Assignment 12: Last Things: Reviewing the Semester

Week 14

Monday, [day 39]

·        Questions about the Benchmark

·        Discuss the problems from Test 3

·        Take the Benchmark (last 30 minutes of class)

·        Return the Test, along with a summary of each student’s grades for this semester

·        The Study Guide for the Exam will be available by noon on Wednesday.

Wednesday, [day 40]

·        To prepare for class discussion on Wednesday, review the Course Objectives in the Syllabus for this course.

o       How well have you learned to analyze real-world problem situations, and learned to use mathematics to help you investigate these problems?

o       Which problems or projects that we have done this semester have challenged you to use mathematics to help you understand interesting questions in this world outside of this classroom?

o       Which application problems or projects that we have studied this semester have helped you develop critical thinking and analytic reasoning skills that will help you to be a better citizen? 

o       In what ways have you grown in your use of technology to investigate problems, and to communicate your solutions to others?

o       There will be a question on the final exam about how calculus can be used to investigate interesting problems in the real-world.

·        Limits and proving various shortcuts for calculating derivatives

·        Course Evaluation

Friday, [day 41]

·        Differential equations – three different types of differential equations

·        Falling Body Problems: Newton’s Laws of Motion (position, velocity, acceleration)

·        Cooling Bodies: Newton’s Law of Cooling (modeled by a differential equation)

Monday, [day 42]

·        Topics TBA

Final Exam: [day 43]

Cumulative final exam