Python Variables and Lists
Welcome to Day Two!
Welcome to Day Two of the Earth Analytics Bootcamp! Today, you will learn about Python
variables (which store single data values) and lists (which can store many data values). Specifically, you will write Python
code to create and manipulate variables and lists, and you will also write Python
code to plot data using the matplotlib
package.
Learning Objectives
After completing the lessons for Day 2, you will be able to:
- Define a variable and explain how variables are used in
Python
- Write
Python
code to create variables and run arithmetic calculations on them - Write
Python
code to create and edit lists - Write
Python
code to plot data using thematplotlib
package
Class Schedule
Topic |
---|
Review Day 1 / Questions |
Lesson 1: Variables |
Lesson 2: Lists |
Lesson 3: Import Packages |
Lesson 4: Plot Data With Matplotlib |
Lessons Day 2
Today’s lessons provide the information and files that you need to continue homework 1. In the lessons, you will use Python
in Jupyter Notebook
to work with variables and lists.
Get Day 2 Files From Github.com
Fork and git clone
today’s files from https://github.com/earthlab-education/ea-bootcamp-day-2
to the earth-analytics-bootcamp
directory under your home directory.
If needed, refer to the lesson on Get Files from Github.com.
Continue Homework 1
Important: Complete today’s lessons and hands-on activities (listed above) BEFORE continuing Homework 1.
The first homework (Homework 1) is due Friday, August 10th at 8:00 AM (U.S. Mountain Daylight Time) and will be completed incrementally each day, starting today through Thursday. See this link to convert the due date/time to your local time.
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