A New Feed Window
There is another Winnipeg AP Calculus class sharing their learning on a blog. You can peek in on what they're learning by checking out the new feed window way down there at the bottom of the side bar...
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime"Wow. It surprises me that I lasted this long in this course. I really had no idea that I am close to...
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endings-- beginnings--
Ara's post really hit a spot with me. This entire notion of an end to something or not---Do you think this quote applies as you work toward to your graduation?
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The Main Thing
Spring has sprung in Chardon, Ohio! Yes! We get lots of snow and winter seems so long that when the daffies bloom and the forsythia bursts forth with yellow, I'm estatic. (Last year this time, a late...
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Sarah's Blog Assignment
Question:Let C represent the piece of the curve y = (64-16x^2) ^ (1/3) that lies in the first quadrant.Let S be the region bounded by C and the coordinate axes.a) Find the slop of the tangent line to C...
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A differentiable function f defined on -7 a) describe the symmetry of f.b) On what intervals is f decreasing?c) For what values of x does f have a relative maximum? Justify your answer.d) How many...
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The Da Vinci Code Quest Sunday
It started last week. Google releases one puzzle each day for 24 days until the movie "The Da Vinci Code" is released in May. So far 7 puzzles have been released. You have to solve the puzzle to reveal...
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The town of Calcuville has a water tower whose tank is a circular ellipsoid, formed by rotating an ellipse around its minor axis. The tank is 20 feet tall and 50 feet wide.a) If there are 7.46 gallons...
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An object in motion along the x-axis has velocity v(t) = (t + e^t) sin (t^2) for the interval 1, 3.a. How many times is the object at rest? Defining an object at rest means the slope is zero, that is,...
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Visualizing excellence in calculus!
"Almost all of the world-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before they actually do it. They began with the end in mind. You can do...
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From ZZZZZ's to A's
The bottom line: Teens need 9.25 hours of sleep per nightfrom Do Teens Get Enough Sleep? In experiments done at Harvard Medical School and Trent University in Canada, students go through a battery of...
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Your second wind--
Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you. --William JamesI wonder,...
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Just do it!!!!
On the day that I was to take my "big" test, I was just about to leave for the testing center when I asked my husband to wish me luck. "No," he said, "I won't do that." I was crestfallen. I felt like I...
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(1) D(2) D(3) A(4) B(5) Afree response question(a) Because g is the derivative of the function ƒ, ƒ will attain a relative minimum at ta point where g=0 and where g is negative to the left of that...
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Running Up That Hill
Take a look at this:You're not the only ones using our blog to get ready for tomorrow. ;-)If you're an AP Calculus student reading this now ... go to bed! You've got to be ready for tomorrow. Your...
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Kakuro Sunday
'A Kakuro consists of a playing area of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash from top left to bottom right with numbers in them, called “the...
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Congratulations-- What's next?
Congratulations on completing your AP Calculus exam!! That is quite an accomplishment!!! When you look back on the process, did you surprise yourself? Did you take some time to celebrate?After...
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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the...
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Wishing you success ahead!
I am thinking that these days each of you, your family, and your friends are looking to your future and wishing you success. I'd like to do that too!! To wish for you all that Emerson describes-- Would...
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