This week has been easier. The application of derivatives has been an interesting concept. I got my test back. I ended up missing some crucial parts of the concept and lost a few points. So I will have to fill out the mastery form and hopefully earn some points back. I am hoping that will be enough to bring my grade up to an acceptable level. The quiz that I took I feel fairly confident about I think that I did really well. The concepts I felt I understand. I believe that I successfully used the Mean Value Therom correctly to solve some of the problems. I believe I was correct on the more difficult concept questions and I’m confident that I won’t lose too many points. Monday when we take the second section I think I got. I believe that the only problem with that will be finding the first and second derivative. Other than that I know how to sketch the graph from the data gained from the first and second derivative. I know the rules to find the extrema and I know how to find concavity, critical points, and inflection points. I think that I will be able to successfully graph the function from the derivatives. Sadly I was not able to attend the Ted talk. I was on a field trip with the astronomy class. I am unbelievably busy this week my teachers really laid on the homework. I hunt on opening weekend so it will be fairly difficult to squeeze all the things that I have to do in. Overall this was a ok week. There was some ups and downs and I’m just glad that the trimester is almost over.

This week was fairly easier than the other weeks. Without marching band every day I have had time to work and study other things and now I have more time to work on math. This week has been interesting. Seems we are working on derivatives for a while now. Seems they will become an important part of calculus this year. I like the applications that we use them for. I never liked how they would just sit there and we didn't know how it would relate to the real world. The Ted talk this week was fairly interesting. I agreed with a lot of the points he made. For this new chapter I don’t think that ill ever get used to Disney music playing while I am working. Though I like it its just that I don’t think that I will get used to it. For marching band we only have practice now on Thursdays and Fridays to prepare for the football games. So it has been easier. I liked using a worksheet to take notes on. It makes learning the material easier. Though I wasn't there when you took most of the notes I still think that it was a good idea. I’ll have to borrow the note sheet from a friend at my table. The first section was a little harder than the second in my opinion. But that might just be because that was the beginning of the chapter so it’s the introduction of new materials and concepts. I like the concept over all of now finding c of the anti derivatives. I never though it was possible to do that. Even though looking back it was a pretty simple answer. Overall this has been a fairly easy week I hope that the next one is to.

This week was really busy. Most of this week felt like we were preparing for the test. Which we were. I got my quiz back. Ends up that it was less than stellar. I plan to do a video screen capture and submit my understanding that way. This week was very busy with the marching band preparing for state finals. I have been very busy trying to juggle all of my AP classes. I hope that after state finals next week everything will calm down and it will be easier to get all the things that I need to do done. I am glad that this section is almost over given that overall I wasn’t very good at it. Tomorrow I’m going to record a video explaining what I didn’t get about implicit differentiation. Though getting back my quiz was a pleasant surprise when I found out that some of the things I did ended up to be right. That I ended up being simplified. I also had a bit of trouble with chain rule. Though I’m getting better with it I don’t think it is one of my strongest points. I hope by the test that I will be able to answer all of the question confidently and correctly. I have been working on increasing my comprehension of the subject and I hope that it will be enough. I am excited to do the make up on the quiz I have wanted to try the program that I’m going to use for a while. This week overall has been a fairly tough week though I think I finally understand it. I hope that I end up doing well on the test on Monday.
P.S. We got back later that expected Friday for marching band I only got to finishing it now. Sorry!