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== Friday (9/30/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Answer the following questions with a True or False:
*# 0 < 8
*# 1 == 0
*# 4 <= 4
*# 9 > 10

'''Agenda:'''
* Make sure you've demoed [[Quadratic Formula Assignment]]
* Introduction to Conditionals
** Comparison operators
** Boolean values: True, False
** if statement
** if-else statement
** nested if statements
* [[MPAA calculator assignment]]
* [[Media:BooleanLogic.ppt]]
* College Admissions Exercise
*# Research a random college admission's median GPA and SAT
*# Prompt the user for his/her GPA
*# Prompt the user for his/her SAT
*# Using if-statements, print out whether or not the user meets the median requirements for that college
* [[Logical operators assignment]]

== Wednesday (9/28/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
# Prompt the user to enter a string and store in a variable named s
# Prompt the user to enter a number and store in a variable named n
# Print out the string multiplied by the number: '''s*n'''

'''Agenda:'''
* CSTA Survey
* MadLibs, Circle, and Slope exercises
* [[Quadratic Formula Assignment]]
* '''return''' statement in functions
* Go back and create functions that use return:
** circumference(r)
** area(r)
** slope(x1, y1, x2, y2)

== Back To School Night (9/26/10) ==
* [[Media:B2snIBCS1.ppt]]

== Monday (9/26/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Give an example for each of the following data types:
** int
** float
** string

'''Agenda:'''
* Values, Types, and Variables Review
* Input and Output
** [[Media:PythonInputOutput.ppt]]
* Mad Libs exercise
*# Prompt the user to enter a noun and store it in a variable named '''noun'''
*# Prompt the user to enter a verb and store it in a variable named '''verb'''
*# Prompt the user to enter another noun and store it in a variable named '''noun2'''
*# Print out a message that contains noun, verb, and noun2
* Circle calculations exercise
*# Prompt the user to enter the radius of a circle (this should be a float)
*# Calculate and print out the circumference of the circle. Make sure your output looks like: "Circumference: ###"
*# Calculate and print out the area of the circle. Make sure your output looks like: "Area: ###"
* Slope calculation exercise
*# Prompt the user to enter x1 (this should be a float)
*# Prompt the user to enter y1 (this should be a float)
*# Prompt the user to enter x2 (this should be a float)
*# Prompt the user to enter y2 (this should be a float)
*# Calculate and print out the slope. Make sure your output looks like: "Slope: ###"
* [[Quadratic Formula Assignment]]

== Thursday (9/22/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
# Define a function named drawSquare() that draws a 100x100 square
# Test out your function by making several drawSquare() function calls

'''Agenda:'''
* Demo [[Turtle - House Function Assignment]]
* Introduction to Values, Types, and Variables
* Complete [[Values, Types, and Variables Identification assignment]]
* Function parameters
** Defining and calling a function with one parameter
** Defining and calling a function with more than one parameter
* Redo the House Function
*# After demonstrating the House Function the first time, change the function by adding 2 parameters
*# Add x and y parameters to the function header's parameter list
*# Add goto(x,y) at the beginning of the function body so that the house is drawn at (x,y)
*# Don't forget to use penup() and pendown()
*# Test your new function by making a function call using parameters:

<source lang="Python">
house(0,200)
house(-200,200)
house(0,-200)
</source>

== Tuesday (9/20/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Draw a triangle on the screen that has dots at each of its corners

'''Agenda:'''
* Introduction to Functions
** Function definition
*** Function header
*** Function body
** Function call
* [[Turtle - House Function Assignment]]

== Friday (9/16/11) ==
'''Agenda:'''
* Make sure you demo the [[Turtle - Moving and Drawing Assignment]]
* More Python Turtle Commands
** exitonclick() reminder
** home()
** goto()
** circle()
** dot()
* Practice
** Draw a bullseye target in the middle of the screen
** Draw dots in a row
** Draw a circle in each of the four corners
** Draw dots in a row of increasing size that are touching each other

== Monday - Wednesday (9/12/11 - 9/14/11) ==
'''Warmup:'''
* Using the power of the internets, what was the first commercial graphical user interface (GUI) developed for the personal computer?
* In what year was the first GUI introduced?
* In what year was the Unix operating system developed?

'''Agenda:'''
* [[Introduction to Unix/Linux]]
* [[Media:BasicProgrammingTerms.ppt]]
* Introduction to Python Turtle
** [http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/turtle.html Python turtle library]
* [[Turtle - Moving and Drawing Assignment]]

== Tuesday - Thursday (9/6/11 - 9/8/11) ==
* Introductions
* Name cards
* Lab setup/config
** Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
** Your password is your student ID number
** Go to Apple (upper left) -> System Preferences -> Accounts -> Change Password
** Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zvMHJNJBBkFPA Student Surveys]
** Fill out and submit
* Misc logistics
** 20/10 no pass policy
** Location of bathrooms
** Sign in/out sheets
* [[IB Computer Science I Syllabus]]

* What is computer science?
*# List 3 people/things/systems that use computers (e.g. air traffic control)
*# For each of the above people/things/systems, write down the information that they use (e.g. flight information)
*# List 3 things you have done in any science class
*# Define the term: "to compute" or "computation"

* How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?

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 * Demo [[Turtle - House Function Assignment]]
 * Introduction to Values, Types, and Variables
 * Complete [[Values, Types, and Variables Identification assignment]]
 * Function parameters

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