AP Calculus BC 
Assignment and Test Calendar
Chapter 2 - Differentiation

Week of September 11
Wednesday, September 11 - Difference Quotient and Derivative Rules (Section 2.1/2.2)
  • p. 105 #75, 77
  • p. 114 #3-17 odd, 39-49 odd

Thursday, September 12 - Tangent Lines and Product Rule (Section 2.2/2.3)
  • p. 114 #53-65 odd
  • p. 125 #1, 3, 5, 13, 17, 39

Friday, September 13 - Quotient Rule and Rates of Change (Section 2.3)
  • p. 125 #9, 11, 15, 19, 21, 41, 65, 81
Week of September 16
Monday, September 16 - Chain Rule Introduction
Tuesday, September 17 - Quiz
  • Quiz 2.1-2.3
  • p. 136 #43-49 odd, 53, 55, 73, 83, 102, 103

Wednesday, September 18 - Chain Rule Practice and Introduce Implicit Differentiation
  • p. 145 #7-15 odd

Thursday, September 19 - Continue Implicit Differentiation
Friday, September 20 - Related Rates
  • ​Introduce Related Rates
  • p. 153 #11, 15, 17, 25, 35
Week of September 23
Monday, September 23 - Related Rates Continued
Tuesday, September 24 - Review
Wednesday, September 25 - Review
Thursday, September 26 - Test
  • Chapter 2 Test (10 MC and 2 FRQ)

Friday, September 27 - Review
  • Go Over Ch. 2 Test
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.​