AP® Calculus: Challenging Concepts from Calculus AB & Calculus BC

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Free Online Course: AP® Calculus: Challenging Concepts from Calculus AB & Calculus BC provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 14 weeks long, 2-4 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. AP® Calculus: Challenging Concepts from Calculus AB & Calculus BC is taught by Ben Klein and Stephen Davis.

Overview
  • Well-respected AP instructors from around the United States will lead you through video instruction, exam-style questions and interactive activities to help you master the most challenging concepts in the AP® Calculus AB & Calculus BC curriculum.

    Each module will cover one of the most demanding concepts in this AP® Calculus AB & Calculus BC (based on College Board data from 2011–2013 Advanced Placement® exams).

    These tricky topics are broken up into bite-sized pieces—with short instructional videos, interactive graphs, and practice problems written by many of the same people who write and grade your AP® Calculus exams.

    Topics include:

    1. AB/BC: Limits
    2. AB/BC: Definition of Derivative
    3. AB/BC: Chain Rule
    4. AB/BC: Implicit Differentiation
    5. AB/BC: Mean Value Theorem
    6. AB/BC: L’Hospital’s Rule
    7. AB/BC: Riemann Sums
    8. AB/BC: Functions Defined by Definite Integrals
    9. AB/BC: Modeling & Solving Differential Equations (1)
    10. AB/BC: Modeling & Solving Differential Equations (2)
    11. AB/BC: Rectilinear Motion
    12. BC: Parametric Equations
    13. BC: Introduction to Series
    14. BC: Series Convergence
    15. BC: Series Manipulation

    This course is specifically designed for blended learning in AP classrooms, but can also be used by AP students independently as supplementary help and exam review.

    *Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, these offerings.

Syllabus
    • Limits : Pario-Lee Law, AP Calculus Instructor, D'Evelyn Junior/Senior High School, Littleton, CO
    • Chain Rule : Monique Morton, Mathematics Director, AdvanceKentucky, Lexington, KY
    • Implicit Differentiation : Monique Morton, Mathematics Director, AdvanceKentucky, Lexington, KY
    • Rectilinear Motion , Vicki Carter, AP Calculus Instructor, West Florence High School, Florence, SC
    • Parametric Equations : Vicki Carter, AP Calculus Instructor, West Florence High School, Florence, SC
    • L’Hospital’s Rule : Mark Howell, AP Calculus Instructor, Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC
    • Riemann Sums : Peter Atlas, AP Calculus Instructor, Concord Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA
    • Functions Defined by Definite Integrals: Scott Pass, AP Calculus Instructor, McCallum High School, Austin, TX
    • Modeling with & Solving Differential Equations (1): Jennifer Wexler, AP Calculus Instructor, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
    • Modeling with & Solving Differential Equations (2): Jennifer Wexler, AP Calculus Instructor, New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL
    • Introduction to Series : Jane Wortman, AP Calculus Instructor, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA
    • Series Convergence : Jane Wortman, AP Calculus Instructor, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA
    • Series Manipulation : Jane Wortman, AP Calculus Instructor, Beverly Hills High School, Beverly Hills, CA