Python Programming Exercise With Specimen Data for Two Snakes
Michael Witt, Olof Olsson, Sean P. Brophy · Purdue University Research Repository · 2019
The Engineering in the World of Data Learning Community at Purdue University partnered with the Columbian Park Zoo on a co-curricular, educational program called Python With Pythons in January 2019. Zoo educators introduced two snakes to our 53 first-year engineering students: Pauli, a Ball Python, and Salazar, a Dumeril's Ground Boa Constrictor. Students were given data from the Species360 animal management system that includes feeding and weight measurements from both snakes over a period of years as well as a programming challenge with an introduction to the Python programming language. Dataset includes two Excel spreadsheets with each specimen dataset and a PDF with the programming challenge along with an answer key with a cleaned dataset and python script that builds an ascii chart that reports the schedule.