IB Computer Science 1

Tuesday (1/3/12)

Warmup:

• Complete Python > String-1 > first_half
• Complete Python > String-1 > without_end
• Reference: Media:Strings_Python.ppt

Agenda:

• Letters of Support? - Due Tuesday, January 10th
• Demo E-mail Harvester Assignment
• Work on Pig Latin Translator

Friday (12/23/11) - Friday (12/30/11)

• Winter Break

Wednesday (12/21/11)

Agenda:

• Demo E-mail Harvester Assignment
• Work on Pig Latin Translator

Monday (12/19/11)

Warmup:

• Define a function named getTheIndex(s, ch) that returns the index of the letter in the ch variable when it looks through the s variable
  1. Use a loop (don't forget to initialize the loop counter to 0
  2. Check if the current letter (using the counter) matches ch
     • If so, then return the current counter
  3. Increment your loop counter to go to the next letter
  4. Outside the loop, return -1 as a failsafe

Agenda:

• E-mail Harvester Assignment
• Pig Latin Translator

Tuesday - Thursday (12/13/11 - 12/15/11)

Warmup:

• Initialize a string "Washington-Lee Computer Science" to a variable s
• Write a loop that walks through (traverses) the string s
• Print out each letter in s

Warmup 2:

• Without running it on your computer, what does the following source code print at the end?

newString = ""
x = 0
while x < 5:
    newString = newString + "l"
    newString = newString + "o"
    x = x + 1
print(newString)

Agenda:

• Loops and Conditionals with Strings
• Leet-speak Translator
• E-mail Harvester Assignment
• Pig Latin Translator

Wednesday - Friday (12/7/11 - 12/8/11)

Agenda:

• Dual Enrollment Testing
• Be sure you complete:
  • Python String Exercises - upload to SchoolWebLockers
  • Complete the first 6 Python->String-1 exercises

Monday (12/5/11)

Warmup:

• Complete Python > Logic-2 > lucky_sum

Agenda:

• Dual enrollment forms?
• Missing Warmup-1 and Logic-1
• Introduction to Python Strings
  • Media:Strings_Python.ppt
  • Python String Exercises
  • Complete the first 6 Python->String-1 exercises

Thursday (12/1/11)

Warmup:

• Define the following to another high school student:
  • variable
  • value
  • function
  • parameter
  • Boolean
  • conditional
  • iteration (looping)

Agenda:

• Dual enrollment forms?
• All of Python->Warmup-1 and Python->Logic 1 are due by midnight tonight (12/1/11)
• Complete Python > Logic-2 > lone_sum
• Introduction to Python Strings
  • Media:Strings_Python.ppt
  • Python String Exercises

Tuesday (11/29/11)

Warmup:

• Complete Python > Logic-2 > no_teen_sum

Agenda:

• CodingBat - make sure you've completed:
  • All exercises from Python->Warmup-1
  • Complete all exercises from Python->Logic 1
• Dual Enrollment Credit
  1. Complete application
  2. NVCC Course - ITP 195
  3. Exemption from COMPASS test with (AP English 3 or higher OR SAT Reading 550 or higher)

Homework:

• Complete all exercises from Python->Logic 1 by Thursday (12/1/11)
• Complete the NVCC application and turn in a completed Dual Enrollment form. (NVCC ID# and Parent Signature)

Wednesday - Friday (11/23/11 - 11/25/11)

• Thanksgiving Break - Over Thanksgiving Break, try to complete 3 or more exercises from Python->Logic 1

Tuesday (11/22/11)

Agenda:

• CodingBat
  1. Go to CodingBat
  2. Click on create account
  3. Make sure you put in your Lastname, Firstname
  4. Click on prefs
  5. Under Teacher Share, use
• Complete Python->Warmup-1
• Demo Turtle gaming practice
• Over Thanksgiving Break, try to complete 3 or more exercises from Python->Logic 1

Friday (11/18/11)

Agenda:

• Warmup Quiz
• Turtle gaming practice
  1. Give the window a background image of Washington-Lee by using bgpic("filename")
  2. Give your player a picture of Mr. Bui's head and program it so that it can move around the screen with the keyboard
  3. Create a new Turtle() that bounces around the screen. Make it a WL logo.

Wednesday (11/16/11)

Warmup:

• Define a function named printEvens(a, b) that takes two parameters
  1. Inside the function, write a loop that prints out all the even numbers from a up to b
• Test your function by making a function call to print the even numbers from 20 to 60

Agenda:

• Closed-everything quiz on the above warmup on Friday (11/18/11)
• Turtle animations
• Turtle gaming

Monday (11/14/11)

Agenda:

• Carney, Inc. - JamTech - Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
• Etch-a-Sketch - Create a program that uses the arrow keys to draw pictures
  1. Drop the pen down
  2. Respond to the keyboard arrows to draw
  3. Respond to the keyboard's "space" key to clear the screen
     • Hint: If you can't remember how to clear the screen, look for the command in the Python Turtle Documentation

Wednesday (11/9/11)

Warmup:

• What does the following expression evaluate to? ((2**4)-5*4/2)

Agenda:

• Return and review 1st Quarter Exams
• mainloop() & responding to the keyboard
• Etch-a-Sketch - Create a program that uses the arrow keys to draw pictures
  1. Drop the pen down
  2. Respond to the keyboard arrows to draw
  3. Respond to the keyboard's "space" key to clear the screen
     • Hint: If you can't remember how to clear the screen, look for the command in the Python Turtle Documentation

Friday (11/4/11)

Warmup:

• Create a smiley face polygon
• Change the turtle to be the smiley face
• Make the turtle move around the screen as the smiley face

Agenda:

• mainloop()
• Responding do the keyboard

Wednesday (11/2/11)

Agenda:

• 1st Quarter Exam: Part 2
• Advanced Turtling
  • Changing the turtle's look - Turtle - Changing Shape
  • mainloop()
  • Responding do the keyboard
  • Multiple turtles

Archives

• IBCS1 - 1112 - October
• IBCS1 - 1112 - September