Day 1: Basic math review

Algebra review, unit conversions, interpreting graphs, univariate and multivariate functions, exponents, the natural exponential, and logarithms

Day 1 Part 1

Morning lecture

Lecture 1A Slides - PDF

• Algebra basics refresher
• Units and unit conversions
• Functions: structure, language, evaluation
• Exponents

Morning interactive session

Interactive Session 1A handout

• Meet R, RStudio, and R Markdown
• Basic math operations and functions in R
• Storing objects
• Our first function

Morning flex Session:

• Meet git + GitHub

Day 1 Part 2

Afternoon lecture

Lecture 1B Slides - PDF

• Natural exponential (& exponential functions)
• Logarithms
• Thinking about graphs
• Finding average rate of change (slope)

Afternoon interactive session

Interactive Session 1B handout

• R Projects
• Creating vectors and sequences
• Our first ggplot2 graph
• Functions continued

Afternoon flex session:

• Git & GitHub continued

Day 1 tasks and activities

Day 1 Tasks - Handout

Efficiency tips

Inspired by Dr. Julia Lowndes’ Openscapes program.

• Cmd + tab (Mac) or Ctrl + tab (PC) to toggle through open applications
• Ctrl + tab (both) to toggle through tabs in browser (or open tabs in RStudio!)