Advanced Problem Solving (APS) Schedule. Semester Two, 2013-14. Class runs
Mon's and Wed's from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm in Room 706. EXCEPT FOR ...
Advanced Problem Solving (APS) Schedule Semester Two, 2013-14 Class runs Mon’s and Wed’s from 3:45 pm to 5:45 pm in Room 706 EXCEPT FOR Tuesday, Feb 25—BAMO (3:30 pm to 8 pm) Legend Minutes/Class: B, A (advisory), T (tutorial) = Block Period (90 minutes) C = Not a Block Period (50 minutes) M = Minimum Day (30 minutes) SP = Special Schedule (45 minutes) Alt = Alternate Schedule suited for the occasion
Mon 1/6 “C”
Wed 1/8 “B” Class: 3:45 to 5:45 Mon’s and Wed’s Mandelbrot 3
Class: 3:45 to 5:45 Mon’s and Wed’s
Level II Ch 9: Intro to Circles
Level IV AMC Practice Test Guest:
Levels II & IV: Introductions Classroom rules Mandelbrot Individual III Practice Mon 1/13 “C”
Wed 1/15 “B”
Mandelbrot Team I Topics (and Problems)
Mandelbrot Team I
Level II Ch 10: Angles 10.1-6: Review of All things Angular
Level IV Ch 4: Cyclic Quads 4.1 & 4.2 AMC Tough Problems Guest:
Level II Ch 12: Quads General, Trap’s, Parallelograms, Rhombi, Rect’s, and Squares
Level IV 5 AIME Problems Guest:
Mon 1/20
Wed 1/23 “B”
Holiday: Martin Luther King’s Day!
Level II Ch 12: Quad Problems
Level IV Ch 4: cyclic quads 4.3 and Problem Set AMC Tough Problems Guest:
Mon 1/27 “C”
Wed 1/29 “B”
4 X 4 Practice
4 X 4 Contest
Level II Ch 13: Polygons Angles, Regular & Hexagon Palooza
Level II Ch 13: Polygon Problems
Level IV
Level IV AMC 15 Guest:
ARML Power Practice 2 Guest:
(Tues 2/4: AMC!)
Mon 2/3 “C”
Wed 2/5 “B”
Mandelbrot Individual 4 Practice
Mandelbrot Individual 4 Level II Ch 14: Angle Chasing Problem Set
Level IV Ch 5: conics and Polar 5.1—5.4 Guest: Wed 2/12 “B”
ARML Power 2 (of 2) Mon 2/10 “B” Mandelbrot Team II Topics
Level II Ch 15: Areas Similarity, shared length, complicated figures Problem Set
Mandelbrot Team II AMC “B” Practice 50 minutes Debrief
Level IV AMC Tough Problems
Stanford Math Tournament this Saturday: 8 AM to 6 PM Guest: Mon 2/17
Wed 2/19 “B”
Holiday: Presidents’ Day!
(AMC 10/12 B) Level II Ch 16: Coordinates Problem Set A
Level IV Ch 5: Conics 5.5 Conics Set AIME (2 problems) Guest:
Mon 2/24 “C”
Level II Ch 16: Coordinates Problem Set B
Level IV Ch 6: Polynomials 6.6: Newton’s Sums Problem Set Guest:
Tues 2/25
BAMO 4 pm to 8 pm; room 706 Bring easy to eat food for yourself and something to share Arrive around 3:30 pm in order to get settled and get checked in so we can start at 4 pm. You don’t need to stay the entire time—you may leave when you feel that you have completed as much as you would like to.
Wed 2/26 “B” Recap BAMO Level II Ch 17: Power of a Point Problems
Level IV AIME Practice Guest:
Mon 3/3 “C”
Wed 3/5 “B” Mandelbrot V (last one)
Mandelbrot 5 Practice Level II Ch 18: Polyhedra Lab
Level IV AIME Practice
Level II Ch 18: Solids Problem Set
Guest:
Level IV Ch 7: Functions 7.3: solving function Identities Problem Set Guest:
Mon 3/10 “C”
Wed 3/12 “B”
Mandelbrot Team Play 3 Topics
Mandelbrot Team 3 (last one!)
Level II Ch 19: Transformational Geometry Problem Set
Level IV
Level II Ch 20: Geometry Palooza Problem Set A
AIME Practice: Full set Guest:
Level IV AIME Little Practice Guest:
AIME I is 3/13 (tomorrow!)
Mon 3/17 “C” Level II Ch 20: Geometry Palooza Problem Set B
Wed 3/19 “B” Level IV Ch 8: Limits 8.1—8.7 Problem Set
CaHSEE Testing
Guest:
Tues 3/12 “Alt” or Wed 3/13 “Alt” Each class meets once in these 2 days for 45 or 50 minutes
SCVMA Field Day should be a Saturday somewhere around in here.
No Class on Wednesday! …Sorry!... Berkeley Math Tournament this Saturday: 8 AM to 6 PM
Mon 3/24 “C” Level II Ch 21: Functions 21.1—21.5
Wed 3/26 “B” Level IV Ch 8: Limits Problem Set 3 AIME Problems
“Josh Problems” 5 & 6 Level II Ch 21: Functions 21.6
Guest:
Level IV Ch 9: Complex Numbers Problem Set Guest:
AIME II, if we offer it, is TODAY
SPRING BREAK Mon 4/7 “C”
Wed 4/9 “B” Purple Comet Contest!
Purple Comet Practice Contest! Level II Ch 21: Functions Problem Set
Level IV USA MO Problems 1 and 4 Guest:
Level II Ch 22: Inequalities 22.3, 22.4, 22.5
Level IV USAMO Problem 2 and 5 Guest:
Mon 4/14 and Tues 4/15
Wed 4/17 “C”
Star and CST Testing
Level II Ch 22: Inequalities Problem Set
Level IV Ch 10: Vectors and Matrices 10.1—10.7 Guest:
∴ No class today—sorry! Mon 4/21 “C” Level II Ch 23: Operations and Problem Set
Wed 4/23“B” Level IV
ATM Practice Debrief
USA MO Problems 1 and 4 Level II Ch 24: Sequences and Series 24.1—24.4
Guest:
Level IV Ch 10: Vectors and Matrices Problem Set Guest:
Mon 4/28 “C”
USA MO I is Thurs, 4/24 and Fri, 4/25 Wed 4/30 “B”
ATM Practice Debrief
ATM Practice Debrief
Level II Ch 24: Sequences and Series 24.5—24.6 and Problem Set
Level IV Ch 11: Cross Products and Determinants 11.1—11.5 Guest:
Level II Ch 24: Sequences and Series Problem Set B
Level IV Ch 11: Cross Products and Determinants 11.6—11.7 Problem Set Guest:
USA MO II (if we offer it) is Tues, 4/29 and Wed, 4/30 Mon 5/5 “C”
Wed 5/7 “B”
AP Testing
Level II Ch 25: Learning to Count Problem Set A
AP Testing
Level IV Ch 12: Analytic Geom 12.5—12.7 Problem Set A
Level II Ch 25: Learning to Count Problem Set B
Level IV Ch 12: Analytic Geom Problem Set B
Guest:
Mon 5/12 “C” AP Testing
Level II Ch 26: Statistics and Probability 26.1—26.4
Level IV Ch 13: Eq’ns and Expressions 13.1—13.5 Guest:
Guest:
Wed 5/14 “B” AP Testing
Level II Ch 26: Statistics and Probability 26.5—26.6 and Problem Set
Level IV Ch 13: Eq’ns and Expressions 13.6 Problem Set Guest:
Mon 5/19 “B” Last Class!
Wed 5/22 “B” Senior Final Exams
ATM!
No Class today—Prep for your finals!!!
Class Party with everyone invited!
Mon 5/27
Tues 5/28
Wed 5/29
Thurs 5/30
Fri 5/31
Holiday: Memorial Day!
Final Exams 2nd, 6th and 7th ASB Study Snacks in Library
Final Exams 3rd and 5th ASB Study Snacks in Library
Final Exams 1st and 4th (Last Student Day)
Teacher Work Day
