Wednesday 31 March 2010

Core2 Infinite geometric series 31/03/10

  • Recap of geometric series including sums of
  • Proof of rule for sums of infinite geometric series
  • Using infinite geometric series

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29217787/Core2-Infinite-Geometric-Series-310310

Monday 29 March 2010

Core2 Geometric series 29/03/10

  • Reminder of arithmetic series
  • Describing geometric sequences
  • Introducing geometric series
  • Proof of formula for sum of geometric series

http://www.scribd.com/doc/29089848/Core2-Geometric-Series-290310

Thursday 25 March 2010

Wednesday 24 March 2010

Monday 22 March 2010

Monday 15 March 2010

Core2 Area under a curve 15/03/10

  • Integration revision
  • Plotting a curve, counting squares to find an area
  • Area under a curve proof
  • Indefinite / definite integrals
  • Positive / negative areas above / below x-axis

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28389841/Core2-Area-Under-a-Curve-150310

Thursday 11 March 2010

Core1Revision Transforming graphs 11/03/10

  • Some past Edexcel Core1 questions
  • Identifying transformations
  • Sketching curves by identifying key points

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28208715/Core-Revision-Transforming-Graphs-110310

Core2 More trigonometry 11/03/10

  • Area of triangle
  • Sine rule
  • Cosine rule
  • Problems involving those rules
  • Two solutions using sine rule
  • More abstract problems

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28207779/Core2-More-Trigonometry-110310

Monday 8 March 2010

Core2 Arcs, sectors and triangles 08/03/10

  • Arc length and sector area given radius and angle in degrees
  • Arc length with angle in radians
  • Sector area with angle in radians
  • Area of a triangle (including proof)
  • Area of triangle in a circle (two sides are radii)
  • Area between chord and circumference
  • Lesson includes reminders of using special triangles to find values of sin

http://www.scribd.com/doc/28017360/Core2-Arcs-Sectors-Triangles-080310

Thursday 4 March 2010

Core1Revision Sequences and series 04/03/10

  • Two past Edexcel Core 1 exam questions
  • Sequence defined by recurrence relation
  • Arithmetic sequence and series

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27828913/Core-Revision-Sequences-and-Series-040310

Core2 More trigonometric equations 04/03/10

  • Solving trigonometric equations
  • Rearranging to single trigonometric functions
  • Including using trigonometric identities
  • Then finding angle for that function

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27828727/Core2-More-Trigonometric-Equations-040310

Wednesday 3 March 2010

Core2 Solving trigonometric equations 03/03/10

  • Finding angles for given values of trigonometric ratios - using special triangles
  • Solving trigonometric equations

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27758673/Core-2-Solving-Trigonometric-Equations-030310

Core2 Special triangles and identities 01/03/10

  • Finding exact values for sin, cos and tan of 30,45,60 degrees
  • Reminders of values of sin, cos and tan of 0 and 90 degrees
  • Reminders of radian equivalents of those angles
  • Proof of sin squared + cos squared = 1
  • Proof of sin divided by cos = tan
  • One example of using those identities

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27754453/Core2-Special-Triangles-and-Identities-010310