IB Computer Science 1
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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:
- 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)
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
- 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 Python - 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:
house(0,200)
house(-200,200)
house(0,-200)
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
- Function definition
- Python - House Function Assignment
Friday (9/16/11)
Agenda:
- Make sure you demo the Python - 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
- Python - 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!
- 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?