AP Precalculus Activities and Resources
Elevate your AP Precalculus course to new heights with this selection of hands-on activities and engaging resources. This blog post is your gateway to a wealth of materials designed to inspire learning and foster a deeper understanding of precalculus for your students.
This is my first year teaching AP Precalculus, so this blog post is definitely a work in progress. I will update this post as I create more AP Precalculus activities for my students.
Year-Long Resources
These resources are designed to be used throughout the entire year of AP Precalculus.
AP Precalculus Unit Dividers
Keep yourself and your AP Precalculus students organized with these free printable unit dividers for each unit of the AP Precalculus course as laid out by College Board in the Course & Exam Description (CED).
Each unit divider features the approximate AP exam weighting for that unit.
Parent Function Posters
Your AP Precalculus students will benefit throughout the course from having an easy-to-access visual reminder of the different parent functions covered throughout the year.
Unit 1: Polynomial and Rational Functions
1.1 Concavity Posters
Are your AP Precalculus students struggling to remember the difference between concave up and concave down? Check out this free printable set of concavity posters.
AP Precalculus Topic 1.1 Change in Tandem
1.7 End Behavior of Rational Functions Stations Activity
Engage our students with these six different stations which involve understanding the end behavior of rational functions and limit notation.
AP Precalculus Topic 1.7 Rational Functions and End Behavior
1.11 Pascal’s Triangle Templates
Download these blank and filled copies of Pascal’s Triangle to help your AP Precalculus students with their binomial expansions.
AP Precalculus Topic 1.11 Equivalent Representations of Polynomial and Rational Expressions
1.11 Binomial Theorem Add Em Up Activity
Put your knowledge of binomial expansion and Pascal’s Triangle to the test with this fun Add Em Up Binomial Theorem Activity.
AP Precalculus Topic 1.11 Equivalent Representations of Polynomial and Rational Expressions
1.12 Transformations of Functions Word Search Activity
This Transformations of Functions Word Search activity was originally designed for Algebra 2 students, but I have found great success using it with my AP Precalculus students as we reviewed sketching transformations of functions including horizontal and vertical dilations, reflections, and translations.
AP Precalculus Topic 1.12 Transformations of Functions
Unit 2: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
2.9 Evaluating Logarithms Auction Activity
Looking for a free and fun evaluating logarithms activity? In this engaging auction-style activity, students will work in teams to evaluate logs and bid on them to see who can earn the most points.
AP Precalculus Topic 2.9 Evaluate Logarithmic Expressions
2.15 Semi-Log Plots Mystery Graphing Picture
This semi-log plot activity will help your students learn to plot points on a semi-log plot while having fun! Your AP Precalculus students will master this tricky graphing skill by completing the mystery graph picture.
AP Precalculus Topic 2.15 Semi-Log Plots
2.15 Semi-Log Graph Paper PDF
Looking to make your own semi-log plot activities? You might find this free printable semi-log graph paper to be useful.
AP Precalculus Topic 2.15 Semi-Log Plots
Unit 3: Trigonometric and Polar Functions
Coming Soon! As I make it further in the year, I will update this post with more activities for the later topics in the course.
Unit 4: Functions Involving Parameters, Vectors, and Matrices
Coming Soon! As I make it further in the year, I will update this post with more activities for the later topics in the course.
End of Year Resources
AP Precalculus Graduation Class Stickers
I created these precalculus-themed stickers to give to my AP Precalculus students as an end-of-year gift for surviving the class.
Designs are available for the classes of 2024-2030 as JPG and SVG files.
