AP Calculus BC 
Assignment and Test Calendar
Chapter 2 - Differentiation

Week of September 11
Monday, September 11 - Tangent Lines and Derivative Rules (Section 2.2)
  • Section 2.2 #3-17 odd, 39-49 odd, 53-65 odd

Tuesday, September 12 - Product Rule and Quotient Rule (Section 2.3)
  • Section 2.3 #1-21 odd, 73, 81

Wednesday, September 13 - Chain Rule Introduction
Thursday, September 14 - Quiz
  • Quiz 2.1-2.3

Friday, September 15 - Chain Rule Practice
  • In-Class: ​Section 2.4 #7-21 odd, 43-49 odd, 53, 55, 73, 102, 103, 110
Week of September 18
Monday, September 18 - Implicit Differentiation
  • Section 2.5 #21-29 odd, 53
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Tuesday, September 19 - Continue Implicit Differentiation
Wednesday, September 20 - Related Rates
  • ​Introduce Related Rates with Story Problems

Thursday, September 21 - Related Rates Continued
  • In Class Assignment: p. 153 #11, 15, 17, 25, 35​​​

Friday, September 22 - Review
Week of September 25
Monday, September 25 - Review
Tuesday, September 26 - Test
  • Chapter 2 Test (10 MC and 2 FRQ)​
AP Standards for Chapter 2
Concept of the derivative
  • Derivative presented graphically, numerically, and analytically.
  • Derivative interpreted as an instantaneous rate of change.
  • Derivative defined as the limit of the difference quotient.
  • Relationship between differentiability and continuity.
Derivative at a point
  • Slope of a curve at a point. 
  • Tangent line to a curve at a point and local linear approximation.
  • Instantaneous rate of change as the limit of average rate of change.
  • Approximate rate of change from graphs and tables of values.
Computation of derivatives
  • Knowledge of derivatives of basic functions, including power functions.
  • Derivative rules for sums, products, and quotients of functions.
  • Chain rule and implicit differentiation.​