Quiz #1

Your quizzes from Friday are graded.  However, the HISD virtual private network has been down this weekend and I am unable to enter your scores in Gradespeed.  I will enter scores Tuesday morning on campus and return the quizzes to you during class.  Many of you did well with 64% earning an A and 20% earning a B.  I'll have more to say about results during class.

If you were absent for the quiz, the make-up will be during lunch on Wednesday.  All students are welcome to tutorials on Tuesday during lunch.

We will be covering the topic of Continuity in section 1.4 ... you should read this section before class tomorrow.

Quiz on Friday

Here's an outline for the quiz this Friday.

http://home.comcast.net/~mazzoni_bhs/apcalc/notes/quiz1_outline.pdf

Some of these topics will be covered on Thursday during class.  I am available during lunch tutorials on Thursday to answer questions and we will have about 30 minutes during class on Friday for questions before the quiz.

Welcome!

The 2012-2013 school year starts on Monday, August 27 with advocacy at 7:40 AM.  I am excited to start the near year and look forward to meeting and working with everyone as we learn calculus!  

A few important items:

• You do not need to bring your textbook to class on the first day - it can usually be kept at home
• My room number is 184 in the new science building (map of the first floor) 
• Get a head start by reading the course guide

Enjoy the last few hours of your summer break!

AP Scores

I hope that all of my former AP Calculus BC students are enjoying the summer break!

I have received AP scores and I must say that I am very impressed overall.  If you check the links below, you will see that 92% earned a score of 3 or higher which is the third best ever during the 13 years I have taught BC.  Also, 66% earned a 5 (second highest ever) and the mean score was 4.3 (third highest ever).  

In short, many of you earned scores that represent that you worked hard this past year and that you understand calculus concepts.  If your score was lower than you had anticipated or hoped for, I am certain that the effort you had put forth will pay off in subsequent courses.

Once again, I would like to wish each of you the best in the future.

http://home.comcast.net/~mazzoni_bhs/apcalc/bc_results.pdf

http://home.comcast.net/~mazzoni_bhs/apcalc/ab_results.pdf

Thank you for working hard and making this a great year! 
Enjoy your summer!

One version of the free response exam was released and can be found here:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap2012_calculusbc_frq.pdf

I have posted solutions to these questions here:
http://www.bellaire.org/mazzoni/apcalc/ap-solutions/2012-bc-fr.pdf

I would greatly appreciate hearing your comments or corrections.

Good luck Bellaire High School
AP Calculus BC Students!!!