AP Calculus Course Information
- AP Calculus Course Description (.pdf/1.7MB)
- AP Calculus Teacher's Guide (.pdf/1.2MB)
- Sample Syllabi
- AP Calculus FAQs
- AP Calculus Development Committee
- AP Calculus Newsletter
- AP Calculus BC Course Perspective
AP Course Audit Information
Exam Information and Resources
Classroom Instruction and Resources
Special Focus Materials
Curriculum Modules
- Motion (.pdf/2.8MB)
- Reasoning from Tabular Data (.pdf/1.8MB)
- Fundamental Theorem of Calculus (.pdf/2.6MB)
- Functions Defined by Integrals (.pdf/792KB)
Lesson Plans and Teaching Strategies
- A Sampler of Visual Proofs in First-year Calculus (.pdf/201KB)
- Teaching Tips for AP Calculus
- Tips for Assessment: AP Calculus
- Try This! Calculus Teaching Tips
- Beginning the Year with Local Linearity
- Weakening the Hypotheses of the Mean Value Theorem
- Exploring the FTC from Numerical and Graphical Points of View with the TI-89 (.pdf/215KB)
- Seeing Is Believing
- AP Calculus Featured Question
- Why We Use Theorem in Calculus
- Frozen in Time
Differential Equations
- Calculus at the Battle of Trafalgar
- The Domain of Solutions to Differential Equations (.pdf/257kb)
- Don't Forget the Differential Equation: Finishing 2005 BC4 (.pdf/219kb)
- AP Calculus: Slope Fields
Using Calculators
Course Content - Related Articles
- The Immortal L'Hospital (.pdf/180KB)
- A Calculus Student Reads the Newspaper (.pdf/305KB)
- Residue of Calculus: Learning That Lasts
- Recipe for Success: Calculus in an Urban Magnet School
- The National Curve Bank Project: A MATH Archive
- Teach AP Statistics Next Year!
- Lesson Study: A PCMI Experience
- Do Cubes and Squares Have the Same Properties As Spheres and Circles?
- The Mathematical Puzzles of Benjamin Banneker
- Women and Mathematics: Stereotypes, Identity, and Achievement
- Appreciating Mathematics: Math Is Good for Something, in Fact Many Things
- Mathematics at the School-to-College Transition
- Milestones for Women in Science
- Teaching with Einstein
- AP Calculus for a New Century
History of Calculus
- Calculus Before Newton and Leibniz: Part I
- Calculus Before Newton and Leibniz: Part II
- Calculus Before Newton and Leibniz: Part III
- One Hundred and Fifty Years of Teaching Calculus
- Women's History: Women in Mathematics
Pre-AP Strategies
- Adapting AP Mathematics Questions As a Pre-AP Strategy
- A Year in the Life of an AP Vertical Team for Mathematics
- A Year in the Life of an AP Vertical Team for Mathematics, Part II
Web Guides
- AP Calculus Web Guide
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Mathematical Association of America
Reviews of Teaching Resources
There are currently more than 250 reviews of Calculus resources, including textbooks, Web sites, software, multimedia CD-Roms, and more, in the Teachers' Resources area. Each review describes the resource and suggests ways it might be used in the classroom. New reviews are added regularly, so check back often!Teacher Profiles
- Yvette Beck: A Calculus Family
- Dewey Gottlieb: Award-Winning Achievement
- Julian Dias: Extraordinary Dedication
Electronic Discussion Group
Communicate via email with other members of the AP Central community by joining the electronic discussion group (EDG) for the course(s) you teach. The search option provides the means to access past messages from the electronic discussion group archives on a particular topic of interest to you.- AP Calculus EDG
- Registration for Electronic Discussion Groups
- The Calculus EDG: Supporting Teachers' Efforts
