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

Week of September 23
Wednesday, September 25 - Graphs of f and f'

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

​Thursday, September 26 - Increasing and Decreasing Functions (First Derivative)

• 3.3 #1, 17, 23, 29, 35, 39, 70

Friday, September 27 - No School

• Professional Development

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Week of September 30
Monday, September 30 - Extrema on an Interval

• 3.1 #19-27 odd, 52-58 all​

Tuesday, October 1 - Mean Value Theorem

• 3.2 #29-43 odd

​Wednesday, October 2 - Concavity (Second Derivative)

• 3.4 #9, 15, 21, 25, 33, 41, 60, 63

Thursday, October 3 - Relationship Between f, f ', and f "

• ​​First and Second Derivative T/F Worksheet + Answer Key

​Friday, October 4 - AP Practice

• Concavity and Inflection Concept Questions + Answer Key
• Summary of f, f ', and f ''​​

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Week of October 7
Monday, October 7 - Practice AP Problems

• Practice AP Problems - Answer Key

​Tuesday, October 8 - Quiz

• Quiz 3.1-3.4

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Wednesday, October 9 - Particle Motion

• Investigation - Answer Key

Thursday, October 10 - Particle Motion

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

Friday, October 11 - Optimization

• Finish Particle Motion
• Optimization Story Problems​​

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Week of October 14
Monday, October 14 - No School

• Indigenous Peoples' Day

Tuesday, October 15 - Optimization

• In-Class: 3.7 #13, 19, 22, 29​, 41

Wednesday, October 16 - Review

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

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Thursday, October 17 - Review

• AP Multiple Choice Practice (w/ Answer Key)​

Friday, October 18 - 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