Math 2100
Spring 2013
Office Hours
for the remainder of the semester:
Friday May
3 |
1:00 - 2:00 |
Monday May
6 |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Tuesday
May 7 |
9:30 - 11:00 |
Wednesday
May 8 |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Thursday
May 9 |
9:30 - 11:00 |
Schedule
o January
14
Begin Unit 1: Functions
Definition of a Function
o January
16
Counting Functions
o January
23
Finish Exploration
Counting Functions.
Exploration: Complex Roots and the
Quadratic Function
o January
28
Homework due
today
Lab: Qualitative
Graphing Part 1
Lab: Qualitative Graphing
Part 2
o January
30
Finish Qualitative Graphing –
Present Remaining Solutions to Lab: Qualitative
Graphing Part 2 from Monday
Discuss shape of sine and cosine graphs
Start Conic Sections
Analytic Definitions of
Conic Sections
Parabola
Graphing
Ellipse and Hyperbola
Graphing
Homework Due
Unit Homework 1 Due February 6
o February
4
Continue Conic Sections
Exploration: Conic
Sections
Look for how conic sections are used and be prepared to share what you
have learned next time
o February
6
Complete Conic Sections
Turn in Unit Homework 1
o February
11
Lab: Spring Mass Motion
Turn in Conic
Section Homework
o February
13
Exam 1
o February
18
Turn in cosine homework.
o February
20
Sequences
Turn in the equations for the functions in this file show work.
o February
25
Difference
Column Exploration
o February
27
Function patterns
Verifying Function Patterns
Plain Graph Paper
Log Graph Paper
o March
4
Continue Verifying Function Patterns
Exploration: Function
Patterns Application
Unit Homework Due March
18
o March 6
Begin Unit 2: Modeling
Terminal Velocity Lab
– Read the lab handout before class and bring a digital camera to class. Instead of going to our classroom, go the 4th
floor of GAB and we will meet in GAB 473.
Unit 1 Major Assignment 2
o March 18
Exploration: Thunderstorm Data Regression
Midterm Project
o March 20
Exploration: Residual Plots
Homework: Stabilizing
wood due on March 25
Unit 1
Assignment 2 Due today
o
March
25
Finding the Inverse of Matrix
Using an Augmented Matrix
Exploration: Using Matrices to Model
Equations
Stabilizing wood due today
Terminal Velocity Lab Due Today
o March 27
Exam 2
o April 1
Modeling using
piecewise defined functions (Roller Coaster)
o April 3
Begin Unit 3: Overlooked Topics
Parametric equations and
vectors
Exploration:
Extra Parameter Problems
Major
Homework Assignment 3
Clock notebook
o April 8
Finish parametric equations and vectors
o April 10
Finish Extra Parameter Problems
o April 15
Midterm Project Due
Project Summaries
Major homework Assignment 3 Due
o April 17
Polar coordinates
o April 22
Finish Polar coordinates
o April 24
Exam 3
o April 29
Tiger Weeds Golf Shot
o May 1
Review
o May 8
Final Exam (10:30)