This summer, we are offering a summer bridge course intended for students currently enrolled in Math 3+, Precalculus, or AP Calculus AB. The purpose of this course is to prepare Math 3+ students for Precalculus, Precalculus for Calculus AB, and to prepare Calculus AB students for Calculus BC.  Every year it is important for incoming and current Calculus students to review key concepts before taking an AP math course, but this year it will be especially important due to the time constraints imposed on us during distance learning.  This course will teach Trigonometry concepts that are essential in both levels of Calculus.  In addition, we will incorporate College Board approved calculators and technology in our instruction.

Students will explore graphs of trigonometric functions in connection to the unit circle.  They
will understand radian measure and explain the connection between the unit circle and graphing trig
functions on a coordinate plane.  Students will use special triangles and the unit circle to determine trigonometric values of certain angles.  They will prove trigonometric identities, addition and subtraction formulas for sine, cosine, and tangent, the half – angle and double – angle identities for sine and cosine. Students will solve trigonometric equations using identities, formulas, and various algebra techniques as well as equations that arise in modeling contexts.  Students will learn to graph polar coordinates and curves.  They will convert between polar and rectangular coordinate systems and understand and graph functions defined parametrically.