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NEW!! -PreCalculus 

Larry Peterson earned his B.S. in Mathematics Education from Utah State University and his M. Ed. from Weber State University.  He has taught AP Calculus since 1976.  Larry’s experience with Advanced Placement ranges from Calculus to Computer Science to Statistics and now to AP Precalculus. He has been a reader for the AP Calculus exam since 1993, serving as a Table Leader for six years.  In 2003 and 2004 Larry was also a Question Leader. He is also a regular presenter at state, regional, national, and international conventions in mathematics and technology and has published materials for both AP Calculus, AP Statistics, and AP Precalculus.
Larry served on the Instructional Design Team for the College Board for AP Calculus.  In addition to his work as a consultant for The College Board and The National Math and Science Initiative, Larry served a six-year term as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. His awards include Milken Educator, Tandy Scholar, Disney American Teacher Award winner, and Utah Teacher of the Year.



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contact Larry at: larrypeterson@lgcy.com
Class Prep: We will be using the TI-83/84 graphing calculator.
University Credit: List ways you will use the information given in class in your own classroom.
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WHY this NEW AP PRECALCULUS course?
The ProblemEvery year, tens of thousands of American students are derailed by a common obstacle: inadequate preparation for higher-level math. A third of college students spend time and money on remedial math courses that don’t count toward their degrees because they lack sufficient math skills.

About the CourseIn AP Precalculus, students explore everyday situations using mathematical tools and lenses. Through regular practice, students build deep mastery of modeling and functions, and they examine scenarios through multiple representations. They will learn how to observe, explore, and build mathematical meaning from dynamic systems, an important practice for thriving in an ever-changing world.

AP Precalculus prepares students for other higher-level mathematics and science courses. The framework delineates content and skills common to college precalculus courses that are foundational for careers in mathematics, physics, biology, health science, social science, and data science.

What Will Students Experience in AP Precalculus?

Modeling Real-World Data: Students will apply the mathematical tools they acquire in real-world modeling situations. By examining scenarios, conditions, and data sets and determining and validating an appropriate function model, students gain a deeper understanding of the nature and behavior of each function type.
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Exploring Multiple Representations: Students will examine functions through multiple representations. Students will gain a deeper understanding of functions by examining them graphically, numerically, verbally, and analytically.

Mastering Symbolic Manipulation: Students will develop rigorous symbolic manipulation skills needed for future mathematics courses. Students learn that a single mathematical object can have different analytical representations depending on the function type or coordinate system, and that the different analytical representations reveal different attributes of the mathematical object.

Harnessing a Dynamic World: Students will engage in function building that does not reflect a static view of things but embodies how things change. Every function representation characterizes the way in which values of one variable simultaneously change as the values in another variable change. This study of functions and their graphs as embodying dynamic covariation of quantities prepares students to understand an ever-changing world.

AGENDA

Day 1 – Course overview; Polynomials and Rational Functions
    Welcome to AP Precalculus
    Graph Match Activity
    The Course and Exam Description
    Treasure Map Activity
    Rate of Change
    Odd and Even Functions – Graphical Exploration
    What’s in the Box?
    Maximum Income – Quadratic Modeling
    What Kind of Data is in the Table?

Day 2 – More Polynomials and Rational Functions
    Temperature Modeling Activity
    Always – Sometimes – Never
    Mathematical Practices
    Olympic Swim Times
    Polynomial Investigation Activity
    The Big 10
    Polynomial and Rational Inequalities
    Polynomial Card Sort Activity
    How Much is that Truck Worth?

Day 3 – Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
    Clinton, Utah Population Modeling
    US Population Modeling
    Olympic Swim Times – Revisited
    Newton’s Law of Cooling
    Epidemic – Activity
    Exponential and Logarithmic Practice
    Semi-log plots
    Planetary Power Models

Day 4 – Trigonometric and Polar Functions
    Aunt Vi and Her Pedometer Activity
    The Unit Circle
    Graphing Sinusoidal Functions
    Trig Practice
    Sinusoidal Modeling
    Polar Coordinates
    Graphing Polar Functions
    Connecting Rectangular and Polar Graphs
    AP Classroom

Day 5 – Helping Our Students Learn
    Equity and Access
    The Exam
    Prepping for the Exam
    Grading Standards – 2024 Exam
    Planning a Lesson
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