Welcome to Ms. McCleary's AP Calculus AB  Resource Page
for the 2008-2009 school year.

  
Here are some useful websites to help you throughout the school year.  If you find any great calculus websites that you would like posted, then let me know.



Class Notes
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Tutor
Brandon Weil is a former student of Ms. McCleary who is available for tutoring.  He has a degree in Physics with a minor in Mathematics and has the Ms. McCleary "Seal of Approval".  Ask Ms. McCleary for his contact information.
About our textbook
Our textbook website is located at:
http://college.hmco.com/mathematics/larson/calculus_analytic/8e/resources.html
About the AP Calculus AB course
The AP Calculus AB exam will be given on May 6, 2009
To see the syllabus click on the link below:
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/calculus_ab/samp.html?calcab
Here are some websites that have some good AP review problems:
http://cs3.covenantchristian.org/bird/Calculus.htm
http://home.cvc.org/math/apcalc/apcalc.htm
Great [and Useful] Calculus Websites
NEW!!!  I found a great website with video clips of most of the important stuff in Calc AB!  Go to:  http://www.math.dartmouth.edu/~calcsite/video1.html
Here is a website with definitions, theorems, etc. of all things Calculus-related:  http://www.mathwords.com/index_calculus.htm
Rocket scientists on call!   Go to:  http://www.midnighttutor.com/
For some more  pre-calculus review go to:  http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2426/
For some great animated tutorials see Michael's Kelley's website:  http://www.calculus-help.com/
Kentridge High School's calculus website:  http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/DavidWright/calculus/index.html
Mrs. Roberts' Calc Site [not our Mrs. Roberts!]:  http://www.mrsroberts.com/MrsRoberts/Calculus/calculus.htm
Other Teachers' Calculus Notes
"TeacherWalt" teachers "Business Calculus", not AP Calculus, but he has some good stuff:  http://www.teacherwalt.com/about/business-calculus/
Another new find:  Mr.B's fancy notes and lectures [movies]:  http://sbach.aberrant.us/?dir=./Recorded%20Lectures%20-%20all%20classes
For some good narrated video lectures go to:  http://online.math.uh.edu/Math1431/
Great notes and great summaries from "Professor Paul":  http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/sitemap.aspx
A new find:  Mrs. Cantey's "Calculus Memory Book"  http://homelink.cps-k12.org/teachers/canteys/files/3B7B43FAA6F147D58A3D28FABF3C6351.pdf
Great notes from Mr. Leckie [Air Academy]:  http://chaoticgolf.com/
Great notes and review stuff:  http://home.cvc.org/math/apcalc/apcalc.htm
Mr. Zab's great AP Calc webpage:  http://www.frapanthers.com/teachers/zab/
Another excellent Calculus webpage with lots of great notes from Mr. Jonak:  http://www.kirkwood.k12.mo.us/parent_student/khs/jonakst/textchoicepage.htm
Powerpoint lectures from Greg Kelly:  http://online.math.uh.edu/HoustonACT/
Harvey Mudd's Calc Tutorial:  http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/
Niles West High's notes [the great stuff is towards the bottom]:  http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/timmil/AP_Calc.html
Mr. Willott's Notes which follow our textbook:  http://fhn.fhsd.k12.mo.us/swillott/A.P.%20Calculus%20AB.html
Mr. Reardon's smartboard notes along with mp3 recordings of his lectures [click on one of his AP Calculus classes]:  http://www.austintown.k12.oh.us/~aust_tr/homework/homework.html
Contacting Ms. McCleary
You can contact Ms. McCleary via e-mail
denise.mccleary at bvsd.org (sorry, due to SPAM, I prefer to not have actual email addresses on these pages. You'll have to type this email address manually - replace " at " with @. )

Ms. McCleary’s office is located at the back of Room 222.   She is available for help during 3rd, 6th and 8th period and during the common lunches on Block days.   Please be sure to let her know you are coming since there are other classes that meet in Room 222.  Ms. McCleary may also be available after school.
TI Help
Tutorials on how to use the TI family of calculators  http://www.tc3.edu/instruct/sbrown/ti83/
A tutorial on how to use the TI-84   http://www.atomiclearning.com/ti_84
A guide to the common "fixes" for TI calculators  http://oakroadsystems.com/math/ti83oops.htm
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