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== Wednesday (9/28/11) ==
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== [[IBCS1 - Archives]] ==
'''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(r)
 
 
 
== 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 [[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:
 
 
 
<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
 
* [[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
 
** [http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/turtle.html Python turtle library]
 
* [[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!
 
* [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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