Lessons:

A code segment refers to a collection of program statements that are part of a program.

A program can be described broadly by what it does or in more detail by both what the program does and how the program statements accomplish this function.

Comments are a form of program documentation written into the program to be read by people and do not impact how a program runs. 

Lessons:

Program documentation is a written description of the function of a code segment, event, procedure, or program and how it was developed.

Abstraction is the process of reducing complexity by focusing on the main idea. By hiding details irrelevant to the question at hand and bringing together related and useful details, abstraction reduces complexity and allows one to focus on the idea.

Procedural abstraction allows a solution to a large problem to be based on the solution of smaller sub-problems. This is accomplished by creating procedures to solve each one of the sub-problems.

A procedural abstraction may extract shared features to generalize functionality instead of duplicating code. This allows for program code reuse, which helps to manage complexity.

Lessons:

Iteration is a repetitive portion of an algorithm. Iteration repeats until a given condition is met or a specified number of times. 

Using the Python3 Sandbox in CodeHS follow the linked instructions to create the game. 

Your task is to remix this game to make it yours.  

The quiz helped me review what we learned about functions and how they are created and used. I got an 100%.

In this program I wrote a function that takes a height in feet and inches and converts it to meters.

For example, if you are 6 feet, 4 inches tall, then calling

convert_height_to_meters(6, 4)

through the input questions I wrote should result in 1.9304 meters.

In this program I wrote a function that computes the area of a triangle given its base and height.

The formula for an area of a triangle is:

AREA = 1/2 * BASE * HEIGHT

For example, if the base was 5 and the height was 4, the area would be 10.

triangle_area(5, 4); # should print 10

I collected the parameters through input questions.

In this exercise, I wrote a function named square to compute the square of a number. Squaring a number means multiplying it by itself. My function took one parameter and return the squared value. I then stored the value returned by the function and called into a variable.

For example, the following code should put the value 25 in x.

x = square(5)

In this exercise, I wrote a function named quadruple to compute the quadruple of a number. The quadruple of a number is itself times four. My function took one parameter and returned the quadrupled value. I stored the value returned by the function call into a variable. 

I wrote a function called is_even that takes one parameter and returns a boolean value. It should return True if the argument is even; it should return False otherwise.

The is_even function should not print anything out or return a number. It should only take in a number and return a boolean.

I wrote a program that asks the user for integers and prints whether the number they entered is even or odd using your is_even function. The user can keep entering numbers until they enter the SENTINEL value, 0. 

I wrote a function called minVal that returns the minimum of the two numbers values passed in as parameters.

For example, if you made a call like

x = minVal(10, 14)

x should have the value 10.

I would like to tell a story about Jujutsu Kaisen inside of codehs.

In my story, Gojo, a young, powerful sorcerer with the rare "Six Eyes" ability, gets attacked by Toji, an assassin with extreme skills and is known as the "Sorcerer Killer." Gojo and his friend Geto are tasked with protecting a girl named Riko, but Toji is hired to take all of them down. The fight between Gojo and Toji forces Gojo to learn Reverse Cursed Technique and his most powerful move, Hollow Purple, in order to kill Toji and save his friends.

Scene 1:

The two strongest sorcerers, Gojo and Geto, are walking with Riko, the girl they were hired to protect.

They think that everything is going well.

Scene 2:

Toji stabs Gojo, almost killing him. Geto and Riko run away from the fight.

Scene 3:

Gojo learns Reverse Cursed Technique, and uses it to stay alive.

Scene 4-7: 

Gojo uses his new technique, Hollow Purple, in order to kill Toji and save his friends.

Other people like my script and scene ideas.

Practice Performance Task 1(INDEPENDENT)

• Students need to break the idea down, identifying several components:

• (1) Function w/ a parameter

• Algorithm 

• Sequencing

• Selection: If/Else, If, If/Else…Elif

• Iteration: For Loop, While Loop

Students will submit their final link from their sandbox creation

Practice Performance Task 2(INDEPENDENT)

• Students are to brainstorm their first performance task idea, for their AP Exam

• Students need to break the concept down, identifying several components:

• (1) Function w/ a parameter

• (1) Function w/o a parameter

• Algorithm 

• Sequencing

• Selection: If/Else, If, If/Else…Elif

• Iteration: For Loop, While Loop

Written Response set 1

Simulations

Simulations use math and physics to build a realistic model of how different bridge designs behave under pressure. We can then run several simulations using different designs to test and refine bridge designs without ever spending the time and money on building physical structures.

Class Activity

In this activity, you’ll work with a partner to formulate, test, and refine a hypothesis about bridge building. This simulation is useful because it allows us to rapidly test our hypotheses about bridge designs without the constraints of the real world.

The user will choose the range of numbers they want to guess from, and they'll be given a random amount of guesses to find the number chosen in the range by the computer.

I use a list to store the range of numbers the computer is able to choose from, based off of the user's choices.

My program uses abstraction and three functions to break down the game into different parts.

My program has three functions that all have different purposes. Two of them have parameters to make the function work.

My program has if/elif statements, while loops, for loops, and random choice to help with sequencing, selection, and iteration.

Instructions:
Your task is to create a(n) account using your Drew e-mail address.

You are then going to create a song/ rap of your choice, starting with a beat. 

You are then going to rap or sing about what you’ve learned this school year via AP Computer Science.