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

 

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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)

 

 


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