Activities
Programming the TI84	The Quadratic Formula Creating a program in the TI84 calculator Editing a program Executing a program Using [STO] to save values in variables Getting input from the user Sending output to the user Conditional programming - testing for special cases uses the IF statement
Lab 1	Programming the TI84 The Quadratic Formula Version 1 Prompt the user for value, echo values back to the user. Version 2 Add calculations of the roots for quadratic equation; display output to the user Version 3 Add error checking and conditional programming
Lab 2	Introduction to BASIC Programming Introduction to the Command Prompt Commands for the command prompt Running the basic interpreter (the lab was written for GWBASIC but blassic was used instead)
Lab 3	BASIC Programming Part 0: Review of operating system command and some BASIC programming Part 1: Set up the Computing Environment Part 2: Running and Editing programs from within BASIC Part 3: Adding conditional processing with the IF statement Part 4: Repeating blocks of statements [GOTO Loops]
Lab 4	BASIC Programming Using the FOR statement Lab 4 Part I Using the PRINT Using statement Lab 4 Part I Using Arrays Lab 4 Part II Using Arrays and FOR loops Lab 4 Part III
Lab 5	BASIC Programming Lab 5 Part I The WHILE..WEND loop LINE INPUT OPEN "" FOR OUTPUT AS # PRINT #, output-to-write Lab 5 Part II OPEN file AS $ LINE INPUT # EOF Close # Lab 5 Part III Command Line Parameters The INSTR command
Lab 6	BASIC Programming Extension (Optional) Lab 6 Sockets
Lab 7	BASIC Programming Extension (Optional) Lab 7 Drawing
Tracing Programs	Determining program functions Identify variables and how the are used Tracing programs one statement at a time Tracing the output of a program to help identify the program's purpose
BASIC Arithmetic	Integer operations Addition and subtraction Multiplication and integer division The mod function (remainder)
Summarizing BASIC Commands	Document how BASIC commands work provide program examples.