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/.

The extended version of each lab contains additional material not covered in class.

Python Interpreter and first Python statements

Introduction to VPython
Extended version of Lab 2

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

For Loops
Extended version of Lab 3

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

While Loops
Extended version of Lab 4

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

Conditionals
Extended version of Lab 5

• 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