Agenda – Precalculus

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 1Polynomial 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 2Exponential 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