{"id":152,"date":"2016-09-01T05:15:44","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartlettpublishing.com\/site\/?p=152"},"modified":"2016-09-01T05:15:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:15:44","slug":"fall-2016-week-3-class-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartlettpublishing.com\/site\/2016\/09\/01\/fall-2016-week-3-class-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2016 &#8211; Week 3 Class Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you all enjoyed week 3 as much as I did!  This week we really managed to start diving into each subject.<\/p>\n<p><b>Computer Programming<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In computer programming, we did the first computer simulation from chapter 5. As I mentioned, this is somewhat tangential to the actual class, but I find that people who know how the computer works form better intuitions about <i>everything<\/i> regarding programming.  So that is where we are starting.  Next week we will have the computer lab again and we will begin doing web pages, so come prepared to type!<\/p>\n<p>The reading for this week is chapter 5.  There is not much homework this week in the &#8220;Apply&#8221; section of the book, so what I want you to do is to bring me your papers that you filled out running the simulation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a lot of people get confused on the simulation, so I have a video to help you out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/co-CH51c2as?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also, instead of drawing the worksheet yourself, you can download pre-drawn sheets from here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npshbook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SimulationGameBlank.pdf\">http:\/\/www.npshbook.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SimulationGameBlank.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, you do need to answer the <b>apply<\/b> section, but the biggest part of your homework will be the simulation.<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK &#8211; your big homework assignment from section 1 is due.  Remember, what we are doing is picking one homework activity that best represents your work in this class and turning it in for a grade.  I would prefer this be printed out.  Since there was very little programming in this class, some decent choices might be &#8211; (a) the technology essay, (b) for the younger students, writing out a full sentence in ASCII, or (c) doing a simulation (you might even pick out one of the &#8220;extra&#8221; simulations at the back of the book to try).<\/p>\n<p><b>Electronics<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This is the first week we really got our hands dirty.  We learned to use a breadboard and a multimeter, and this is essentially what we will use for the rest of the year.  <\/p>\n<p>For the book &#8211; BE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION OF THE BOOK!  <a href=\"http:\/\/bplearning.net\/electrobook\">http:\/\/bplearning.net\/electrobook<\/a><br \/>\nI swapped out this weeks and next weeks&#8217; chapters, so the chapter you should be reading is &#8220;Chapter 6: Constructing and Testing Circuits&#8221;.  We will do series\/parallel next week.  This chapter has a lot of hands-on exercises with your breadboard.<\/p>\n<p>Note that on some of the breadboards, the power rails only go half way across!  This is indicated visually by a break in the red and blue lines.  Also, a few of you had multimeters that were on the edge of being able to work or not.  If those wind up being faulty, let me know.  <\/p>\n<p>Remember, everyone needs to bring their box each week!  Otherwise you will wind up just watching the rest of us do electronics.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Calculus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This week we started getting into derivatives!  The derivative is when most people start to see the kind of inventive things that people can do with math.  Remember that <i>everything we did<\/i> with derivatives stemmed from the simple definitions of lines and what it meant to be a line.  All we did was to take the point-slope formula and trick it into giving us the answers we wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Remember to download the latest version of the book!<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to seeing everybody next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope you all enjoyed week 3 as much as I did! This week we really managed to start diving into each subject. Computer Programming In computer programming, we did the first computer simulation from chapter 5. 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