AP Calculus AB: Curricular Requirements

• The teacher has read the most recent AP Calculus AB Course Description.
• The course teaches all topics associated with Functions, Graphs, and Limits; Derivatives; and Integrals as delineated in the Calculus AB Topic Outline in the .
• The course provides students with the opportunity to work with functions represented in a variety of ways -- graphically, numerically, analytically, and verbally -- and emphasizes the connections among these representations.
• The course teaches students how to communicate mathematics and explain solutions to problems both verbally and in written sentences.
• The course teaches students how to use graphing calculators to help solve problems, experiment, interpret results, and support conclusions.

Resource Requirements

• The school ensures that each student has a college-level calculus textbook (supplemented when necessary to meet the curricular requirements) for individual use inside and outside of the classroom.
• The school ensures that each student has a graphing calculator for individual use inside and outside of the classroom, with all the required capabilities listed in the . (A list of approved graphing calculators is available on AP Central on the AP Calculus AB Course Home Page.)