Material prepared for HHS

The page contains material prepared for W. H. Harrison High School in collaboration with Purdue University as part of the project “Science Education in Computational Thinking (SECANT)”, http://secant.cs.purdue.edu/.

Python Interpreter and first Python statements

Introduction to VPython

• Programs for students: objects4.py, objects5.py
  

For Loops

• Programs for students: for_loop2.py, for_loop3.py, for_loop4.py, for_loop5.py, for_loop6.py, for_loop_collapse.py
  

While Loops

• Programs for students: while_loop3.py, while_loop4.py, while_loop_orbit.py
  

Conditionals

• Programs for students: cond3.py, cond4.py, while_loop4_-_modified.py, cond5.py, cond5_complete.py
  

• Common mistakes and debugging hints
• Graphing in VPython
  programs: vpplot1.py, vpplot2.py, vpplot3.py, vpplot4.py

• A document describing Portable Python and SPE/PyScripter Environments: Portable Python Guide
• Description of VPython Objects and other VPython features: http://www.vpython.org/webdoc/visual/index.html
• A VPython Tutorial: http://www.vpython.org/VPython_Intro.pdf