AP Precalculus – Summer 2025 – Eliel Gonzalez
- Syllabus:
- Introductions and Welcome
- Course Prerequisites/”Honors PreCalculus”
- Mathematical Practices in AP Precalculus
- Graphing Calculator Use
- Course Exam Description (CED): Course at Glance/Units at Glance/Unit Guides
- Textbooks/AP Course Audit/AP Central/Resources/Exam Format/Instructional Strategies
- Concepts/topics throughout the course: input/output, end behavior, functions, transformations, asymptotes, modeling, covariation, algebraic manipulation
- Unit 1: Polynomial and Rational Functions: Rates of change, inc/dec/concavity, points of inflection activity, odd/even, relative vs absolute extrema, real and imaginary zeros, rational functions, transformations, regression clinic, chapter 1 summative, “quick hit multiple choice.”
- Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: Population growth activities, exponential regression, linear vs exponential,, composition of functions, inverse functions, logarithmic equations and inequalities, logarithmic regression, semi-log plots discovery activity; “quick hit multiple choice.”
- AP Precalculus Exam Overview/Sample FRQ 1 and 2
- Unit 3: Trigonometry: Basic Trig concepts and prerequisites including period, sine and cosine, trig modeling and problem solving AP style, tangent, secant, cosecant, cotangent, inverse trig functions, trig inequalities, “quick hit multiple choice.”
- AP Precalculus Exam Overview/Sample FRQ 3 and 4
- Unit 3: Polar: Plotting polar coordinates, polar to rectangular, complex form of a trig number, rates of change and distance from origin, “quick hit multiple choice.”
- AP Precalculus 2024 Exam Debriefing/Sample Multiple Choice
- Unit 4 Overview
- AP Classroom/Progress Checks/Scoring FRQ/Instructional Progress Reports/Equity Access
- Sample full Multiple Choice/Global Review
- Other
Participants are asked to bring a laptop, a graphing calculator and a Precalculus textbook.
eliel_gonzalez@comcast.net
