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Date |
Section |
Topic |
Pre-requisite |
Student Learning Outcome
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Week 1 |
Example |
Functions
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- Basic graphing skills
- The idea of a function
- Graphs of elementary functions (lines, parabola)
- Understanding of slope
- Periodic functions
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- Define a function and connect to a real-world dynamical model
- Estimate instantaneous rate of change by both visualization of average rate of change and calculations of the formula
- Understand formulas for distance, velocity and speed and make connection with slope formula
- Understand exponential functions and their graphs in terms of exponential growth/decay
- Understand logarithmic functions, graph and solve equations with log properties
- Analyze graphs of the sine and cosine by understanding amplitude and period
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Week 2 |
Example |
Instantaneous Rate of Change
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- Evaluating functions
- Tangent lines
- Average rate of change
- Equations of a line (slope-intercept, point-slope)
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- Comparing and contrasting the average rate of change (ARC) with instantaneous rate of change (IRC)
- Defining velocity using the idea of a limit
- Visualizing the limit with tangent lines
- Recognize graphs of derivatives from original function
- Estimate the derivative of a function given table data and graphically
- Interpret the derivative with units and alternative notations (Leibniz)
- Use derivative to estimate value of a function
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Week 3 |
Example |
Limits |
Example
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- Use the limit definition to define the derivative at a particular point and to define the derivative function
- Understand the definition of continuity
- Apply derivatives to biological functions
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Week 4 |
Example |
Derivative Formulas (Derivatives for powers and polynomials)
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- Equations of lines
- Composite functions
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- Use constant formula and power formula to differentiate functions along with the sum and difference rule
- Use differentiation to find the equation of a tangent line to make predictions using tangent line approximation
- Differentiate exponential and logarithmic functions
- Differentiate composite functions using the chain rule
- Differentiate products and quotients
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Week 4 |
Example |
Derivative Formulas (Derivatives for trigonometric functions)
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- Exponential
- Logarithmic
- Trigonometric
- Applications
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- Differentiate trigonometric functions
- Applications of trigonometric function derivatives
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Week 6 |
Example |
Applications
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- Local & Global Maxima & Minima
- Concavity
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- Detecting a local maximum or minimum from graph and function values
- Test for both local and global maxima and minima using first derivative test (finding critical points)
- Test for both local and global maxima and minima using second derivative test (testing concavity)
- Using concavity for finding inflection points
- Apply max and min techniques in real world applications in the field of Biology (logistic growth)
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Week 7 |
Example |
Accumulated Change & the Definite Integral
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- Distance formula
- Summation formulas
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- Approximate total change from rate of change
- Computing area with Riemann Sums
- Apply concepts of finding total change with Riemann Sums
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Week 8 |
Example |
Antiderivatives |
Basics in graphing
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- Be able to analyze area under the curve with antiderivatives graphically and numerically
- Use formulas for finding antiderivatives of constants and powers
- Use formulas for finding antiderivatives of trigonometric functions
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Week 9 |
Example |
Definite Integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus |
Average formula
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- Use the limit formula to compute a definite integral
- Compute area with the fundamental theorem of calculus (FTC)
- Interpreting the definite integral as area above and below the graph
- Use the definite integral to compute average value
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Week 10 |
Example |
Integration Applications |
Example |
Solve various biology applications using the fundamental theorem of calculus
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Week 10 |
Example |
Substitution Method |
Example |
Applying integration by substitution formulas
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Week 11 |
Example |
Integration by Parts and further applications |
Example
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- Applying integration by integration by parts formulas
- Recognize which integration formulas to use
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Week 12 |
Example |
Differential Equations (Mathematical Modeling) |
Word problem setup and understanding of mathematical models
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- Understand how to take information to set up a mathematical model
- Examine the basic parts of differential equations
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Week 13 |
Example |
Graphs of differential equations and separation of variables for solving differential equations |
Graphing and factoring
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- Examine differential equations graphically with slope fields
- Use separation of variables for solving differential equations
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Week 14 |
Example |
Exponential growth and decay & surge function |
Exponential functions
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- Apply differential equations to exponential growth & decay functions for population models
- Apply differential equations to surge functions for drug models
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