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