Houston Area Calculus Teachers Past Workshops
The Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 materials will be added below after the last Workshop in Spring 2025.
2023-2024
Workshop I Face to Face and Online September 30, 2023 Dixie Ross Baby birds, landfills, baked potatoes and now MILK??!! What in the world is happening with differential equations? Video, Chat PPT, Handouts(pdf): History of DE on the AP, ALG II for DE, PreCalc for DE, DE Rounds, No No Notation, Applications, DE Solutions (Word): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Workshop II Face to Face and Online November 4, 2023 James West and Jeff Morgan Creating Calculus Demonstrations in Geogebra and Desmos; A Hands-On Workshop Outline of Geogebra Activities, Outline of Desmos Activities, Video, Chat Geogebra and Desmos Files Workshop III Face to Face and Online December 2, 2023 Dr. Ben Hedrick, ETS Writing and Using High-Quality AP Calculus Questions Videos: 1, 2, 3, Chat, Handouts: ppt, pdf Workshop IV Face to Face and Online February 24, 2024 Cedric French Free Response Problems That Changed My Teaching SYMKC (Calculus AB), SYMKC Key (all subjects), Handout, Video, Chat, Challenge Question Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2022-2023
Workshop I Online September 17, 2022 Dixie Ross What Ever Happened to Related Rates? Handout: Word, PDF, Solutions (pdf), Video, Chat Workshop II Online October 22, 2022 Cedric French Transition from Derivatives to Integration (from Optimization to Slope Fields and Integration) Video, Chat, Cedric's Presentation Workshop III Online November 19, 2022 Nancy Stephenson Rate In/Rate Out Questions: How to Help Students Get More Comfortable with Them Nancy's Drop Box, Video, Chat Workshop IV Online February 25, 2023 Stephen Kokoska A Path to Understanding Particle Motion Problems Handout 1, Handout 2, Solutions to BC portion, Chat, Video Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2021-2022
Workshop I Online September 11, 2021 Dixie Ross The HOYVUX are coming! (And they are also going!): Using Nonsense to Make Sense of Calculus. Also, the second derivative is calling your name! Video, Chat, Hand Out (Word), Hand Out (PDF) Workshop II Online October 30, 2021 Cedric French 2021 Free Response and Beyond Video, Chat Workshop IIII Online January 15, 2022 Stephen Kokoska L'Hospital's Rule, Endpoints, and Common Errors Video, Chat, Handout, Handout Workshop IV Online February 19, 2022 Doug Kuhlmann Using GeoGebra in an AP Calculus Class Video, Chat Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2020-2021
Workshop I Online September 19, 2020 Dixie Ross Lessons Learned from a Very Strange Year Presentation video      Introduction slides      Chat log Workshop notes from Dixie   pdf Are you asking the right questions?   pdf   Word doc One graph multiple uses    pdf   Word doc A problem for our time    pdf   Word doc You are not wrong, but ...    pdf Workshop II Online November 7, 2020 Cedric French Connecting Pre-Calculus and Calculus Intro Slides Workshop Video Chat Log Cedric's DropBox Workshop III January 23, 2021 Scott Pass Ideas for Integration: Recent focus on the direction of Integration on AP Exam Questioning in 2020: How virtual learning has improved questions Workshop document Video, Chat Log Workshop IV February 27, 2021 Stephen Kokoska 2020 Mock AP Calculus Exams: Solutions and Scoring Guidelines AB 1 (graph)     AB 2 (table)     BC 1 (graph)     BC 2 (table)     Participants may find it helpful to work problems above before the workshop Standards:    AB 1     AB 2     BC 1     BC 2     Video, chat, PDF Presentation Files: 1, 2, 3, 4 Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2019-2020
Workshop I September 28, 2019 Dixie Ross Things I Learned After It Was Too Late Workshop notes, Check signs of what now, Differential equations, Graphs existence theorem cards, Odd man out, Tell me something good, Two truths and a lie, Two truths and a lie answers Workshop II November 2, 2019 Cedric French Online Calculus Resourses Feel free to bring your computer Workshop III January 18, 2020 Scott Pass Problem Solving with an Eye on the AP Exam and Beyond "Is It Possible?" Questions for Discussion Instructional Examples for Differential Equations Workshop IV February 29, 2020 Joseph Mellor & Denise Stasio AP Readers Discuss the 2019 Free Response Questions Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2018-2019
Workshop I September 29, 2018 Dixie Ross Challenge and Support: the Twin Pillars of AP Calculus Success Crowdsourced Questions, Existence Theorem Card Sort, Limit Statements 3 Versions (Word), Limit Statements 3 Versions (PDF), Addressing MPACs 5 and 6 with examples Presentation video Workshop II October 20, 2018 Cedric French AP Reader Discusses the 2018 Free Response Questions Workshop III January 19, 2019 Scott Pass Reflections on AB/BC 3 and 4 and Expanding on Slope Fields in Calculus Presentation document (Word) Workshop IV February 16, 2019 Cathy Doxtater What to Gloss, When to Floss Presentation documents (pdf) Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2017-2018
Workshop I September 30, 2017 Dixie Ross What is the Impact of the MPAC's? Presentation document, Least to Greatest activity, Calculus Jeopardy Workshop II October 21, 2017 Cedric French AP Reader Discusses the 2017 AB Free Response Questions Workshop III January 20, 2018 Scott Pass Classroom demonstrations that engage and problems for explorations Remembering we don't just prep students for tests Demonstration D.E., Regions Foam Board, Using Areas to Find Centroid Workshop IV February 24, 2018 Paul Foerster Definite Integrals -- Concept, Definition, Evaluation, and Applications View workshop summary Presentation, Handout, Solutions handout Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2016-2017
Workshop I September 24, 2016 Dixie Ross The New AP Calculus Curriculum Framework Adjusting to the New AP Calculus Curriculum Framework, Analysis of 2016 Released BC Exam, Using Released AP Items to Inspire Improved Instruction, Techniques of Integration Matching, Matching Words to Symbols View presentation (might take a few minutes to load) Workshop II November 5, 2016 Scott Pass Building New Functions in AP Calculus (based on AB/BC 1 2016) Building New Functions, Functions for Mixed Derivatives, Height vs Volume Function Card Match, Mixed Derivatives Practice Workshop III January 21, 2017 Joseph Mellor & Denise Stasio AP Readers Discuss the 2016 AB Free Response Questions Workshop IV February 25, 2017 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Rolle's Theorem To Inscribe An Ellipse With Maximum Area In A Triangle - I bet you haven't seen this before! Talk Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2015-2016
Workshop I September 19, 2015 Dixie Ross Expecting the Unexpected on the AP Exam Unexpected, What's your sign?, Volume, Area Integral Practice, International Release Variations Workshop II October 24, 2015 Cedric French AP Reader Discusses the 2015 AB Free Response Questions Workshop III January 30, 2016 Scott Pass Experiments, Mishaps and Mistakes experienced in AP Calculus Presentation document, Matching game Workshop IV March 5, 2016 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Calculus to Control a Robotic Arm - Deriving Me To Drink View presentation (might take a few minutes to load) Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2014-2015
Workshop I September 13, 2014 Bekki George - University of Houston Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Some handouts shared Workshop II October 11, 2014 Dixie Ross Creating Your Own AP-Style Questions Workshop handout   Calculus Improv   Matching Graphs Workshop III November 15, 2014 Cedric French AP Reader Discusses the 2014 AB Free Response Questions Presentation document Workshop IV January 24, 2015 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston 2014 BC Free Response Workshop V March 7, 2015 Ray Cannon - Baylor University L'Hopital's Rule Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2013-2014
Workshop I September 21, 2013 Dixie Ross Extending Free Response Questions Presentation document Workshop II October 19, 2013 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Are Your Students Understanding, or Simply Turning the Crank? pdf (4 per), pdf (1 per), pptx Workshop III November 16, 2013 Cedric French and Christian Haich AP Readers Discuss the 2013 AB Free Response Questions Workshop IV January 25, 2014 Bekki George - University of Houston Reviewing for the AP: Practice, projects and more Presentation, Video for making quiz in Powerpoint, Example ppt file, Video for making quiz in Excel, Example excel file Workshop V March 1, 2014 Ray Cannon - Baylor University Free Response Problems Presentation document Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2012-2013
Workshop I September 15, 2012 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Twitter, DIY Math Videos from your Smart Phone, and a Cool Application of the Limit of sin(x)/x as x approaches 0 Workshop II October 20, 2012 Dixie Ross Insights from the newly released AP Calculus exam Limits and Continuity and Definition of Derivative Practice Workshop III Online! November 10, 2012 Bekki George - University of Houston Calculus is Easy, Algebra is Hard View session or Download presentation pdf Workshop IV January 19, 2013 Ray Cannon - Baylor University Volume with discussion of student difficulties Workshop V March 2, 2013 Christian Haich, Jim Stepp - Houston Baptist University and Jim Stones AP Readers Discuss the 2012 AB Free Response Questions Practice Test All year Online AP Practice Test
2011-2012
Workshop I September 17, 2011 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Strengths and Weakness of Graphing Calculators, Excel, Geogebra and Winplot Presentation file (go to bottom of the page) Workshop II Online! October 15, 2011 Bekki George - University of Houston Derivatives and Slope Fields using Graphing Utilities Presentation (pdf), Presentation with answers (pdf), Presentation (ppt) Workshop III November 12, 2011 Cedric French Preparing students for the AP Calculus Exam during the school year Presentation (pdf), Symkc Alg1 (Word), Symkc Alg2 (Word) Symkc Alg Geom (Word), Symkc Precal (Word) Symkc Calc (Word), Symkc Key (pdf) Workshop IV January 28, 2012 Dixie Ross Latest and Greatest Updates to Prepare Students for the AP Exam Dealing with piece-wise functions on the AP exam (pdf), Motion-two particles (pdf), Differential equations (pdf) Workshop V March 3, 2012 Ray Cannon - Baylor University Differential Equations Presentation document (pdf) Practice Test April 15 - May 19, 2012 Online AP Practice Test
2010-2011
Workshop I September 18, 2010 Bekki George Derivatives using CAS and Graphing Software Presentation PowerPoint file Workshop II October 23, 2010 Dixie Ross Where is the AP exam going? Looking back to move forward Presentation pdf document   or   Presentation MS Word document Workshop III Online! November 13, 2010 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Exploring Mathematics with SpaceTime 4.0 Access The Video of the Online Live Session Here Workshop IV January 22, 2011 Ray Cannon Solids Workshop V February 19, 2011 Elizabeth Stepp Beyond the AP exam, striving towards success in college mathematics. Practice Test April 16 - May 18, 2011 Online AP Practice Test
2009-2010
Workshop I October 17, 2009 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Google Forms for Online Assignments and Geogebra as a Tool in Calculus - INCLUDING VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS!! Workshop II November 14, 2009 Bekki George Using Free Software in AP Calculus, Including SAGE (an online computer algebra system) and Geogebra PLUS.... Discussion of the new FREE 40+ online automatically graded quizzes covering all topics in AP Calculus Workshop III January 30, 2010 Lin McMullin Part 1: Winplot for Calculus - an introduction to Winplot and a demonstration of what it can do (handout 1) Part 2: Problems for CAS solution - a discussion of how CAS can be used in high school illustrated by a series of problems from pre-calculus and calculus (handout 2, handout 3) Workshop IV February 27, 2010 Dixie Ross Learning from the 2008 released exam Handout Practice Test April 17 - May 19, 2010 Online AP Practice Test
2008-2009
Workshop II October 11, 2008 Dixie Ross Justification of Extrema and Backmapping to Success on the AP Calculus Exam Workshop III November 15, 2008 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Bad Derivatives, Picture Calculus, and Crazy Modeling Technology Tip: Working with Winplot and Excel. Workshop IV January 24, 2009 Bekki George Using the TI Graphing Calculator on Piecewise Functions, Piecewise Derivatives, Area and Volume Workshop V March 7, 2009 Mike May, S.J. Introducing GeoGebra Workshop Materials Geogebra Video introduction from Jeff Morgan Practice Test April 18 - May 20, 2009 Online AP Practice Test
2007-2008
Workshop I September 29, 2007 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Using Vectors in the Calculus of Parametric Equations Technology Tip: Creating Animations with Winplot Workshop II October 20, 2007 Dixie Ross How The AP Exams Helped Make Me A Better Teacher Handout 1 - Handout 2 Workshop III November 10, 2007  Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" Calculus of Variations and Other Various Things ;) Presentation - Handout Workshop IV January 26, 2008 Christian Haich Teaching the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Complete set of handouts (pdf) Integrating Velocity (doc) Basic Integration (doc) The Area Function (doc) Using the FTC (doc) Workshop V March 1, 2008 Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Dadmehr: Optimization,e Basics, Curvy Area, Saddest Candy Hurwitz: Concept Questions Lampazzi: Chain Rule Stasio: Slope Fields and Sketching Areas Stepp: Using nInt to Construct a Function Practice Test April 19 - May 20, 2008 Online AP Practice Test
2006-2007
Workshop I September 16, 2006 Jeff Morgan - University of Houston Fun With Tangent Lines and Creating Flash Explanations for Calculus (or anything else) In 10 Minutes!! Materials and Challenge Problems Workshop II October 21, 2006 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" Will the real L'Hopital's Rule please stand up? And other things that make you go hmm. For the most part L'Hopital's Rule isn't stated to its fullest extent in Calculus books. I'll show why it can be extended and when it does or doesn't apply, derive a more powerful Nth Derivative Test using only basic Calculus ideas, look at the arclength and surface area of revolution formulas in a thought provoking way, examine the continuity and differentiability of powers of the Popcorn function (microwave not required), and also look at the famous continuous, but nowhere differentiable Blancmange function. Materials Workshop III November 11, 2006  Dan Kennedy - Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN What I Have Learned About Assessment from the AP Program. Part 2 :Nominations for the Ten Toughest Points on AP Calculus Exams. Biography Materials Workshop IV January 20, 2007  Ray Cannon - Baylor University AP Audit Workshop V March 3, 2007 Teachers Sharing Their Own Materials All are invited but not required to bring handouts or ideas to share with the group. About 20 paper copies will be needed and a digital file if possible. Several teachers have already agreed to bring materials so come and get new ideas for your Calculus class! Haich: The Area Function Haich: Which Pi is the Best Pi? Haich: Tying it All Together Stasio: Right and Left-Hand Sums Stepp: A Program for Finding Riemann Sums Stepp: Riemann Sums Intro Stones: Riemann Distance Project Stones: Taylor Polynomial Worksheet Practice Test April 21 - May 20, 2007 Online AP Practice Test
2005-2006
Workshop I September 17, 2005 Jeff Morgan Calculus with Excel Also ... announcing Online AP Practice Test and Online Homework Workshop II October 8, 2005 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" New Twists on Old Goat Problems, Fooling Newton’s Method, and so much more.... Talk Materials Workshop III November 5, 2005 Selwyn Hollis "The TI-89/92/Voyager Calculators: Efficient Usage and Problem Solving" Talk Materials Workshop IV February 4, 2006 Bernie Madison Calculus, Learning, Assessment Talk Materials Practice Test April 8, 2006  Online AP Practice Test (Some versions with keys)
2004-2005
Workshop I September 18, 2004 Scott Pass Differential Equations from Multiple Perspectives using Winplot Talk Materials Workshop II October 16, 2004 Jeff Morgan Bungee Coaster Calculus Workshop III November 13, 2004 Pete Horton - North Harris County College a.k.a. "The Man of Knowledge" An AP Calculus Bouquet Talk Materials Workshop IV February 5, 2005 Susan Cinque Calculus Mini-Projects Talk Materials Workshop V March 5, 2005 Christian Haich & Denise Stasio Topic: Sequences and Series Talk Materials
2003-2004
Workshop I September 20, 2003 J.T. Sutcliffe Local Linearity Talk Materials Workshop II October 18, 2003 Nancy Stephenson Slope Fields Talk Materials Workshop III November 22, 2003 Gladys Wood Functions Defined as Integrals - Bridging Differential and Integral Calculus Through The Fundamental Theorems Talk Materials Workshop IV February 7, 2004 Dixie Ross Asking The Right Questions To Make Students Successful Talk Materials Workshop V March 6, 2004 Jeff Morgan Brain Surgery: Making Your Students Think
2001-2002 and 2002-2003 Some of the workshop leaders Ray Cannon, Garry Etgen, John Hardy, Jeff Morgan, Dixie Ross, Doug Shaw, Nancy Stephenson, Denise Stasio, Jim Stepp, Rose Ann Stepp
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