam during the school year Presentation (pdf), Symkc Alg1 (Word), Symkc Alg2 (Word) Symkc Alg Geom (Word), Symkc Precal (Word) Symkc Calc (Word), Symkc Key (pdf) Workshop IV January 28, 2012 Dixie Ross Latest and Greatest Updates to Prepare Students for the AP Exam Dealing with piece-wise functions on the AP exam (pdf), Motion-two particles (pdf), Differential equations (pdf) Workshop V March 3, 2012 Ray Cannon - Baylor University Differential Equations Presentation document (pdf) Practice Test April 15 - May 19, 2012 Online AP Practice Test
2010-2011
Workshop I September 18, 2010 Bekki George Derivatives using CAS and Graphing Software Presentation PowerPoint file Workshop II October 23, 2010 Dixie Ross Where is the AP exam going? Looking back to move forward Presentation pdf document   or   Presentation MS Word document Workshop III Online! November 13, 2010 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Exploring Mathematics with SpaceTime 4.0 Access The Video of the Online Live Session Here Workshop IV January 22, 2011 Ray Cannon Solids Workshop V February 19, 2011 Elizabeth Stepp Beyond the AP exam, striving towards success in college mathematics. Practice Test April 16 - May 18, 2011 Online AP Practice Test
2009-2010
Workshop I October 17, 2009 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Google Forms for Online Assignments and Geogebra as a Tool in Calculus - INCLUDING VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS!! Workshop II November 14, 2009 Bekki George Using Free Software in AP Calculus, Including SAGE (an online computer algebra system) and Geogebra PLUS.... Discussion of the new FREE 40+ online automatically graded quizzes covering all topics in AP Calculus Workshop III January 30, 2010 Lin McMullin Part 1: Winplot for Calculus - an introduction to Winplot and a demonstration of what it can do (handout 1) Part 2: Problems for CAS solution - a discussion of how CAS can be used in high school illustrated by a series of problems from pre-calculus and calculus (handout 2, handout 3) Workshop IV February 27, 2010 Dixie Ross Learning from the 2008 released exam Handout Practice Test April 17 - May 19, 2010 Online AP Practice Test
2008-2009
Workshop II October 11, 2008 Dixie Ross Justification of Extrema and Backmapping to Success on the AP Calculus Exam Workshop III November 15, 2008 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Bad Derivatives, Picture Calculus, and Crazy Modeling Technology Tip: Working with Winplot and Excel. Workshop IV January 24, 2009 Bekki George Using the TI Graphing Calculator on Piecewise Functions, Piecewise Derivatives, Area and Volume Workshop V March 7, 2009 Mike May, S.J. Introducing GeoGebra Workshop Materials Geogebra Video introduction from Jeff Morgan Practice Test April 18 - May 20, 2009 Online AP Practice Test
2007-2008
Workshop I September 29, 2007 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Vectors in the Calculus of Parametric Equations Technology Tip: Creating Animations with Winplot Workshop II October 20, 2007 Dixie Ross How The AP Exams Helped Make Me A Better Teacher Handout 1 - Handout 2 Workshop III November 10, 2007  Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" Calculus of Variations and Other Various Things ;) Presentation - Handout Workshop IV January 26, 2008 Christian Haich Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Complete set of handouts (pdf) Integrating Velocity (doc) Basic Integration (doc) The Area Function (doc) Using the FTC (doc) Workshop V March 1, 2008 Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Dadmehr: Optimization,e Basics, Curvy Area, Saddest Candy Hurwitz: Concept Questions Lampazzi: Chain Rule Stasio: Slope Fields and Sketching Areas Stepp: Using nInt to Construct a Function Practice Test April 19 - May 20, 2008 Online AP Practice Test
2006-2007
Workshop I September 16, 2006 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Fun With Tangent Lines and Creating Flash Explanations for Calculus (or anything else) In 10 Minutes!! Materials and Challenge Problems Workshop II October 21, 2006 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" Will the real L'Hopital's Rule please stand up? And other things that make you go hmm. For the most part L'Hopital's Rule isn't stated to its fullest extent in Calculus books. I'll show why it can be extended and when it does or doesn't apply, derive a more powerful Nth Derivative Test using only basic Calculus ideas, look at the arclength and surface area of revolution formulas in a thought provoking way, examine the continuity and differentiability of powers of the Popcorn function (microwave not required), and also look at the famous continuous, but nowhere differentiable Blancmange function. Materials Workshop III November 11, 2006  Dan Kennedy - Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN What I Have Learned About Assessment from the AP Program. Part 2 :Nominations for the Ten Toughest Points on AP Calculus Exams. Biography Materials Workshop IV January 20, 2007  Ray Cannon - Baylor University AP Audit Workshop V March 3, 2007 Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Haich: The Area Function Haich: Which Pi is the Best Pi? Haich: Tying it All Together Stasio: Right and Left-Hand Sums Stepp: A Program for Finding Riemann Sums Stepp: Riemann Sums Intro Stones: Riemann Distance Project Stones: Taylor Polynomial Worksheet Practice Test April 21 - May 20, 2007 Online AP Practice Test
2005-2006
Workshop I September 17, 2005 Jeff Morgan Calculus with Excel Also ... announcing Online AP Practice Test and Online Homework Workshop II October 8, 2005 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" New Twists on Old Goat Problems, Fooling Newton’s Method, and so much more.... Talk Materials Workshop III November 5, 2005 Selwyn Hollis "The TI-89/92/Voyager Calculators: Efficient Usage and Problem Solving" Talk Materials Workshop IV February 4, 2006 Bernie Madison Calculus, Learning, Assessment Talk Materials Practice Test April 8, 2006  Online AP Practice Test (Some versions with keys)
2004-2005
Workshop I September 18, 2004 Scott Pass Differential Equations from Multiple Perspectives using Winplot Talk Materials Workshop II October 16, 2004 Jeff Morgan Bungee Coaster Calculus Workshop III November 13, 2004 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" An AP Calculus Bouquet Talk Materials Workshop IV February 5, 2005 Susan Cinque Calculus Mini-Projects Talk Materials Workshop V March 5, 2005 Christian Haich & Denise Stasio Topic: Sequences and Series Talk Materials
2003-2004
Workshop I September 20, 2003 J.T. Sutcliffe Local Linearity Talk Materials Workshop II October 18, 2003 Nancy Stephenson Slope Fields Talk Materials Workshop III November 22, 2003 Gladys Wood Functions Defined as Integrals - Bridging Differential and Integral Calculus Through The Fundamental Theorems Talk Materials Workshop IV February 7, 2004 Dixie Ross Asking The Right Questions To Make Students Successful Talk Materials Workshop V March 6, 2004 Jeff Morgan Brain Surgery: Making Your Students Think
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