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CS Principles: Big Ideas in Programming

Assignments

• Assignments

SECTION 1: COMPUTER ABILITIES

• Chapter 1 - What is this Book About?
  • This Book is for Teachers
    • License
  • Pretest
  • Compute with Numbers
  • Compute with Words
  • Compute with Turtles
  • Compute with Images
  • Standards - Big Ideas
  • Chapter 1 - Concept Summary
• Chapter 2 - What can Computers Do?
  • What is a Computer?
  • Turing Machines
  • Computer Abilities
  • Chapter 2 - Concept Summary
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 1 and 2

SECTION 2: NAMING

• Chapter 3 - Names for Numbers
  • Assigning a Name
    • Legal Variable Names
  • Teacher Note: Limits of the box analogy
  • Expressions
    • Teacher Note: Assignment Dyslexia
    • Integer Division
    • Modulo
  • Summary of Expression Types
  • How Expressions are Evaluated
  • Driving from Chicago to Dallas
  • Teacher Note: Names on either side of =
    • Incrementing a variable
  • Following the Ketchup Ooze
  • Walking through Assignment more Generally
  • Teacher Note: Misconceptions
  • Figuring out an Invoice
  • Teacher Note: Why Videos?
  • Chapter 3 - Summary
  • Chapter 3 Exercises
• Chapter 4 - Names for Strings
  • Assign a Name to a String
    • Concatenating (Appending) Strings
    • Concatenating Strings and Numbers
  • Strings are Objects
    • Getting Part of a String
    • Some Other String Functions
  • Strings are Immutable
  • Making a MadLib story
  • Teacher Note: Why Audio Tours?
  • Chapter 4 - Summary
    • Summary of String Functions
  • Chapter 4 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 3 and 4
• Chapter 5 - Names for Turtles
  • Assign a Name to a Turtle
    • What does a left turn of 90 mean?
  • Procedures and Functions
  • Practice with Turtles
  • More Turtle Procedures and Functions
  • Single and Multiple Turtles
  • Bob Builds a House
  • Changing Turtle Programs
  • Teacher Note: Body Syntonic
  • Chapter 5 - Summary
    • Summary of Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • Chapter 5 Exercises
• Chapter 6 - Computers can Name Anything
  • Naming Everything
  • Naming Procedures and Functions
  • Naming Sets of Steps
    • Defining a Function
  • Teacher Note: A procedure is not executed when it is defined
  • Teacher Note: Statements after return are not executed
  • Naming Input
  • Teachers Note: Creating Procedures with Parameters
  • Teacher Note: Names for Formal and Actual Parameters
  • Naming Sets of Procedures and Functions
  • Using an Image Library
  • Renaming Python’s Functions
  • Chapter 6 - Summary
  • Chapter 6 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 5 and 6

SECTION 3: REPEATING

• Chapter 7 - Computers can Repeat Steps
  • Repeating Steps
  • Repeating with Numbers
  • What is a List?
  • Teacher Note: Names are Just Words
    • Using Better Variable Names
  • The Range Function
  • There’s a Pattern Here!
  • Using the Accumulator Pattern
  • Teacher Note: Print() is Your Friend
  • Chapter 7 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 7 Exercises
• Chapter 8 - While and For Loops
  • Loops - For and While
    • Example For Loop
    • Introducing the While Loop
  • Infinite Loops
  • Counting with a While Loop
    • Side by Side Comparison of a For Loop and a While Loop
  • Looping When We Don’t Know When We’ll Stop
  • Teacher note: “Waiting” while
  • Nested For Loops
    • How Many Times Does the Inner Loop Execute?
  • Teacher Note: for loops are more natural
  • Chapter 8 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 8 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 7 and 8
• Chapter 9 - Repeating Steps with Strings
  • Using Repetition with Strings
  • Reversing Text
  • Mirroring Text
  • Modifying Text
  • Chapter 9 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 9 Exercises
• Chapter 10 - Repeating Steps with Turtles
  • Using Repetition with Turtles
  • Teacher Note: Turtle Geometry
  • Total Turtle Trip Theorem
  • Making Patterns within Patterns
  • The Turtle Stamp Procedure
  • More Turtle Stamp Practice
  • Chapter 10 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
    • Summary of Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • Chapter 10 Exercises
• Chapter 11 - Repeating Steps with Images
  • Using Repetition with Images
  • A Library of Images
  • Teachers Notes: Understanding Image Representation
  • A Pattern for Image Processing
  • Changing Step 5: Increasing and decreasing color values
  • Changing Step 6: Changing where we put the colors
  • Changing Step 3: Changing which data we use
  • Chapter 11 - Summary
  • Chapter 11 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 9 to 11

SECTION 4: DECISIONS

• Chapter 12 - A Computer can Make Decisions
  • Making Decisions
  • The if Statement
  • Teacher note: “Waiting” if
  • Using Multiple if statements
  • Logical Expressions
  • Complex Conditionals (and, or, and not)
  • Practice with if
  • Using if and else
  • Teacher note: Conditionals with cards
  • Delaying the else
  • Sneak up on and and or
  • Teacher Note: Confusing while and if
  • Teacher note: Misconception - While exits immediately
    • Alternative: Infinite loops with break
  • Chapter 12 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 12 Exercises
• Chapter 13 - Using Decisions with Strings
  • Using Decisions with Strings
  • Interactive Stories with Input
  • Fortune Teller
  • Using elif for more options
  • Teacher note: Group by Zodiac signs
  • Chapter 13 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 13 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 12 and 13
• Chapter 14 - Using Decisions with Turtles
  • Turtle Functions and Procedures
  • Using Decisions with Turtles
  • Detecting Odd and Even
  • Using Random Numbers
  • Avoiding Collisions
  • Chapter 14 - Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 14 Exercises
• Chapter 15 - Using Decisions with Images
  • Using Decisions with Images
  • Combining Pictures
  • If and Else with Images
  • Multiple If’s with Images
  • Chapter 15 - Concept Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 15 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 14 and 15

SECTION 5: DATA

• Chapter 16 - Working with Collections
  • Working with Collections of Data
  • Working with Strings
  • Working with Lists
  • Working with Indexes
  • Reversing a List
  • Vary the Change Amount in Range
  • Using a Negative Change Value with Range
  • For Each Item Loop
  • Rainfall Problem
  • Teacher Note: The Rainfall Problem
  • Chapter 16 - Concept Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 16 Exercises
• Chapter 17 - Getting pieces out of strings and lists
  • Breaking Strings into Pieces
  • Making MadLib Stories, Easier
  • Using the Split Function
  • Out of Range Error
  • Creating a Procedure with Parameters
  • Creating parts of strings
  • Chapter 17 - Concept Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 17 Exercises
  • Exam Questions for Chapters 16 and 17
• Chapter 18 - Working with Data on the Web
  • Web Data
  • Our first data set: Air pollution in the United States
  • Reading the data
  • What’s the largest pollution values?
  • What’s the lowest PM 2.5 pollution?
  • What’s the average PM 2.5 pollution?
  • Most Populated and Least Populated States
    • Do bigger or richer states have more pollution?
  • Finding the Pollution for a State
  • Chapter 18 - Concept Summary
    • Summary of Python Keywords and Functions
  • Chapter 18 Exercises
• Chapter 19 - Computer Abilities Summary
  • Computer Abilities
  • Chapter 19 - Concept Summary
  • Post Exam

SECTION 6: WHAT’S POSSIBLE

• Chapter 20: The Internet
  • Introduction to the Internet
  • The Internet is Many Computers
    • Protocols and Standards
    • Packets
    • Systems Built on the Internet
    • Summary
  • Cybersecurity
    • Types of Cyber Attacks
    • Cybercrime
    • Cryptography
    • Cryptography Standards
• Chapter 21 - Creativity
  • Creativity
  • Preparing for the AP CS Principles Exam
    • The Create Task
  • Deciding What to Program
  • Project Examples
  • Progress and Process Questions
  • Programming in a Team
  • Referencing Code
    • Citing Code in Written Report
    • Citing Code in the Source Code
• Chapter 22 - Global Impact
  • Global Impact
  • Exploring Impact Data
  • Preparing for the AP CS Principles Exam
    • The Explore Task
  • Deciding on an Innovation
  • Choosing a Topic
  • Writing an Outline
  • Presenting your Innovation
    • Writing about your Innovation
    • Creating a Visual Artifact
  • Creating your project
• Chapter 23 - What’s Next?
  • What’s Next
    • Downloading and Installing Python Instructions
    • Outside Resources
    • Python Libraries
    • Small Scale Projects
    • Application And Beyond

SECTION 7: PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS

• Chapter 24 - PRACTICE EXAMS
  • AP CS Principles Exam Format
  • Set #1
  • Set #2
  • Set #3
  • Set #4

Indices

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