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Week
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Day
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Topic
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Reading
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Assignment
Out |
Assignment
Due
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1
1/18
to
1/22 |
M
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Introduction and Class Overview |
Syllabus |
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W
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Variables, numeric expressions, types |
Ch. 1 |
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R
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Lab 1: IDE, Turingscraft |
Ch. 2 |
Lab 1 |
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F
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Assignment, expressions, definite loops |
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2
1/25
to
1/29
|
M
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No Class -- MLK Observance |
Downey Ch 1-3. |
Prelab 2 |
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W
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User Input and Output, Computing with Numbers |
Ch. 3 |
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Turingscraft 1 |
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R
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Lab 2: The Basics |
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Lab 2 |
Lab 1; Prelab 2 |
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F
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Functions - Definition and Invocation |
Ch. 5 |
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3
2/1
to
2/5
|
M
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More functions; Begin objects and Graphics |
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Prelab 3 |
Turingscraft 2 |
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W
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Test 1 |
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R
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Lab 3: Etch-a-sketch |
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Lab 3 |
Lab 2; Prelab 3 |
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F
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Boolean Expressions and Conditionals |
Ch. 7 (exc. 7.4) |
Loop Practice on Turingscraft
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4
2/8
to
2/12
|
M
|
Booleans and conditionals continued |
Sec. 8.4 |
Prelab 4
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W
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Test 1 Redux
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Turingscraft 3 on Loops (Tuesday midnight)
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R
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Lab 4: Boolean Logic
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Lab 4 |
Lab 3; Prelab 4
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F
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The if and if-else statements |
Ch. 7 |
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5
2/15
to
2/19 |
M
|
Representing and adding integers as binary |
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W
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Adding binary numbers as Boolean Function; Chained-if |
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R
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Lab 5: Series and Sequences |
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Lab 5 |
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F
|
Review; string intro |
Ch. 4 |
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Turingscraft 4 on Boolean expressions and conditional |
6
2/22
to
2/26
|
M
|
Test 2 |
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W
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String Operations |
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R
|
Lab 6: UFO Tofu |
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Lab 6 |
Lab 5 |
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F
|
Strings; Intro Lists |
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7
3/1
to
3/5
|
M
|
Lists and Mutability |
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W
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Circles (from test); List Manipulation and aliasing |
Handout |
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Turingscraft 5 |
|
R
|
Lab 7: Secret Messages |
|
Lab 7 |
Lab 6 |
|
F
|
More List Manipulation; Reading from a file |
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8
3/8
to
3/12
|
M
|
Strings as objects; chr(), ord(), split() |
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W
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while loops; file processing |
Ch. 8, sec 1-3 |
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R
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Practice with whiles, files, lists, and strings |
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Lab 7 |
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F
|
Test 3 |
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| Spring Break, March 13 to March 21 |
9
3/22
to
3/26 |
M
|
Test Review and Prelab08 |
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Prelab 8 |
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W
|
Fruitful Functions |
Think3; Think6 |
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R
|
Lab 8: The Game of Life |
|
Lab 8 |
Prelab 8 |
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F
|
Function invocation semantics and stacks; Test 2nd chance |
Ch. 6 |
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10
3/29
to
4/2
|
M
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Functions and aliasing; debugging |
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W
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Functions returning diff types; debugging |
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R
|
Lab 9: Mindbending with Recursion |
|
Lab 9 |
Lab 8 |
|
F
|
Problem solving with Recursion |
Handout |
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11
4/5
to
4/9
|
M
|
More recursion |
Sec. 13.2 |
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W
|
isPalindrome pairs programming |
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R
|
Lab 10: Recursion and Performance |
|
Lab 10 |
Lab 9 |
|
F
|
Searching I |
Sec 13.1 |
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12
4/12
to
4/16
|
M
|
Searching II |
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W
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Test 4 |
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R
|
Additional Lab day for Lab 10/Project Proposals |
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F
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Binary Search in Python; Sorting Intro |
Sec. 13.1 |
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Lab 10, Final Project Proposal |
13
4/19
to
4/23
|
M
|
Sorting II |
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W
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R
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F
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14
4/26
to
4/30
|
M
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W
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R
|
Course Evals (till 10:50) |
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F
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| 5/3 |
M |
Final Project Demonstrations |
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