AP Calculus AB

This course aligns with the learning outcomes for:

AP Course (All regions)

This course aligns with the learning outcomes for:

AP Course (All regions)

This award-winning AP Calculus course is an immersion into calculus, giving students a taste of college with the comfort of high school.

Within this course, students are led through the historical journey of the discovery and development of calculus. Each lesson involves interactive videos that allow students to go at their own speed, with the ability to pause and rewind at any point. With student-friendly note packages and practice questions with detailed solutions, students will never get stuck and can learn how to solve even the most challenging calculus problems. Students can also retake every quiz and test, which are randomized, to encourage them to strive towards mastery.

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AP Calculus AB goes over the first semester of University Calculus (Calc 1) and students will have the option to complete the AP Exam administered by the College Board and receive university credit. This course is designed to cover the equivalent of one semester of college calculus. AP Calculus AB covers derivatives, definite integrals and the fundamental theorem of calculus.

Note: AP Calculus AB only differs from AP Calculus BC in scope, not difficulty. For more information on the additional topics covered in AP Calculus BC, click here.
What is AP?
Want to give your students a taste of college in the comfort of high school? By taking AP courses your students can develop their college skills, such as time management and critical thinking, all the while discovering their passions by studying subjects more in-depth.

Why Should Your Students Take AP Courses?
  • Earn College Credit
  • Save Money by Skipping Introductory Courses in College
  • Graduate Early
  • Stand out in College applications
What Steps Does a School Need to Take?
  1. Get approved to teach AP courses via College Board – Register your school with the College Board and complete the online AP Participation form. Click here to find out what this entails
  2. You’ve been approved – Congratulations, now what? See this pdf on how to set up, enroll and order for your AP classroom. 
  3. Start teaching! You will receive all materials, practice tests, and note packages your students need when they are enrolled in StudyForge class. 
  4. Don’t Forget to Order your Exams by Nov 15th for all full-year and first-semester courses or Mar 15th for all courses that begin after Nov 15th.
  5. See all Teacher/Administrator resources at AP Central.

Table of Contents

*Each lesson is designed to take 60 – 90 minutes to complete with the exception of major projects and assignments.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Calculus
Lesson 2: Review of Function Terminology And More
Lesson 3: Graphing Calculators
Lesson 4: Compositions and Transformations of Functions
Lesson 5: Some Common Functions
Lesson 6: Inverse Functions
Lesson 7: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Lesson 1: Introduction to Limits
Lesson 2: Properties of Limits
Lesson 3: Limits Involving Infinity
Lesson 4: Continuity and The Sandwich Theorem
Lesson 5: Applications of Limits
Lesson 1: The Derivative
Lesson 2: Rules of Differentiation
Lesson 3: Trigonometric Derivatives and The Chain Rule
Lesson 4: Derivatives of Exponential, Logarithmic, and Inverse Trig Functions
Lesson 5: Implicit Differentiation
Lesson 1: Analyzing Functions Part I: Curve Sketching
Lesson 2: Analyzing Functions Part II: Maximums and Minimums
Lesson 3: Applied Maximum and Minimum Problems
Lesson 4: Distance, Velocity, Acceleration, and Rectilinear Motion
Lesson 5: Related Rates
Lesson 6: The Mean-Value Theorem and L’Hopital’s Rule
Lesson 1: Area Approximation and Riemann Sums
Lesson 2: Introduction to the Definite Integral
Lesson 3: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
Lesson 4: Integrals and Antiderivatives
Lesson 5: Integration by Substitution
Lesson 6: Integration by Parts – Optional
Lesson 7: The Definite Integral
Lesson 1: Finding The Area Under and Between Curves
Lesson 2: Volume by Discs (Slicing)
Lesson 3: Volume by Shells
Lesson 4: Work
Lesson 5: Average Value of a Function and Rectilinear Motion Revisited
Lesson 1: Differential Equations – An Introduction
Lesson 2: Initial Value Problems, Slope Fields, and Euler’s Method
Lesson 3: Linearization and Newton’s Method
Lesson 4: Numerical Approximation Methods with Integrals
Lesson 1: Exploring the Graphs of f, f’, and f” (Revisited)
Lesson 2: Relative Rates of Growth
Lesson 3: Using Calculus With Data in a Table
Lesson 4: Functions Defined By Integrals
Lesson 5: Integration by Parts (Review) – Optional
Lesson 6: Integrating Using Partial Fractions – Optional
Lesson 7: Improper Integrals – Optional

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This course prepared me well because I was able to get a 5/5 on the College Board Exam…

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I think this is extremely well-organized and easy to understand. The videos and video notes are terrific.

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Course Features

  • Many lessons include fun, interactive applets and dynamic graphs which help foster a conceptual and even intuitive understanding of fundamental topics.
  • Digital DESMOS Graphing Calculator within the course