AP+Calc+BC

Bill and Mary Content of this course is aligned with our AP course outline which has been approved by the College Board. We looked at the AP test scores for this year. Over 80% of our students got scores of 3 or better, a trend for the past few years. We feel that what we are doing is working. We will continue to investigate new approaches to topics as they emerge from the College Board. We feel we successfully balance the use of calculators and also agree that we will try to incorporate more technology when and where possible. However, our main goal is to prepare our students for the AP test and time is always a critical issue. Bill and I use the same unit tests, weekend homeworks, and Friday review quizzes. We may or may not use the same quizzes throughout a unit depending on time.

Bill and I have met several times to discuss the grading of weekend homeworks and strategies we will try to help our kids understand the derivative. We do use a great website that allows kids to draw the derivative of a given function, check the actual derivative against their sketch, and calculate the error. The kids love it and it is especially good when done on the smart board.