Math Glossary (a pdf not a website)
Key Sites for the Class
Textbook Web Site – Prentice Hall text
AP Central – Practice Questions
Free online practice exams – Multiple Choice
Calculator Sites
Free online graphing calculator – rentcalculators.org
Free online graphing calculator – mathworksheetsgo.com
Polar graphing calculator – uses Java
Free online graphing calculator – has polar and parametric mode
Programs that you can download on your TI-89 Calculator from TI
Texas Instruments Emulator (put a copy of your TI Calculator on your laptop – Windows only)
Here is a site to download programs for the TI Inspire: http://www.ticalc.org/pub/
Tutorial Sites
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-diff-analytical-applications-new#ab-5-5
Note: Khan academy and MIT’s open course ware are excellent tutorials but they are blocked in China (at the time that I am writing this). Please see other tabs on this site to access those pages more easily in China.
Free Online Text Books
MasterMathMentor (free text books and lots of other free on line resources)
A list of Calculus Books that can be downloaded for free
A free text book by MIT Professor Gilbert Strang
A free text books that uses Hyperreal Numbers which eliminates the need for limits in Calculus (Note: AP considers this a non standard approach)
Free downloadable textboks for many levels
AP Exam Score Estimator
AP exam score estimator
http://aphaven.com/haven/ap-calculus/calculator
Learning Parametric Equations with a Spirograph (Fun stuff)
http://www.mathplayground.com/Spiromath.html (this site uses a Java Applet and shows the equations)
http://www.mathplayground.com/Spiromath.html (this site does not show equations – focuses on conceptual and fun aspects of parametric equations)
Interesting Calculus Videos
3 paradoxes that gave us Calculus
Visit this site to find out where to purchase a TI 89 Calculator in Shanghai
1018 Xikang Road
Shanghai
China
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