Past Agendas |  Prog 1  | 2023/2024

Spring Semester 2024

Week 19 |  May 28 - May 31

• Coding Practice Final

• Coding Final 

Week 18  |  May 20 - May 24

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Three | Teacher Check (3-18)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Four | Teacher Check (3-19)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Five | Teacher Check (3-20)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Tasks | Student Explanations (3-21)

• VEX V5 Robot | Motor Control (3-22)

• VEX V5 Robot | Arm and Claw | Task One | Teacher Check (3-23)

• VEX V5 Robot | Arm and Claw | Task Two | Teacher Check (3-24)

• VEX V5 Robot | Arm and Claw | Task Three (3-25)

• VEX V5 Robot | Arm and Claw | Task Four (3-26)

• VEX V5 Robot | Arm and Claw | Task Three | Student Explanations (3-27)

• Sensor | Input | Bumper Switch Worksheet (3-28)

• Sensor | Input | Bumper Switch Tasks (3-29 to 3-?)

Week 17  |  May 13 - May 17

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task One | Teacher Check (3-16)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Two | Teacher Check (3-17)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Three | Teacher Check (3-18)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Four | Teacher Check (3-19)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Task Five | Teacher Check (3-20)

• VEX V5 Robot | Drivetrain | Tasks | Student Explanations (3-21)

• VEX V5 Robot | Motor Control (3-22)

Week 16  |  May 06 - May 10

• Robot Advice | Read | Answer Q (Q, 5/07)

• VEXcode V5 Worksheet 02 (3-Sub Days 03)

• VEX V5 Robot | Day One (3-15)

Week 15  |  April 29 - May 03

• Rate Your Experience | CTEWorks | Career Fair (0-5)

• Circuit 07 | Traffic Controller | Version 3 (6-17)

• Practice Set | Traffic Controller and Threads (6-18)

• Review | Blooket

• Quiz | Traffic Controller (6-19)

• End of Unit Reflection (6-20) 

• 3-Sub Day: VEXcodee V5 Web App Worksheet

Week 14  |  April 22 - April 26

• Coding | Functions 01 (7-2)

• Coding | Code Together (7-3)

• Coding | Functions 02 (7-4)

• Notes: Thread Module 

• Circuit 07 | Traffic Controller | Version 3 (6-17)

Week 13  |  April 15 - April 19

• Circuit 07 | Traffic Controller | Versions 1 and 2 (6-15)

• Notes | User-Defined Functions

• Coding | User Defined Functions (7-1) 

Week 12  |  April 08 - April 12

• Review | Practice Set (6-12) 

• Review | Blooket

• Quiz | Pico Circuits 04 & 05 (6-13)

• Circuit 06 | Temperature Sensor (6-14)

• Look at Code | Paper Handout

• Question | Google Classsroom | Apr 11

• Circuit 07 | Traffic Controller | Versions 1 and 2 (6-15)

• Make a Quiz | User Defined Functions (7616)

Week 11  |  March 25 - March 28

• Notes: Buzzer

• Circuit 05| In Real Life | Buzzer & Push Button (6-11) 

• Review | Kahoot

• Review | Practice Set (6-12)

Week 10  |  March 18 - March 22

• Review | Practice Set (6-7)

• Review| Blooket

• Review | Kahoot

• Quiz | Pico Circuits 02 & 03 (6-8)

• Notes: Potentiometer & Circuit 04 

• Circuit 04| Potentiometer ONLY (6-9)

• Circuit 04| LED & Potentiometer (6-10)

• Notes: Buzzer

• Circuit 05| In Real Life | Buzzer & Push Button (6-11)

Week 9  |  March 11 - March 15

• Notes: Input vs. Output

• Review for Quiz  | Blooket | Pico 01 Review 

• Review for Quiz  | Kahoot | Raspberry Pi Pico & Circuit 01 Spr 2024 

• Quiz | Pico and Circuit 01 (6-4)

• Notes | Push Button, Circuit 02

• Circuit 02 | In Real Life | LED & Push Button (6-5)

• Circuit 03| In Real Life | LED & PWM (6-6)

• Notes: PWM

Week 8  |  March 04 - March 08

• Pico Hardware | MicroPython Research (6-Sub Day) 

• Notes: Pico Hardware & MicroPython Code

• Artificial Intelligence Presentation | Activity 

• Circuit 01 | In Real Life | LED Blink (6-2) <-- time to finish (from last week)

• Artificial Intelligence Presentation | Questionnaire (0-3) 

• Artificial Intelligence Presentation | CTEWorks Rate Your Experience (0-4)

• Review for Quiz  | Practice Set | Pico & Circuit 01  (6-3)

Week 7  |  February 26 - March 01

• Coding Guess the Animal | Level 3 and Level 4 (5-20)

• Extra Credit Opportunity| CodeHS | Project: Password Authenticator *AND* Password Creator 

• Review Kahoot

• Review Blooket

• Quiz Comparing For Loops and While Loops (5-21)

• Question: Understanding of While Loops and For Loops

New Unit: Building Circuits with the Raspberry Pi Pico

• Circuit 00 | Wokwi | LED Blink Onboard LED (6-_) <-- web app not working on Windows computers

• Circuit 00 | In Real Life| LED Blink Onboard LED (6-1)

• Pico Notes | Hardware and Software

• Circuit 01 | Wokwi | LED Blink (6-_) <-- web app not working on Windows computers

• Circuit 01 | In Real Life | LED Blink (6-2 )

Week 6  |  February 20 - February 23

• Kahoot Review 

• Blooket Review

• Question about the Two Reviews

• Quiz While Loops or Quiz CodeHS (Required for students seeking college credit) (5-17) 

• Seeking College Credit? See Google Classroom for More Information

• Practice Set (5-18)

• Coding Guess the Animal | Level 1 and Level 2 (5-19)

• Coding Guess the Animal | Level 3 and Level 4 (5-20)

• CodeHS| Project: Password Authenticator *AND* Password Creator (5-21)

Week 5  |  February 13 - February 16

• Colab: While Loop (5-14) 

• Practice Set | while loops (5-15)  

• CodeHS | Lesson 6.3 | Looping | Break and Continue (5-16) 

• Kahoot Review

• Blooket Review

• Question about the Two Reviews

Week 4  |  February 05 - February 09

• Bookmark | CodeHS (0-1)

• CodeHS | Project: Mad Libs (2-25)

• CodeHS | Lesson 6.2 | Looping | For Loops (5-12)

Something New:  while loops

• Notes: While Loop &  Break and Continue

• CodeHS | Lesson 6.1 | Looping | While Loops (5-13) 

• Question | Code Tracing | while loop 

• Colab: While Loop (5-14)

• Hangman | Brought to you by Gio | Per 6 only (5-0)

Week 3  |  January 29 - February 02

• Practice Set | Lists, for loop, range()  (5-8) 

• Coding: Lists, For Loops and Range Function (5-9)  

• Practice Set | Lists, for loop, range()  (5-10) 

• Notes: add to Data Types

• Coding: For Loops | Lists | Random Module (5-7)

• Blooket Review

• Kahoot Review

• Quiz (5-11)

Week 2  |  January 22 - January 26

• Coding: Lists Introduction (5-3) 

• Coding: Lists, Loops and Turtles | PyCharm (5-4) 

• Notes: For Loops and Lists

• Colab: For Loops Intro (5-5)

• Coding: For Loops Intro (5-6) 

• Coding: For Loops | Lists | Random Module (5-7) 

• Cabrillo 2+2 Presentation

Week 1  |  January 16 - January 19

• Notes: Lists

• Colab:  Lists Introduction (5-1)

• Practice Set: Lists (5-2)

• Coding: Lists Introduction (5-3)

• Coding: Lists, Loops and Turtles | PyCharm (5-4)

Fall Semester 2023

Week 19  |  Finals Week

Period 4: 

• Monday, December 18, 10:50 am

• Multiple Choice Final Exam (0-15)

Period 6: 

• Wednesday, December 20, 10:50 am

• Multiple Choice Final Exam (0-14)

Week 18  |  December 11 - December 15

• Practice Coding Final Exam (0-12)

• Coding Final Exam (0-13)

• Kahoot Review | Entire Semester (0-14)

Week 17  |  December 04 - December 08

• Quick Code: Math Quiz (4-10)

• Notes: Logic Operators | in keyword

• Request:  Assignment 3-13 | Quiz | Please add sarah_blanchette as editor 

• Quick Code: Hangman (4-11)

• Kahoot Review

• Quiz: Decision Making (4-12)

• Quick Code: Grade Level or Plushies or Olympics (4-13)

Week 16  |  November 27 - December 1

• Question: What is Artificial Intelligence? (0-7)

• Questions for AI Presenters (0-8)

• Predictions: Decision Making (4-7)

• Coding:  Logic | If  |  If/Else  |  If/Elif/Else Statements (4-8) 

• Presentation: Artificial Intelligence | Notes (0-9)

• Presentation: Artificial Intelligence | Feedback (0-10) 

• Extra Credit Opportunity: Artificial Intelligence (0-11)

• Coding: Lab If Statements | Decision Making (4-9) 

Week 15  |  November 20 - November 21

• Notes: Decision Making

• Coding User Input and If Statements (4-5)

• Coding Decision Making (4-6)

Week 14  |  November 13 - November 17

• Sub Work #1 of 3 | Grade Check | Progress 2 (0-6)

• Notes: User Input

• Question: Describe the User Input Function

• Sub Work #2 of 3 | Coding/Colab:  User Input (4-1) 

• Sub Work #3 of 3 | Coding/Colab:  User Input Practice Lab (4-2) 

• Notes: User Input

• Quick Code: User Input (4-3)

• Kahoot Review 

• Quiz: Input Function (4-4)

Week 13  |  November 06 - November 09

• Coding: Imports  #1 (2-21)  

• Coding: Imports  #2 (2-22) 

• Kahoot Review

• Quiz: Python Intro (2-23) 

• Quiz Reflection (2-24)

• Coding/Colab:  User Input (4-1) 

• Coding/Colab:  User Input Practice Lab (4-2) 

Week 12  |  October 30 - November 3

• 10/31 Q: What is a f-String? ... Q: List Data Types

• CTEWorks Exploration (0-5)

• USCS Student Project | Summary (0-4)

• 11/2 Q: What is a module? 

• From Friday: Coding | Formatting and Quotes Lab (2-20) 

• Coding: Imports (2-21)

• Kahoot Review

Week 11  |  October 23 - October 27

• CTE Works | Rate Your Experience (0-2d)

• Notes: Modules, Functions

• Coding: First Python Project/Lab (2-17)

• 0-3 Make a Video

• Coding: Quotes and f-String (2-18)  

• Coding: Formatting (2-19)

• Coding: Formatting and Quotes Lab (2-20) 

Week 10  |  October 16 - October 20

• Notes: Values (Literals), Data Types, Operators

• Coding: Colab (2-12 & 2-13)

• Look at Blocks *and* Text (3-13) 

• CTE Works Rate Your Experience (02-d) 

• Notes: Printing and Variables

• Coding: Colab (2-14)

• Coding: Colab (2-15)

• Coding: Practice Lab (2-16)

Week 9  |  October 9 - October 13

• Coding: Intro to Colab (2-11)

• More Colab?

• What is Colab? (0-2b)

• Try This: VEX V5 Claw (3-12) 

• Guest Speaker: Notes (0-2c) 

• Question about Speaker

• Look at Blocks *and* Text (3-13)

Week 8  |  October 2 - October 5

• Try These Blocks: VEX V5 Sensor | Bumper Switch (3-8) 

• Deep Dive: Motors and Sensors (3-9)

• Make a Quiz/Kahoot (3-10)

• Questions for our Guest Speaker  (0-2) 

• Notes: Motors and Sensors

• Kahoot Review 

• Quiz (3-11)

Week 7  |  September 25 - September 29

• Portfolio Update: Add Turtle Graphics and Icon/Favicon (0-1)

• Notes: Brain, Battery    

• Try These Blocks: VEX V5 Print & Draw Blocks (3-5)

• Kahoot Review

• Quiz: VEXCode V5 App and VEX V5 Brain (3-6)

• Notes: Motors 

• Try These Blocks: VEX V5 Motor and Drivetrain Blocks (3-7)

• Notes: Sensors

• Try These Blocks: VEX V5 Sensor | Bumper Switch (3-8)

Week 6  |  September 18 - September 22

• Notes: IDE 

• Update VEX Code App [from 2.3.1-17 to 3.0.2-1]   (3-2)

• Notes: VEX V5 Brain Screen and Blocks Help

• VEX V5 Brain and VEXCode App | Print and Draw (3-3) 

• Sub Day Assignment #1: Online Python Tutorial (2-10)

• Sub Day Assignment #2: VEX V5 Hardware (3-4)

• Portfolio Update: Add Turtle Graphics and Icon/Favicon (0-1) 

Week 5  |  September 11 - September 15

• Turtle Graphics |  Thonny | Windows Computers | Day 3 (2-4) 

• Project STEM Enrollment/Registration (2-5)

• Notes: IDE

• Replit.com Set up account/Code (2-6)

• Sub Day Assignment #1: Make a Quiz (2-7)

• Sub Day Assignment #2: Project STEM Unit 0 (2-8)

• Sub Day Assignment #2: Project STEM Unit 1 (2-9)

• Question (9/15): Synergy Grade Check

• VEX V5 Brain (3-1)

Week 4  |  September 05 - September 08

• Turtle Graphics | IDLE | Windows Computers | Day 2  (2-2)

• Kahoot (Review Before Quiz) 

• Quiz: Turtle Graphics (2-3)

Week 3  |  August 28 - September 1

• • Who Am I? Reflection (1-7)  <-- Tues 8/29 Per 6 starts here

  • CTE Portfolio Introduction (1-8)

Ready to Code? 

• • Turtle Graphics | Day 1  (2-1)

  • Turtle Graphics | Day 2  (2-2) <-- Per 4 Th  finished shape#1

Week 2  |  August 21 - August 25

New Project:  Who Am I?

• Who Am I? Poster or Drawing  & Presentations (1-4) <-- Th Per 4 continues here

• Who Am I? Notes (1-5)

• Who Am I? Make a Quiz (1-6) <-- Th Per 6 needs time to add Qs from Tuesday presentation

• Who Am I? Reflection (1-7)

Week 1|  August 15 - August 18

• Student Survey

• Overview of Our Class 

• Answer Question in Google Classroom

• Bookmarks Folder (1-1) 

• Python Tutor 

• Teacher Website

• Python Test Drive  (1-2) 

• Interview: Student to Student (1-3) 

New Project:  Who Am I?

• Who Am I? Sample Presentation by Ms. Blanchette | Students Take Notes

• Who Am I? Poster or Drawing (1-4)

• Who Am I? Notes (1-5)