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Chapter 01 - Javascript for Kids
ASSIGNMENT - CHAPTER EXERCISES - CHAPTER ONE
- Page 1-7 Read textbook.
Copy & save code as testfunc.txt - Page 8 Follow instructions on page 8.
Copy & save code as variable_test.txt - Page 86 (top) - Run & copy the spaceship_building code.
Copy & save code as spaceship_building.txt - Page 89 (top) - Run & copy the huge silly_age_joke code.
A major focus of the education at the Academy is to help you become a gentleman ... "a well-prepared gentleman." If you follow the guidelines in the poster above you will be a good man. You will set an example for those around you to respect and follow.
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Conrad Wolfram - Computational Thinking
COURSE OUTLINE
Below you wil find the units we will study. I have included the 'big questions' we will seek to answer in each unit as we proceed.
UNIT ONE - Introducing Scratch!
Big Question: What is it like to write code?
Big Question: What is computational thinking?
Big Question: How can one solve problems collaboratively using Scratch?
UNIT TWO - Binary | Digital
Big Question: How does one count using base 2 (binary)?
Big Question: How do computers use the base 2/binary system to perform operations?
Big Question: What the difference between the analog and digital data?
Big Question: What is 'the digital revolution?'
UNIT THREE - Liebnitz & Boole
Big Question: What critical contribution to computer science did Leibniz provide?
Big Question: What critical contribution to computer science did Boole provide?
Big Question: What are the implications for the use of binary numbers in computer science?
UNIT FOUR - Turing
Big Question: How does Turing Machine work?
Big Question: What are the implications for computer science of the Turing Machine?
Big Question: Why is Turing Test significant?
UNIT FIVE - Shannon
Big Question: What was Shannon's essential theory of information?
Big Question: What was Shannon's contribution to digital (logic) circuits?
Big Question: What is contribution of Shannon to digital revolution?
UNIT SIX - Transistors
Big Question: What is a transistor?
Big Question: How does a transistor work?
Big Question: What is the role of the transistor in digital computing and the internet?
UNIT SEVEN - Berners-Lee
Big Question: What is the history of the internet?
Big Question: Can you explain the 'architecture' of the internet.
Big Question: Why is ‘net neutrality’ an important issue today?
UNIT EIGHT - Algorithms
Big Question: What is an algorithm?
Big Question: How is an algorithm created?
Big Question: What is a practical example of an algorithm?
UNIT NINE - Sorting
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Big Question: What is a sorting algorithm?
Big Question: Can you explain the process of sorting?
Big Question: How does a 'quick sort' work? (explain)
UNIT TEN - Robotics
Big Question: What is a robot?
Big Question: Why is a machine (like a go cart) not considered a robot? (explain).?
Big Question: Could a robot (with AI) ever be considered to be alive?