Karen Reid https://www.csteachingtips.org/ en Have students create a program in Python that draws a map of the stars in order to gain practice using dictionaries to manipulate real data. https://www.csteachingtips.org/tip/have-students-create-program-python-draws-map-stars-order-gain-practice-using-dictionaries <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--title--tip.html.twig x field--node--title.html.twig * field--node--tip.html.twig * field--title.html.twig * field--string.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Have students create a program in Python that draws a map of the stars in order to gain practice using dictionaries to manipulate real data.</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--title.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--uid--tip.html.twig x field--node--uid.html.twig * field--node--tip.html.twig * field--uid.html.twig * field--entity-reference.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'username' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> <span>cstt</span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/user/username.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--uid.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--created--tip.html.twig x field--node--created.html.twig * field--node--tip.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field--created.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'time' --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> <time datetime="2015-07-06T14:32:04-07:00" title="Monday, July 6, 2015 - 14:32" class="datetime">Mon, 07/06/2015 - 14:32</time> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/time.html.twig' --> </span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--node--created.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'links__node' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * links--node.html.twig x links--inline.html.twig * links--node.html.twig * links.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/navigation/links--inline.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'addtoany_standard' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * addtoany-standard--node--tip.html.twig * addtoany-standard--node.html.twig x addtoany-standard.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://www.csteachingtips.org/tip/have-students-create-program-python-draws-map-stars-order-gain-practice-using-dictionaries" data-a2a-title="Have students create a program in Python that draws a map of the stars in order to gain practice using dictionaries to manipulate real data."><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><span class="a2a_label">Share Have students create a program in Python that draws a map of the stars in order to gain practice using dictionaries to manipulate real data. with Facebook</span></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><span class="a2a_label">Share Have students create a program in Python that draws a map of the stars in order to gain practice using dictionaries to manipulate real data. with Twitter</span></a></span> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'modules/contrib/addtoany/templates/addtoany-standard.html.twig' --> <!-- THEME DEBUG --> <!-- THEME HOOK: 'field' --> <!-- FILE NAME SUGGESTIONS: * field--node--body--tip.html.twig * field--node--body.html.twig * field--node--tip.html.twig * field--body.html.twig x field--text-with-summary.html.twig * field.html.twig --> <!-- BEGIN OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><ul><li>Manipulating real data makes students feel like they’re the programs they’re writing are real, meaningful, and relevant.</li> <li>For a more advanced version of this problem, have students create a program in Java.</li> <li>To see the full assignment, visit <a href="http://nifty.stanford.edu/2009/reid-starmap/">Stanford’s nifty assignment page</a>.</li> </ul></div> <!-- END OUTPUT from 'themes/contrib/bootstrap_barrio/templates/field/field--text-with-summary.html.twig' --> Mon, 06 Jul 2015 21:32:04 +0000 cstt 965 at https://www.csteachingtips.org