Difference between revisions of "IB Computer Science 1"
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+ | == Wednesday (10/20/10) == | ||
+ | '''Warmup:''' | ||
+ | # Prompt the user with the following question: "What is the Washington-Lee mascot?" | ||
+ | #* Be sure to save the raw_input() into a variable! | ||
+ | # Use an if statement to check if the user's answer is equal to "Generals" | ||
+ | #* If so, then print out "You got it right!" | ||
+ | #* It not, then print out "Wrong answer buddy!" | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Agenda:''' | ||
+ | * Conditional Review | ||
+ | ** Comparison operators | ||
+ | ** Logical operators | ||
+ | * Complete [[HTTLACS: Ch 4 Exercises]] | ||
+ | |||
== Monday (10/18/10) == | == Monday (10/18/10) == | ||
'''Warmup:''' | '''Warmup:''' |
Revision as of 11:01, 20 October 2010
Contents
- 1 Wednesday (10/20/10)
- 2 Monday (10/18/10)
- 3 Thursday (10/14/10)
- 4 Tuesday (10/12/10)
- 5 Thursday (10/7/10)
- 6 Tuesday (10/5/10)
- 7 Friday (10/1/10)
- 8 Back To School Night (9/29/10)
- 9 Wednesday (9/29/10)
- 10 Monday (9/27/10)
- 11 Thursday (9/23/10)
- 12 Tuesday (9/21/10)
- 13 Friday (9/17/10)
- 14 Wednesday (9/15/10)
- 15 Monday (9/13/10)
- 16 Thursday (9/9/10)
- 17 Tuesday (9/7/10)
Wednesday (10/20/10)
Warmup:
- Prompt the user with the following question: "What is the Washington-Lee mascot?"
- Be sure to save the raw_input() into a variable!
- Use an if statement to check if the user's answer is equal to "Generals"
- If so, then print out "You got it right!"
- It not, then print out "Wrong answer buddy!"
Agenda:
- Conditional Review
- Comparison operators
- Logical operators
- Complete HTTLACS: Ch 4 Exercises
Monday (10/18/10)
Warmup:
- You will create a program that calculates the amount of time it takes for an object to hit the ground (when dropped from a distance)
- Prompt the user to enter a number (which will be how high the object is in meters) and store it in a variable s
- Calculate t using the formula: t = (s/(0.5*9.8))**0.5
- Print out the message: "Your object will hit the ground in t seconds"
Agenda:
- Field trip discussion
- Introduction to Conditionals (if statement)
- Comparison operators
- if-statement
- if-else statement
- if-elif-else statement
- MPAA calculator assignment
- Media:BooleanLogic.ppt
- HTTLACS: Ch 4 Exercises
Thursday (10/14/10)
Agenda:
- HTTLACS: Ch 3 Exercises
- Field trip slips!
- Field trip tomorrow - meet in Cafeteria @ 8:10 AM
- Introduction to Security
- Authentication - Media:Authentication.ppt
Tuesday (10/12/10)
Agenda:
- Field trip slips
- Quadratic Formula Assignment
- Read through How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 3
- HTTLACS: Ch 3 Exercises
Thursday (10/7/10)
Warmup:
- Prompt the user to enter a word and store it in a variable named word (HINT: use raw_input())
- Prompt the user to enter a number and store it in a variable named num (HINT: use input())
- Print word num times (HINT: multiple word by num)
Agenda:
- Make sure that the following have been submitted to School Web Lockers
- HTTLACS: Ch 1 Exercises
- Values, Types, and Variables Identification assignment
- HTTLACS: Ch 2 Exercises
- Quadratic Formula Assignment
- Read through How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 3
- HTTLACS: Ch 3 Exercises
Tuesday (10/5/10)
Warmup:
- Prompt the user to enter a number using input() and store it in a variable x
- Print out the square of the number with a message: "The square of", x, "is", _______
- Print out the square root of the number with a message: "The square root of", x, "is", _______
Agenda:
Friday (10/1/10)
Warmup:
- Research on the interwebz the following:
- Who invented the Python programming language?
- Where was it invented?
- Who funded the project to develop Python? (Hint: Guido Van Rossum)
Agenda:
- Any missing quiz demonstrations should be shown when Mr. Bui gets back
- Introduction to data values, variables, and etc.
- Read through How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 2
- Complete the HTTLACS: Ch 2 Exercises
Back To School Night (9/29/10)
Wednesday (9/29/10)
Warmup:
- Use the internets and find images of a "computer punch card" and the machine that uses them
Agenda:
- Cybersecurity Field Trip - October 15th
- Introduction to Python
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1
- Complete the HTTLACS: Ch 1 Exercises
- Introduction to data values, variables, and etc.
Monday (9/27/10)
Warmup:
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
Agenda:
- GvR Quiz today during 2nd half of class (Steps 1-13)
- GvR Steps 1-13 Quiz
- Finish any GvR step demos
- Introduction to Python
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1
- Complete the HTTLACS: Ch 1 Exercises
Thursday (9/23/10)
Warmup:
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
- Create a world that looks like the on the board. It should have a single wall on the same line as Guido
- Using an if statement, check to see if the front is clear
- If true, then drop a beeper on the ground
- Move forward (this should also be under the if statement)
- Repeat the above if statement 8 times
Agenda:
- Review If conditionals
- Review Do looping
- Work on GvR Steps
- Introduction to While loops
- Random GvR 7-13 Demo Checkoffs
- Quiz next Monday (9/27/10)
Tuesday (9/21/10)
Warmup:
- Start Guido in the lower left hand corner
- Create a GvR program named gvr_warmup_9_20.gvr
- At the top of the code, define turnright
- Below turnright, define an instruction named stairs
- Move Guido one step forward
- Make Guido turn left once
- Move Guido one step forward
- Turn right
- In the main code, run stairs 5 times
Agenda:
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
- Introduction to Conditionals
- Work on GvR Steps
Friday (9/17/10)
Warmup:
- Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this survey
Agenda:
- GvR Steps #1-5 overview
- Complete GvR Steps #6-10
- GvR Steps 1-10 Checkoff & Quiz next week
- If you are done with 1-10...keep going!
Wednesday (9/15/10)
- Complete the Introduction to Unix/Linux
- When you are done, demo to Mr. Bui
- Introduction to GvRng (GvR)
- Applications -> Programming -> GvRng
- GvR Lessons
- Work through Step 1 of GvR as a class
- Proper GvR File Naming Rules
Monday (9/13/10)
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:
- What does programming mean?
- Hint: Think in terms of "programming a robot"
- Introduction to Unix/Linux
Thursday (9/9/10)
- Finish going over syllabus
- What is computer science?
- Pair up
- Take out a sheet of paper
- Put both of your names on the top right of the page
- Complete the following:
- 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 do we solve problems?
- Pair up again (with a different partner)
- Take out a new sheet of paper and write your names on it
- Problem: Mr. Bui is hungry. How would you solve that problem? Write out the steps.
- Pause until Mr. Bui says to continue
- One solution: Make him a PB&J sandwich. Write out the steps involved in making a PB&J sandwich.
- How many steps are necessary in making a PB&J sandwich?
- Turn in your steps
- Share sandwich stories
Tuesday (9/7/10)
- Introductions
- IB Computer Science I Syllabus
- Name cards
- Misc logistics
- 20/10 no pass policy
- Location of bathrooms
- Sign in/out sheets
- Lab setup/config
- Login username is your first initial and lastname (e.g. pbui)
- Your password is your student ID number
- Go to System -> Preferences -> About Me -> Change Password
- Acceptable-use policies apply in this lab!
- Student Surveys
- Fill out and submit