Programming
Our STEM class took a coding code on the programming website called code academy. This corse was a corse on python. There are many different languages but we decided to use python because we were building robots and they only read python.
Our STEM class took a coding code on the programming website called code academy. This corse was a corse on python. There are many different languages but we decided to use python because we were building robots and they only read python.
The link to Code Academy: < codeacademy.com >
Terms:
Modulo - returns remainder from a division (ex: 9% 7 will return 2)
Functions - entered into the code by defining it (ex: def function_python: )
Strings - a data type that can contain letters, numbers, and symbols (ex: world = "Hello World!")
Variable - stores piece of data and gives it a specific name (ex: number = 21 "the variable 'number' now stores the number 21")
Console - the place where the code results and/or error messages are shown
Exponents - the exponent sign (^) is not used, instead (**) is (ex: n ** 2)
Editor - the area where you write your code
Boolean - a data type where you can only have two values (ex: a = True, b = False)
Terms:
Modulo - returns remainder from a division (ex: 9% 7 will return 2)
Functions - entered into the code by defining it (ex: def function_python: )
Strings - a data type that can contain letters, numbers, and symbols (ex: world = "Hello World!")
Variable - stores piece of data and gives it a specific name (ex: number = 21 "the variable 'number' now stores the number 21")
Console - the place where the code results and/or error messages are shown
Exponents - the exponent sign (^) is not used, instead (**) is (ex: n ** 2)
Editor - the area where you write your code
Boolean - a data type where you can only have two values (ex: a = True, b = False)
Reflection:
This project was fun and I liked learning to code on a computer. I am not very good with technology and it was my first time ever coding in any language. This project really made me frustrated at times, and it really tested my patience. As I said I am not very technology inclined and sometimes it is hard for me to grasp the coding lessons. I really enjoyed it however. I think having a project without a group was a lot less stressful. I did have some trouble with some lessons. One thing that did help me, and I don't think that I would of gotten as far as I did without it was the Q & A forums. This project tested my patience an unbelievable amount. It said it was a thirteen hour corse, but I spent way more time on it. I think I might of spent more like 22 to 26 hours. Overall, programming in python really showed me how smart some people are and how important patience can be.
This project was fun and I liked learning to code on a computer. I am not very good with technology and it was my first time ever coding in any language. This project really made me frustrated at times, and it really tested my patience. As I said I am not very technology inclined and sometimes it is hard for me to grasp the coding lessons. I really enjoyed it however. I think having a project without a group was a lot less stressful. I did have some trouble with some lessons. One thing that did help me, and I don't think that I would of gotten as far as I did without it was the Q & A forums. This project tested my patience an unbelievable amount. It said it was a thirteen hour corse, but I spent way more time on it. I think I might of spent more like 22 to 26 hours. Overall, programming in python really showed me how smart some people are and how important patience can be.
Electricity
For this unit we worked in groups of three, and mine were Jake and Jonathan. For a couple weeks we did basic electrical circuits. We used bulbs, resistors and alligator clips. After we were able to complete those we moved onto more complicated circuits. We started to use breadboards, 555 timers, capacitors, potentiometers, and smaller wires. We were tested to make a circuit that made a light bulb blink while we were able to adjust the blinking speed.
Resistor's Code:
First band: 1st digit
Second band: 2nd digit
Third band: number of zero's in the amount of resistance
Fourth band: tolerance
0 Black
1 Brown
2 Red
3 Orange
4 Yellow
5 Green
6 Blue
7 Violet
8 Gray
9 White
0.1 (+/- 5%) Gold
0.01 (+/- 10%) Silver
Reflection:
The electricity unit was very fun. Coming into it I new nothing about circuits and how to write a circuit board. One of my most favorite parts about this unit was the hands on aspect. It help me see what the diagrams were saying. There were few people who new what a capacitor or anything including electricity was and the few who did new a lot already. We started off slow and we mdd progress. Slowly everyone in the class got the hang of it and after we all learned the basics we started more complex circuits. We started to use 555 timers and capacitors. We did have pitfalls however. One major one was the use of 9 - volt batteries. We started by using 9 - volts batteries with not any resistance and the light bulbs kept getting shorted out. We quickly figured out that we have nothing to 'slow' down the electricity. We fixed this problem by switching to 3 - volt batteries. I also learned a lot about myself. I learned that circuits can frustrate me because they take a lot of tweaking. One thing that tested my patience was having not all the wires work. We would set up our circuit correctly and then it wouldn't work. Then we would take it apart and test each wire. Overall, this unit showed me that wiring things is very difficult and I liked getting know how do wire and route circuit boards, and also solder.
For this unit we worked in groups of three, and mine were Jake and Jonathan. For a couple weeks we did basic electrical circuits. We used bulbs, resistors and alligator clips. After we were able to complete those we moved onto more complicated circuits. We started to use breadboards, 555 timers, capacitors, potentiometers, and smaller wires. We were tested to make a circuit that made a light bulb blink while we were able to adjust the blinking speed.
Resistor's Code:
First band: 1st digit
Second band: 2nd digit
Third band: number of zero's in the amount of resistance
Fourth band: tolerance
0 Black
1 Brown
2 Red
3 Orange
4 Yellow
5 Green
6 Blue
7 Violet
8 Gray
9 White
0.1 (+/- 5%) Gold
0.01 (+/- 10%) Silver
Reflection:
The electricity unit was very fun. Coming into it I new nothing about circuits and how to write a circuit board. One of my most favorite parts about this unit was the hands on aspect. It help me see what the diagrams were saying. There were few people who new what a capacitor or anything including electricity was and the few who did new a lot already. We started off slow and we mdd progress. Slowly everyone in the class got the hang of it and after we all learned the basics we started more complex circuits. We started to use 555 timers and capacitors. We did have pitfalls however. One major one was the use of 9 - volt batteries. We started by using 9 - volts batteries with not any resistance and the light bulbs kept getting shorted out. We quickly figured out that we have nothing to 'slow' down the electricity. We fixed this problem by switching to 3 - volt batteries. I also learned a lot about myself. I learned that circuits can frustrate me because they take a lot of tweaking. One thing that tested my patience was having not all the wires work. We would set up our circuit correctly and then it wouldn't work. Then we would take it apart and test each wire. Overall, this unit showed me that wiring things is very difficult and I liked getting know how do wire and route circuit boards, and also solder.