Teaching CSH: Chapter 1 is nearly done!

We almost finished Chapter 1 this week. We worked on section 102 Pythonic Functions, 103 Defining Functions, 104 Algorithms and 105 Coding in Python. Below, you will find all our ScreenCasts and Python Code!







Code for Chapter 1 Section 2.
Code for Chapter 1 Section 3.
Code for Chapter 1 Section 4.
Code for Chapter 1 Section 5.

Well, that's all folks!

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http://pastebin.com/u/calcpage

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http://www.slideshare.net/calcpage2011
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Teaching CSH: Chapter 1 Sets and Functions!

We started Chapter 1 this week which is mostly about sets, functions, domains and ranges! We set up our SAGE accounts and even made a few ScreenCasts!







Code for Chapter 1 Section 2.

Well, that's all folks!

Teaching with Technology,

http://pastebin.com/u/calcpage

http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009
http://www.slideshare.net/calcpage2011
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https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/pub/?typ=pub&search=calcpage

eText, eText, where fore art thou, eText?

I'm sorry to say it, but, online Calculus texts are just not ready for prime time! My school just purchased the latest edition of our favorite text with the understanding that my students would get etexts and the other classes would get hardcovers. Just look at my beat-up text pictured above (c) 1995 and you'll see why it was time to get a new book! So, I get the etext and it turns out that its only for one user and has to be reregistered each year??? This is outrageously expensive! I don't get the problem. I also teach Computer Science and have been using etexts for those classes for several years now without a problem. 

For my Computing classes, we simply bought a class set of each text and got a pdf version for free! Now, I just upload one chapter at a time to http://www.edmodo.com. That's all I'm asking for. The eText can easily be identical in content to the printed book as most authors and publishers generate pdfs now-a-days anyway! I don't need any extra digital content, I can create my own. If you want extra digital content, more power to you, but it will take longer to create the books and these books will be far from free.

Here's the books I use in my Scientific Computing track:

1) Computer Math (Discrete Mathematics and Python):

1) My Recruiting Video: You should take Computer Science Honors (CSH)

1) published eText: MathAndPython

2) AP Computer Science (Object Oriented Programming and Java)

2) My Recruiting Video: You should take Computer Science AP (CSAP)

2) published eText: BigJava

3) Calculus Research Lab (Calculus and SAGE):

3) My Recruiting Video: You should take Calculus Research Lab (CRL)

3a) Calc1 = Derivatives

3a) free eText: calc1-sage

3b) Calc2 = AntiDerivatives

3b) free eText: calc2-sage

3c) Calc3 = Differential Equations

3c) free eText: DiffyQ

4) Computing Independent Study (Linux Clusters and openMPI)

4) My Recruiting Video: You should take Computing Independent Study (CIS)

4) published eText: BuildingParallelPrograms

Generally Speaking,

CSH: Computer Science Honors Recruiting Office!

Welcome to Computing at Baldwin Senior High School! My name is Mr. Garcia. I teach in the Math Department at good old BSHS. I'm here today to encourage you to take Computer Science Honors aka CSH.

CSH is a new course I've been teaching since 1975 replacing Computer Math and Advanced Computer Math. How is that possible, you ask? Well, CSH is an introduction to programming and I've been teaching people how to program ever since I learned how. What's new about this course is that we just started using Python as our programming language of choice. We also just started using a new textbook about Discerete Mathematics using Python, http://www.skylit.com/mathandpython.html, pictured above. BTW, all your work is stored online and we use an eText, so you don't even have to bring anything to class!

Also, the first thing you'll notice is that I don't do Windows, and neither does my maid! We are currently using the 64bit Ubuntu 11.04 Linux Desktop which is a rock solid, programmer friendly system designed with network security, multitasking, multiprocessing and multiuser support built-in from the ground up. Please see the video above and sign-up sheet below:

2012 Computer Science Honors Recruiting!

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Computer Science Honors Recruiting ScreenCast Script!

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Generally Speaking,

Quarter II, Week 10: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!

OOPs, I think I spoke too soon. Last week was not the last week of the quarter, this week is! Good luck on midterms next week.


AP Calculus BC finished unit 7 on derivative of a^x and logb(x) and variable separable differential equations.

BC Calc Trig Summary 

AP Calculus BC Trig Stuff

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BC Calc 705 a^x and logb(x)

AP Calculus BC 705 More e^x and ln(x)!

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BC Calc 706 DiffEqus

AP Calculus BC 706 Diff Equs!

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preCalculus for Seniors started CH8 reviewing SOHCAHTOA and Law of Sines (AAS, ASA, ASS). Yes, I said it!

preCalc Vector Product Summary

preCalculus Vector Product Notes!

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preCalc 802 Law of Sines

preCalculus 802 Law of Sines

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AP Computer Science continued CH7/EX6 on loops. 

C6X13 Newton's Method

AP Computer Science C6X13 Calculus Notes on Newton's Method

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Calculus Research Lab finished CH5 on derivatives. After midterms, we start our anti-derivatives eText!


CRL 5.2 Odd Exercises
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/271/

CRL 5.4 Tangents and Normals

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/276/


Computer Math continued CH7 on chip logic. We also played with Turtle Python. Computer Math is over and there's no Advanced Computer Math next semester. You will be sorely missed! Next year, Computer Math and Advanced Computer Math will be replaced by a full year Computer Science Honors. In this new course, we will do everything we do now re Discrete Math, Python and SAGE. We will also play with TI-BASIC, Turtle Python and Visual Python! See you in Computer Science next year! Note: first video is mine, the last two are not!

HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!

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Quarter II, Week 9: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!

OK, Quarter II is nearly over. I think we've made very good progress so far this year. AP Calculus BC and AP Computer Science are right on track so we should have a week or two left before AP Week for review! 


I will miss Computer Math as we finish Chip Logic next week, we'll have to say goodbye as we don't have Advanced Computer Math in the Spring this year. Hope to see you in AP Computer Science next year! 


preCalculus just finished CH9 on Vectors. We should have nearly all of Quarter IV for an intro to Calculus! 


Calculus Research Lab spent the whole semester on derivatives and applications using SAGE. I hope you got a lot out of it!


AP Calculus BC spent the week on ln(x) and e^x.
BC Calc 702

Calculus 702 ln(x) and Logarithmic Differe

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BC Calc 703

AP Calculus BC 703 Integrals and Derivatives Involving ln(x)

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BC Calc 704

AP Calclus BC 704 e^x

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preCalculus for Seniors focused on the vector dot and cross products.

preCalc 905 Scalar Dot Product

preCalculus 905 Dot Products

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preCalc 907 Vector Cross Product

preCalculus 907 Vector Cross Product

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AP Computer Science continued CH7/EX6 on loops. 

C6X5 Fib.java

C6X7 PrimeGen.java

Calculus Research Lab continued CH5 on applications of the derivative.

CRL 5.1 Direction of a curve

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/270/

CRL 5.2 Odd Exercises

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/271/


Computer Math continued CH6 on boolean operators, truth tables and conditional statements. We also started CH7 on chip logic. Sorry, nothing new on the SAGE server.

HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!

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Quarter II, Week 8: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!

Welcome back! We just got back from break on the Tuesday after New Year's Day and its as if we never left! Talk about a short work week: here it is Friday and I'm already out sick again. I've never been sick with a cold so many times in one semester before.


AP Calculus BC spent the week on the concept of work and how to calculate it.
BC Calc 701 You are now Pharaoh's Architect

calculus 701 Work, Force, Mass

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preCalculus for Seniors focused on review concepts from the last quiz for a requiz today! We also started talking about vectors in 2 and 3 dimensions.

preCalculus: Complex Powers

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preCalc 904 Vectors

preCalculus 904 Vectors

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AP Computer Science started CH7/EX6 on loops. Soon we will start talking about static arrays and the ArrayList class. Then its time for my own Case Study: Chess960!

C6X1 ConvertTester.java

C6X1 Convert.java

Calculus Research Lab started CH5 on applications of the derivative but didn't get to do anything on the SAGE server as yet.


Computer Math started CH6 on boolean operators and conditional statements. In fact, the CLEMIX.CLEMSON.EDU server went down, so we did our RockPaperScissors.py program the old fashioned way! Note, the CLEMIX.CLEMSON.EDU server was moved and renamed: SAGE.MATH.CLEMSON.EDU Thanx you, Clemson U!

CM 6.2 Logic and Truth Tables

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/261/

CM 6.4 Conditional Statements

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/267/

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Quarter II, Week 7: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!

AP Calculus BC finished Unit 6 and had a test on metrics aka measurement theory (applications of the definite integral). Last week we reviewed area and talked about volumes of revolution (disk, washer, shell) in dx and dy. This week we finished volumes with known cross sections as well as arc length and surface area. 

BC Calc 608 Surface Area

Calculus 608 Surface Area

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preCaclulus for Seniors started CH9 on polar coordinates last week. This week we focused on Rcis(theta) form complex number arithmetic.

preCalc 903 CIS(theta)

preCalculus 903 cis(theta)

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AP Computer Science just finished the lab at the end of Grid World Part II (CircleBug, SpiralBug and ZBug). Sorry, I don't post labs online! After break we are going to do loops and arrays.


Calculus Research Lab finished CH4 with exercises on the derivatives of trig and inverse trig functions.
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/264
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/262


Computer Math finished CH5 of positional number systems! We didn't do Day6 on fractions or Day7 on truth tables yet.
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/263
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/261

Computer Math Day 01+06 Number Systems

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Computer Math Day 02+07 Converting Bases

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Computer Math Day 03 Addition

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Computer Math Day 04 Subtraction

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Computer Math Day 05 Integers

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This was the week before the holiday break. So, we were done with all the above by Thursday. Friday was BZFlag day in my computing class and my math classes went preCalculus or Calculus Caroling all over school!

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/12/precalculus-carols-ho-ho-ho.html

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/12/12-days-of-calculus-carols.html

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/12/12th-day-of-calculus.html

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2010/12/wow-this-one-is-grand-what-one-of-my.html

HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!

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Quarter II, Week 6: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!

AP Computer Science started and nearly completed GridWorld Parts 01 and 02 this week!

GridWorld Part01

GridWorld Part02

preCalculus started CH9 on Polar Mode.

pre901 Polar Coordinates

preCalculus 901 Polar Coordinates

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pre902 Polar Graphs

preCalculus 902 Polar Graphs

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AP Calculus BC continued CH6 about volumes and arc length!

bc606 Known Cross Sections

AP Calculus 606 Volumes of Known Cross Sections

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bc607 Arc Length

AP Calculus 607 Arc Length

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Calculus Research Lab is working on trig derivatives!

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/264

Computer Math is working on positional number systems and different bases.

https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/263

HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!

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