AP Calculus BC 
Assignment and Test Calendar
Chapter 3 - Applications of Derivatives

Week of September 22
Wednesday, September 24 - Graphs of f and f'

• Graphs of f and f ' Desmos Activity
• Graphs of f and f ' Homework

​Thursday, September 25 - Increasing and Decreasing Functions (First Derivative)

• 3.3 #1, 17, 23, 29, 35, 39, 70

Friday, September 26 - No School

• Professional Development

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Week of September 29
Monday, September 29 - Extrema on an Interval

• 3.1 #19-27 odd, 52-58 all​

Tuesday, September 30 - Concavity (Second Derivative)

• 3.4 #9, 15, 21, 25, 33, 41, 60, 63

​Wednesday, October 1 - Mean Value Theorem

• 3.2 #29-43 odd

Thursday, October 2 - Relationship Between f, f ', and f "

• ​​First and Second Derivative T/F Worksheet + Answer Key
• Concavity and Inflection Concept Questions + Answer Key

​Friday, October 3 - AP Practice

• AP FRQ Review - Graph of f '
• Summary of f, f ', and f ''​​

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Week of October 6
Monday, October 6 - Practice AP Problems

• Practice AP Problems - Answer Key

​Tuesday, October 7 - Review

• Mean Value Theorem and Review

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Wednesday, October 8 - Quiz

• Quiz 3.1-3.4

Thursday, October 9 - Particle Motion

• Investigation - Answer Key

Friday, October 10 - Particle Motion

• Particle Motion Big 10 Worksheet
• Particle Motion Practice - Answer Key

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Week of October 13
Monday, October 13 - No School

• Indigenous Peoples' Day

Tuesday, October 14 - Optimization Introduction

• In-Class Practice

Wednesday, October 15 - Review

• Delta Math Review

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Thursday, October 16 - Optimization

• In-Class: 3.7 #13, 19, 22, 29​, 41​

Friday, October 17 - Review

• AP Multiple Choice Practice (w/ Answer Key)

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Week of October 20​​
Monday, October 20 - Review

• ​AP Free Response Practice (w/ Answer Key)

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Thursday, October 23 - Test

• Chapter 3 Test (3.1-3.4, 3.7)

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AP Standards for Chapter 3
3.5 Selecting Procedures for Calculating Derivatives 1
3.6 Calculating Higher Order Derivatives

4.2 Straight-Line Motion: Connecting Position, Velocity, and Acceleration

5.1 Using the Mean Value Theorem
5.2 Extreme Value Theorem, Global Versus Local Extrema, and Critical Points
5.3 Determining Intervals on Which a Function Is Increasing or Decreasing
5.4 Using the First Derivative Test to Determine Relative (Local) Extrema
5.5 Using the Candidates Test to Determine Absolute (Global) Extrema
.6 Determining Concavity of Functions over Their Domains
5.7 Using the Second Derivative Test to Determine Extrema
5.8 Sketching Graphs of Functions and Their Derivatives
5.9 Connecting a Function, Its First Derivative, and Its Second Derivative
5.10 Introduction to Optimization Problems
​5.11 Solving Optimization Problems