AP Calculus with the TI-83/84

• understand how the TI-83 Plus & 84 Plus work and its limitations?
• develop a repertoire of graphing skills that are useful?
• acquire and continue to expand a set of problems for which graphing calculators are good tools?
• focus on the fundamental concepts?
• recognize when the calculator is useful and when it is
• unnecessary?
• be prepared for the May AP Calculus Exam?

• multiple-choice and free-response questions at the end of each chapter that are similar to the calculator-active exercises that might appear on the AP Calculus Examination;
• topics from the new AP Calculus course description
• useful programs for several topics;
• an emphasis on the numerical and graphical aspects of calculus;
• labs that encourage students to explore patterns and then describe them.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to the TI-83/83 /84
• Functions and Graphs
• Differential Calculus
• Integral Calculus
• Sequences and Series
• Differential Equations