CS1 - 1415 - January

Thursday (1/29/15)

Agenda:

• Boolean Logic Quiz
• Complete Codecademy - PygLatin
• Complete Codecademy - Functions
• Introduction to Functions
  1. Define functions at the top of the file
  2. Only use variables that you send in as parameters or create in the function
  3. return information, do not just print()
  4. Function calls always have parentheses!

Tuesday (1/27/15)

Warmup:

• Without using a computer, identify the syntax errors in the following code

username = input(Username: )
password = input("Password: "
if username = "admin":
  if password == "secret"
    print(Logged in successfully!"
  else:
    pint("Incorrect password!")
else
  print("Incorrect username!")

Agenda:

• Complete and demo MPAA calculator assignment
• Quiz on Thursday (1/29/15)
  • Comparison operators (<, <=, >, >=, ==, !=)
  • Logical operators (and, or, not)
  • if-statements
  • if-else statements
• Complete Codecademy - PygLatin
• Complete Codecademy - Functions

Friday (1/23/15)

Agenda:

• Python Boolean Exercises - complete and turn into Google Classroom
• Complete and demo MPAA calculator assignment

Wednesday (1/21/15)

Agenda:

• *Free* summer STEM workshop for 8th & 9th grade students @ VaTech and UVA!
  • http://blast.spacegrant.org/
  • Application Deadline: Monday (2/2/15)
• Introduction to Conditionals
  • Comparison operators (<, >, <=, >=, ==, !=)
  • Boolean values: True, False
  • Comparison operators assignment
  • if statement

age = int(input("What is your age?"))

if age < 18:
    print("You cannot vote")

• if-else statement
• Media:BooleanLogic.ppt
• Logical operators assignment
• Python Boolean Exercises - complete and turn into Google Classroom

Thursday (1/15/15)

Agenda:

• Demo missing assignments
  • Quadratic Formula Assignment
  • Codecademy through Conditionals & Control Flow

Tuesday (1/13/15)

Warmup:

• Without using a computer, identify the syntax errors in the following code

a b = 1
b + 2 = c
print(1, 2, 3, a, b, c)
x = input(please enter an x)

Agenda:

• Complete and demo the Quadratic Formula Assignment
• Continue on to Codecademy - Conditionals & Control Flow

Friday (1/9/15)

Warmup:

• Make sure that you have completed the following Codecademy units:
  • Python Syntax
  • Tip Calculator
  • Strings & Console Output
  • Date and Time

Agenda:

• Media:PythonInputOutput.ppt
• Math programs practice
  • Calculating the area of a triangle
  • Calculating the distance between two points
  • Calculating the circumference of a circle

Wednesday (1/7/15)

• Make sure you've completed the Codecademy's Python Syntax and Tip Calculator
• Media:BasicProgrammingTerms.ppt
  1. Answer the questions at the end of the PowerPoint and submit to Google Classroom
• Introduction to Values, Types, and Variables
  • Media:ValuesTypesVariables.ppt
  • Complete Values, Types, and Variables Identification assignment and submit to Google Classroom
• Codecademy Strings
  • Complete Strings & Console Output
  • Complete Date and Time

Monday (1/5/15)

• Complete missing presentations
• Introduction to Python
  1. Hello world program
  2. WingIDE 101
  3. Sign up for an account on Codecademy
  4. Complete Python Syntax
  5. Complete Tip Calculator