This course is recommended for students currently enrolled in AP Calculus AB who plan to take the AP Exam in May 2024. 

Prepare for the AP Calculus Exam with confidence and precision in our 8-week AP Calculus Exam Review. Designed for students seeking to excel in this challenging subject, our small group format ensures personalized attention and comprehensive coverage of the eight essential units of calculus. By utilizing a mix of short instruction and AP style questions, students will learn to adapt the content they know to maximize success on the exam.

We will meet through the Outschool online platform and use a collaborative whiteboard to solve problems. I will use a warmup to assess prior knowledge and design the hour-long review session to build areas of understanding that need development within the content focus of the week. Students will have a timed Exam Question practice assignment shared at the end of each week to practice Multiple Choice and Free Response AP level questions. Step-by-step video explanations for each assignment will be provided to help students learn and review independently.

The focus of each week may be adjusted depending on the needs of the students enrolled.
Week 1: Limits and Continuity
Week 2: Differentiation
Week 3: Advanced Derivative Techniques
Week 4: Applications of Derivatives - Related Rates and Straight Line Motion
Week 5: Applications of Derivatives - Curve Sketching
Week 6: Applications of Derivatives - Optimization and Implicit Relations
Week 7: Reimann Sums
Week 8: Definite Integrals and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Week 9: Integration Techniques  - u substitution
Week 10: Differential Equations and Slope Fields
Week 11: Applications of Integration - Motion, Accumulation, and Area
Week 12: Applications of Integrations - Volume

In addition to comprehensive calculus instruction, students will also learn effective strategies for approaching multiple-choice and free-response questions, time management, and utilizing the full potential of the graphing calculator. 

Practice exams will be provided and given a mock AP Exam score.