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Curriculum

The whole year, readable in five minutes.

Pick a subject and a grade. You will see every module, what your child can do at the end of it, and the lessons inside, taken from the same plan our mentors teach from.

  • 8 modules a year
  • A practice class after every lesson
  • Two assessments
  • Recordings of every live class

1Subject

Calculus · Grades 11–12

Grades 11–12. Live classes of four, eight a month.

modules
8modules
lessons
48lessons
months
12months
  1. 01

    Functions and Limits

    State what a limit is, and evaluate one — including where a function is undefined.

    • Functions, domain and range
    • Graphs and transformations
    • The idea of a limit
    • Evaluating limits algebraically
    2 more lessons
    • One-sided limits, and limits at infinity
    • Continuity

    6 practice classes

  2. 02

    The Derivative

    Differentiate from first principles, and know what the derivative measures.

    • Rate of change, and the tangent problem
    • The derivative from first principles
    • Differentiating powers and polynomials
    • The product and quotient rules
    2 more lessons
    • The chain rule
    • Higher-order derivatives

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  3. 03

    Differentiating Everything

    Differentiate trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic and inverse functions.

    • Trigonometric functions
    • Exponential and logarithmic functions
    • Inverse trigonometric functions
    • Implicit differentiation
    2 more lessons
    • Logarithmic differentiation
    • Parametric differentiation

    6 practice classes

  4. 04

    Applications of the Derivative

    Find tangents, stationary points, maxima and minima, and justify which is which.

    • Tangents and normals
    • Increasing, decreasing and stationary points
    • Maxima, minima and the second derivative
    • Curve sketching
    2 more lessons
    • Optimisation problems
    • Lesson 24

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  5. 05

    The Integral

    Integrate by substitution and by parts, and recognise which to reach for.

    • Antiderivatives and the indefinite integral
    • Integration by substitution
    • Integration by parts
    • Partial fractions
    2 more lessons
    • Trigonometric integrals
    • Choosing a method, reliably

    6 practice classes

  6. 06

    The Definite Integral

    Use the fundamental theorem of calculus to find an exact area under a curve.

    • Area under a curve, and the Riemann sum
    • The fundamental theorem of calculus
    • Properties of definite integrals
    • Area between two curves
    2 more lessons
    • Volumes of revolution
    • Improper integrals

    5 practice classes · An assessment

  7. 07

    Differential Equations

    Classify and solve a separable differential equation.

    • What a differential equation is
    • Order, degree and general solutions
    • Variables separable
    • Homogeneous equations
    2 more lessons
    • Linear first-order equations
    • Modelling growth, decay and cooling

    6 practice classes

  8. 08

    Calculus in Use

    Apply calculus to related rates, motion and linear approximation.

    • Related rates
    • Motion problems with calculus
    • Approximation and linearisation
    • Reading a calculus question correctly
    2 more lessons
    • Exam technique, and the common errors
    • Lesson 48

    5 practice classes · An assessment

Practice classes go over the lesson before them: worked problems, revision and doubts. Assessments sit at the midpoint and the end of the year.

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