| Week | Date | Topic | Homework Due | Reading | Goals / Notes |
| 5 | |||||
| 3/6/06 | Inverse trig functions (20.3) | PS11: §20.1 #1, 3, 6; §20.2 #3, 5, 8 |
§20.3, particularly p. 645-6 | Understand inverse trig functions, Be able to simplify expressions involving inverse trig functions using triangles | |
| 3/7/06 | Workshop #3: Inverse Trigonometric Functions | ||||
| 3/8/06 | Solving trig equations (20.4) | PS12: §20.3 #1, 4, 7 | §20.4 | Be able to solve trigonometric equations on restricted and unrestricted domains | |
| 3/9/06 | Gateway II: Trigonometric Functions. The gateway exam will be given during the problem sessions. | ||||
| 3/10/06 | Laws of sines, cosines, and trig identities (20.5 & 20.6) | PS13: §20.4 #1, 3 (be sure to explain why you can't
just cancel cos x in part b), 8, 21 |
§20.5 | Be able to apply the laws of sines and cosines, Be
able to use the addition formulas and other identities to simplify
trig expressions [ Trig Identities Handout] |
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| 6 | 3/13/06 | Derivatives of trig functions (21.1 & 21.2) | PS14: §20.4 #4, 7; §20.5 #1, 5, 7; §20.6 #2, 7,
8 |
§21.1 and 21.2, particularly p. 688 and Example 21.1 on p. 692 | Be able to follow the derivation of the derivative of the sine function, Be able to find derivatives of trigonometric functions |
| 3/14/06 | Workshop #4 | ||||
| 3/15/06 | Applications of trig derivatives: Related Rates (21.3) | PS15: §21.1 #4; §21.2 #1, 2 | §21.3, example 21.3 | Be able to solve related rates problems using trigonometric derivatives | |
| 3/16/06 | Review Session from 5-6:30pm in Science Center Hall A. | ||||
| 3/17/06 | Optimization and Curve sketching of trig functions (21.3) | PS16: §21.3 #7, 8, 15 | §21.3, example 21.2 | Be able to optimize functions involving trigonometric expressions, Be able to sketch functions involving trig expressions | |