Calendar
The calendar is based on sections meeting MWF; sections will naturally diverge somewhat from each other and from the
calendar.
Abbreviations:
OSH: Old-School Homework. Apply principals from class to solve contextual problems. Practice thinking critically and
creatively.
WW: WeBWorK weekly assignments.
PL: Pre-Lecture WeBWorK assignments. Read the text before class to prepare; answer questions in WeBWorK based on
your reading.
WW CL: WeBWorK course logistics assignment
WW DT: WeBWorK diagnostic test
Date What's
due Lecture topic Course notes
Week
1
Sep
5Cell size: volume, area. Power functions. Sec 1.1-1.2
Sep
7
Power functions (cont). Sketching simple
polynomials (y=x^3-ax). Sec 1.1, 1.4,1.6
Week
2
Sep
10 WW CL
Sketching simple polynomials (cont). Rational
functions, Michaelis-Menten and Hill functions,
“limits” at infinity.
Sec 1.4, 1.5
Sep
11 PL2.1
Sep
12 OSH 0
Average rate of change and secant lines.
Definition of the derivative. Instantaneous rate of
change.
Sec 2.2-2.5
Sep
13 PL2.2
Sep
14 OSH 1
Limits and continuity, examples. One example of
computing derivative of from the
definition.
Sec 2.5, 3.2, Appendix D.
Sep
16 WW DT
Week
3
Sep
17 PL3.1 Derivatives: analytic, and geometric (zoom in on a
point). Sketching given (intro). Sec 3.1-3.2
Sep
19 PL3.2
Derivatives (cont): computational (spreadsheet
example in class). More examples of sketching
given (intro).
Sec 3.2-3.3
Sep
20 WW 2
Sep Rules of differentiation: Power rule, sum rule, Sec 4.1