AP Calculus BC 
Assignment and Test Calendar
Chapter 2 - Differentiation

Week of September 12
Monday, September 12 - Difference Quotient (Section 2.1)
  • No Homework

Tuesday, September 13 - Tangent Lines and Derivative Rules (Section 2.2)
  • Section 2.2 #3-17 odd, 39-49 odd, 53-65 odd

Wednesday, September 14 - Product Rule and Quotient Rule (Section 2.3)
  • Section 2.3 #1-21 odd, 73, 81

Thursday, September 15 - Chain Rule Introduction
Friday, September 16 - Quiz
  • Quiz 2.1-2.3
Week of September 19
Monday, September 19 - Chain Rule Practice and Introduce Implicit Differentiation
  • ​Section 2.4 #7-21 odd, 43-49 odd, 53, 55, 73, 102, 103, 110
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Tuesday, September 20 - Review
  • UT Work Day

Wednesday, September 21 - Implicit Differentiation
  • Section 2.5 #21-29 odd, 53

Thursday, September 22 - Continue Implicit Differentiation
Friday, September 23 - Related Rates
  • ​Introduce Related Rates with Story Problems
Week of September 26
Monday, September 26 - Related Rates Continued
  • In Class Assignment: p. 153 #11, 15, 17, 25, 35​​

Tuesday, September 27 - Review
Wednesday, September 28 - Review
  • UT Quest

Thursday, September 29 - Review
Friday, September 30 - 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.​