Precalculus

Taught by Todd Steckler

Schedule

Monday, Day 1

• 8:00 - 9:00 (Asynchronous)
  • Steckler - Office Hour, Scavenger Hunt CED
• 9:00 - 9:15 (Attendance - Welcome)
  • Expectations of APSI
• 9:15 - 10:00 (Breakout Session ONE)
  • Introductions - Scavenger Hunt CED Finish up and Calculator Circuit Training
• 10:00 - 10:15 (Large Group)
  • Debrief and Equity and Access Powerpoint
• 10:15 - 10:30 (Large Group)
  • About the AP® Exam
• 10:30 - 10:50 (Breakout Session TWO)
  • Instructional Strategies
• 10:50 - 11:00 (Large Group)
  • Debrief
  • AP® Course Audit Process
  • Syllabus Development Guide
• 11:00 - 11:30 (Large Group)
  • Scope & Sequence
  • Important Definitions - Unit 1
• 11:30 - 12:00 (Lunch)
• 12:00 - 12:30 (Asynchronous)
  • Math Practices
  • Sample Instructional Activities
  • Task Verbs
  • Instructional Approaches and Planning POWERPOINT
• 12:30 - 12:40 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Polynomial Functions Finite Differences Activity
• 12:40 - 1:10 (Breakout Session THREE)
  • Polynomial Functions Finite Differences Activity
• 1:10 - 1:20 (Large Group)
  • Debrief Finite Differences
  • Introduce Incr/Decr/ConcUp/ConcDown Activity
• 2:00 - 2:15 (Large Group)
  • Important Definitions - Unit 1
• 2:15 - 2:30 (Breakout Session FOUR)
  • Polynomial Functions Incr/Decr/Concave Up/Concave Down Activity
• 2:30 - 2:40 (Break)
• 2:40 - 2:50 (Large Group)
  • Curve Sketching Graphs
  • HW 2 Polynomial Functions ONE example together
• 2:50 - 3:10 (Breakout Session FIVE)
  • HW 2 Polynomial Functions - selected problems AND ALL INFO - Polynomial Functions
• 3:10 - 3:20 (Large Group)
  • Important Definitions Unit 1 - Transformations
• 3:20 - 3:50 (Breakout Session SIX)
  • Transformations Activity
• 3:50 - 4:00 (Large Group)
  • Debrief & Day ONE Takeaways

Tuesday, Day 2

• 8:00 - 9:00 (Asynchronous)
  • Scavenger Hunt - DESMOS
• 9:00 - 9:20 (Large Group)
  • Ice Breaker & ALL INFO - Rational Functions
• 9:20 - 9:50 (Breakout Session ONE)
  • ALL INFO - Rational Functions
• 9:50 - 10:10 (Large Group)
  • Debrief & Important Definitions Unit 1
• 10:10 - 10:40 (Breakout Session TWO)
  • Rational Functions - Sudoko
• 10:40 - 10:50 (Large Group)
  • FRQ 1 - Deep Dive
• 10:50 - 11:30 (Breakout Session THREE)
  • Multiple Choice Unit 1, FRQ 1, FRQ 1 from 2025/2026
• 11:30 - 12:00 (Lunch)
• 12:00 - 12:30 (Asynchronous)
  • Unit 1 Assessments
• 12:30 - 1:00 (Large Group)
  • Debrief FRQ 1, AP® Classroom, AP® Central, Instructional Reports, Grading, Review, Summative Exams
• 1:00 - 1:10 (Large Group)
  • Definitions Unit 2 ; Introduce Change in Functions with a TWIST
• 1:10 - 1:30 (Breakout Session FOUR)
  • Change in Functions with a TWIST (with presentation)
• 1:30 - 1:50 (Large Group)
  • Presentations
• 1:50 - 2:10 (Breakout Session FIVE)
  • Half-Life Problem
• 2:10 - 2:20 (Large Group)
  • Debrief Half-Life Problem
• 2:20 - 2:30 (Break)
• 2:30 - 2:45 (Large Group)
  • Half-Life Problem with Semi-Log Plots
• 2:45 - 3:00 (Large Group)
  • Super Bowl Problem Residual Plots and R^2
• 3:00 - 3:15 (Breakout Session SIX)
  • Super Bowl Problem
• 3:15 - 3:25 (Large Group)
  • Modeling Functions from Scenarios
• 3:25 - 3:45 (Breakout Session SEVEN)
  • Function formulation AND other questions to be asked.
• 3:45 - 3:55 (Large Group)
  • Questions developed from Modeling Functions
• 3:55 - 4:00 (Large Group)
  • Debrief and Day 2 TAKEAWAYS

Wednesday, Day 3

• 8:00 - 8:15 (Large Group)
  • Intro and Ice Breaker
• 8:15 - 8:35 (Breakout Session ONE)
  • More Regression and Semi-Log
• 8:35 - 8:55 (Large Group)
  • ALL INFO - Log Functions
• 8:55 - 9:05 (Large Group)
  • Deep Dive FRQ 2
• 9:05 - 9:45 (Breakout Session TWO)
  • Multiple Choice Questions Unit 2
  • FRQ 2
  • FRQ 2 (2025, 2026)
• 9:45 - 9:50 (Large Group)
  • Debrief FRQ 2
• 9:50 - 10:00 (Break)
• 10:00 - 10:10 (Large Group)
  • Definitions - Unit 3
  • Definition of Radian - Links
• 10:10 - 10:20 (Large Group)
  • Definitions - Unit 3 (Sinusoidal Functions - emphasis on solving equations/inequalities)
• 10:20 - 11:00 (Breakout Session THREE)
  • ALL INFO - Sinusoidal Functions
• 11:00 - 11:05 (Large Group)
  • Explain Pictionary
• 11:05 - 11:30 (Breakout Session FOUR)
  • Pictionary
• 11:30 - 12:00 (Lunch)
• 12:00 - 12:30 (Asynchronous)
  • Unit 2 Assessments
• 12:30 - 12:40 (Large Group)
  • Deep Dive - FRQ 3
• 12:40 - 1:20 (Breakout Session FIVE)
  • FRQ 3, FRQ 3 (2025, 2026)
• 1:20 - 1:30 (Large Group)
  • Unit 3 Definitions (Tan/Cot/Sec/Csc)
• 1:30 - 2:00 (Breakout Session SIX)
  • ALL INFO - Tan function
• 2:00 - 2:10 (Large Group)
  • Unit 3 Definitions (Inverse Sin, Inverse Cos, Inverse Tan)
• 2:10 - 2:40 (Breakout Session SEVEN)
  • ALL INFO - Inverse Sin
• 2:40 - 2:50 (Break)
• 2:50 - 3:00 (Large Group)
  • Unit 3 Definitions - Trig Identity Toolkit
  • Solving Equations
• 3:00 - 3:10 (Large Group)
  • Deep Dive - FRQ 4
• 3:10 - 3:45 (Breakout Session EIGHT)
  • FRQ 4, FRQ 4 (2025, 2026)
• 3:45 - 3:55 (Large Group)
  • Debrief FRQ 4
• 3:55 - 4:00 (Large Group)
  • Debrief and Day 3 TAKEAWAYS

Thursday, Day 4

• 8:00 - 8:10 (Large Group)
  • Introduce icebreaker
• 8:10 - 8:20 (Large Group)
  • Introduce vector / parametric activity
• 8:20 - 8:50 (Breakout Session ONE)
  • Vector / parametric activity
• 8:50 - 9:00 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Battleship Game
• 9:00 - 9:40 (Breakout Session TWO)
  • Battleship Game
• 9:40 - 9:45 (Large Group)
  • Debrief Battleship
• 9:45 - 9:55 (Break)
• 9:55 - 10:10 (Large Group)
  • Polar Equation Graphing with Google Sheet, including Rate of Change
• 10:10 - 10:40 (Breakout Session THREE)
  • Polar Equation Graphing with Google Sheet, including Rate of Change
• 10:40 - 10:50 (Large Group)
  • Debrief Polar Equation Graphing Activity
• 10:50 - 11:20 (Breakout Session FOUR)
  • Multiple Choice Unit 3
• 11:20 - 11:30 (Large Group)
  • Debrief Multiple Choice Unit 3
• 11:30 - 12:00 (Lunch)
• 12:00 - 12:30 (Asynchronous)
  • Unit 3 Assessments
• 12:30 - 1:30 (Breakout Session FIVE)
  • Scope-and-Sequence Planning for 2025-26
• 1:30 - 1:45 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Grading for FRQ 1
• 1:45 - 2:00 (Breakout Session SIX)
  • Grading for FRQ 1
• 2:00 - 2:15 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Grading for FRQ 4
• 2:15 - 2:30 (Breakout Session SEVEN)
  • Grading for FRQ 4
• 2:30 - 2:45 (Break)
• 2:45 - 3:00 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Grading for FRQ 3
• 3:00 - 3:15 (Breakout Session EIGHT)
  • Grading for FRQ 3
• 3:15 - 3:30 (Large Group)
  • Introduce Grading for FRQ 2
• 3:30 - 3:45 (Breakout Session NINE)
  • Grading for FRQ 4
• 3:45 - 4:00 (Large Group)
  • Evaluation of the week