Getting+ready+for+the+AP+Test

Common Mistakes They Make:

 * Kids keep making algebraic mistakes? Check out Algebraic ATROCITIES - [|Algebraic atrocities 10 07.doc]
 * Video: [|Top ten list of Algebra Mistakes]
 * [|Top ten mistakes] (from CB)

Things They Just //Need// to Know!

 * [|YouSeeThis...YouDoThis.pdf] - mastermathmentor.com (Stu Schwartz)
 * Things to KNOW for the AP Exam: What you need to know COLD
 * __[|Review for the exam]__
 * Vocabulary List for AP Calculus - [|Calculus AP Vocabulary List.docx]
 * These are the words they need to know and recognize.
 * The big idea of Riemann sums: [|OZ 7--the big idea[1.doc]]
 * Covers the concept of Riemann Sums (You know...the MC questions they all get wrong...)

Video Reviews/Podasts:

 * Videos for review
 * Podcasts (AB and BC topics...)
 * Kid made videos on youtube:
 * Really funny kid video...Calculus concepts sung to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
 * I Will Derive
 * Calc-u-lus - to Fergie's Glamorous
 * Calculus in 20 minutes: []

Review Games/Projects/Fun Things:
> Worked out solutions: [|Great Calculus Caper 09 -- Solutions.pdf] > (Adapted from “The Highland Mystery” – a presentation at the 2002 NCTM National Conference, Las Vegas; Lois Cohen and Craig Herring, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia.)
 * Ever played the game taboo? This CALCULUS VERSION will help your students study for the AP test!
 * [|Taboo Game Cards.doc] ~ Taboo instructions
 * Sudoku Puzzles - Curt Sauer
 * CALCPARDY - A Jeopardy style review game for AP Calculus AB. Open and then go to Slide Show: Begin Show. Click on the monetary value to reveal the "answer." Click anywhere on that slide to reveal the correct "question" Remember, all responses should be in the form of a question... It is easily editable with your own questions. Slides 1-5 are the first column answers; slides 6-10 are the second column, etc. For complete rules, check out the wikipedia page on Jeopardy.
 * [|Calcpardy AB Calc 2010.ppt]
 * [|Calcpardy Double Jep AB 2010.ppt]
 * **Fun review:** [|Great Calculus Caper.doc] - [|Great Calculus Caper.pdf] - Pam Burke -
 * [|AP Calculus Recipe Project_ChrisCollins.doc] Kids make cookies and review calculus!

General Information/How to Score the Exam:

 * About the AP Exam: Includes parent communication, how the exam is structured, how the exam is scored
 * Grading AP Exams
 * Mean scores for each FRQ. (Culled from the information in the scoring commentaries at AP Central.)

Exam Focused Review Materials:

 * Mastermathmentor has an incredible set of resources: Demystifying the AB Calculus Exam; Demystifying the BC Calculus Exam. These are a MUST do. Get them here: Mastermathmentor.com
 * FREE 74-page booklet called Demystifying the AB Calculus Exam. In the booklet are problems classified by type and how to attack them.
 * [|2009reviewfreeresponse.pdf]
 * [Ms. McCleary's project for the end of the first semester of Calculus AB -all free response problems]
 * AP Calculus Free Response and AP Free Response
 * Includes released items, scoring rubrics and sample tests.
 * Multiple Choice Monday and Free Response Friday - Quick AP problems to use throughout the year that are given on Mondays and Fridays
 * AP Calculus Review Worksheets : [|APCalculusReview2-1through3-9.docx] (aligned with the Finney, Demana, Waits, Kennedy book)
 * PowerPoint Drills - Sue Cantey
 * Cumulative Review Assignments

Review Quizzes

 * The past few years I've given a series of review quizzes, usually in March, to get the kids more focused on studying. These are them!
 * [|Calc AB 2011-2012 AP Review Quizzes.pdf]
 * 8 quizzes; 1 version of each; I had two classes. Class A took 1, 3, 5, and 7 as individual quizzes and did quizzes 2, 4, 6, and 8 as groups for classwork grades. Class B did the reverse.
 * [|Calc AB 2010-2011 Review Quizzes.pdf] (9 quizzes; two versions of each)
 * [|Mixed Derivatives and Integrals Quiz.docx]

Calculus BC Memorization Materials:

 * [|Derivatives, Integrals, Maclaurin Series.docx]
 * [[file:Definitions, Formulas, Tests, and Theorems to Memorize.docx]] (not "everything you need to know;" just the commonly forgotten, easily memorized things)
 * [[file:Definitions, Formulas, Tests, and Theorems to Memorize with Blanks - A.docx]]
 * [[file:Definitions, Formulas, Tests, and Theorems to Memorize with Blanks - B.docx]]
 * [[file:Memorization Quiz 7.docx]] (Sample memorization quiz on the above documents plus the unit circle)

Video Tutorials and Practice Tests by Paul Ross

iLearnMath.net:
iLearnMath.net 215 Sample Multiple Choice Questions for AP Calculus AB/BC (more soon) [|FLASH VERSION] (#1-130) iLearnMath.net AP Calculus AB/BC Course page: quizzes with solutions, tutorials on selected topics, worksheets, etc. iLearnMath.net Preparing for AP Calculus AB - some review notes on selected prerequisite topics. AP Calculus AB 1988 - Full Exam Tutorial/Notes: 'Average' in Calculus - (www.ilearnmath.net) Tutorial/Notes: Describing Functions - (www.ilearnmath.net) Mock Exam: 1997 AP Calculus AB -(www.ilearnmath.net)