Re: Python in K-12: good news (they're using Jupyter)

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Hello Kirby

Jupyter is excellent, but I still wish there was a simple built-in charting
tool in Python. Jupyter is like Sketchup, a tool I use once a year, but not
enough to justify keeping up on it.

My work now is focused on nuclear power
<https://citizendium.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_reconsidered>, and educating
journalists who might break with the mainstream and need a good summary of
facts and arguments. That occasionally requires me to make a quick
calculation and plot, and I find myself using Google Sheets instead of
Python. Here is an example on Separative Work Units, the fundamental
measure of cost in uranium enrichment. Once you get the calculation worked
out, the plot is just a few more clicks.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OyKPyjo6k1ckZVwAh8sfkDEtB5W22VUriBa=
elK3LWY4/edit?usp=3Dsharing

David MacQuigg, PhD
Engineering Editor, Citizendium
520-721-4583

On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:34=E2=80=AFAM kirby urner <[email protected]=
> wrote:

>
>
> Here's something for the archive about how Python continues to help me in
> my work as a K-16 curriculum developer.
>
> There's a link to a Jupyter Notebook running sympy towards the middle,
> with the surrounding text about how it looks to me like the schools are
> moving to Jupyter, judging from my own experience with regional faculties=
.
>
> Kirby Urner
> Oregon Curriculum Network
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hello Kirby</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv><div>Jupyter is excellent, but I still wish there was a simple built-in =
charting tool in Python. Jupyter is like Sketchup, a tool I use once a year=
, but not enough to justify keeping up on it.</div><div><br></div><div>My w=
ork now is focused on <a href=3D"https://citizendium.org/wiki/Nuclear_power=
_reconsidered">nuclear power</a>, and educating journalists who might break=
 with the mainstream and need a good summary of facts and arguments. That o=
ccasionally requires=C2=A0me to make a quick calculation and plot, and I fi=
nd myself=C2=A0using Google Sheets instead of Python. Here is an example on=
 Separative Work Units, the fundamental measure=C2=A0of cost in uranium enr=
ichment. Once you get the calculation worked out, the plot is just a few mo=
re clicks.</div><div><a href=3D"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OyK=
Pyjo6k1ckZVwAh8sfkDEtB5W22VUriBaelK3LWY4/edit?usp=3Dsharing">https://docs.g=
oogle.com/spreadsheets/d/1OyKPyjo6k1ckZVwAh8sfkDEtB5W22VUriBaelK3LWY4/edit?=
usp=3Dsharing</a><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">David MacQuigg, PhD</di=
v><div dir=3D"ltr">Engineering Editor, Citizendium<br><div>520-721-4583</di=
v></div></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 11:34=E2=80=AFAM kirby urner &l=
t;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">kirby.urner@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"=
margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-lef=
t:1ex"><div><br></div><div><br></div>Here&#39;s something for the archive a=
bout how Python continues to help me in my work as a K-16 curriculum develo=
per.<div><br></div><div>There&#39;s a link to a Jupyter Notebook running sy=
mpy towards the middle, with the surrounding text about how it looks to me =
like the schools are moving to Jupyter, judging from my own experience with=
 regional faculties.</div><div><br></div><div>Kirby Urner</div><div>Oregon =
Curriculum Network</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
</blockquote></div></div>

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