Peter Chase wrote:
> I'm teaching some prospective K-12 teachers this summer and propose to
> introduce them to Python....
> SO: Any recommendations as to course textbooks? Or just go with Zelle
> and/or O'Reilly's latest wood rat book?
> - The students presumably have had programming courses already.
> - I would think that K-12 students would be happier if they could
> generate some graphics.
> - This is a 6-weeks course. Little leisure time.
For the weirdest suggestion you'll get, at least take a look at
Ruth Chabay & Bruce Sherwood's book, "Matter and Interactions"
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~rwchabay/mi
They teach both physics and "enough" programming to do 3-d programming
on the way to teaching physics. You might be able to make a short
course out of the "how to program" part of the books.
--Scott David Daniels
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