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== Tuesday (10/5/10) ==
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'''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:'''
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== [[IBCS1 - Archives]] ==
* Field trip slips!
 
* HTTLACS: Ch 2 Exercises (see below)
 
* [[Values, Types, and Variables Identification assignment]]
 
 
 
== 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: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Rossum 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 [http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch02.html How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 2]
 
* Complete the following exercises
 
*# Try the following code in a program: '''print n = 7'''
 
*#* The above should crash, change it to two lines of code so that you can '''print n''' and it works
 
*# Take the sentence: '''All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.''' Store each word in a separate variable, then print out the sentence on one line using print.
 
*# Add parenthesis to the expression 6 * 1 - 2 to change its value from 4 to -6.
 
*# Prompt the user for a number and store it in a variable named '''x'''.  Print out the square of x
 
*# Prompt the user for a noun, verb, and adjective, storing them each in a variable
 
*#* You should then print out the following sentence "The NOUN VERB in ADJECTIVE pants" and NOUN, VERB, ADJECTIVE are variables
 
*# Take the following code:
 
<source lang="Python">
 
print "Hello"
 
print "Washington-Lee"
 
print "Generals"
 
</source>
 
 
 
and comment out (#) the '''print "Washington-Lee" ''' so that it does not run.
 
 
 
== Back To School Night (9/29/10) ==
 
* [[Media:B2snIBCS1.ppt]]
 
 
 
== 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
 
* [http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch01.html How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1]
 
* Complete the following exercises (be sure to number your answers and copy the question text):
 
*# Put your name and date at the top of the text file
 
*# Define the words '''high-level language''' and '''low-level language''' to a middle-schooler
 
*# What is a '''program'''?
 
*# What does '''debugging''' mean?
 
*# Define '''syntax errors''', runtime errors''', and '''semantic errors'''
 
*# What is the difference between a '''formal language''' and a natural language'''?
 
*# Write the print statement that prints the following "YOURNAME is a rock star!"
 
*# Write a program that says “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” 10 times.
 
* Submit your answers via School Web Lockers
 
* 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 [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ 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
 
* [http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ch01.html How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Chapter 1]
 
* Complete the following exercises (be sure to number your answers and copy the question text):
 
*# Put your name and date at the top of the text file
 
*# Define the words '''high-level language''' and '''low-level language''' to a middle-schooler
 
*# What is a '''program'''?
 
*# What does '''debugging''' mean?
 
*# Define '''syntax errors''', runtime errors''', and '''semantic errors'''
 
*# What is the difference between a '''formal language''' and a natural language'''?
 
*# Write the print statement that prints the following "YOURNAME is a rock star!"
 
*# Write a program that says “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” 10 times.
 
* Submit your answers to via School Web Lockers
 
 
 
== Thursday (9/23/10) ==
 
'''Warmup:'''
 
* Please update Mr. Bui on the GvR Step that you are on by filling out this [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ 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 [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ 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 [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zsXAmxEmXZlOQ 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
 
* [http://gvr.sourceforge.net/lessons/rfrank/ 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!
 
* [http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=p6_k1SMbS2zvMHJNJBBkFPA Student Surveys]
 
** Fill out and submit
 

Revision as of 12:26, 7 September 2020

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