GeoPark Python Workshops - Spring 2024

Welcome to the Python workshops for GeoPark! We are excited to have you in class for the next 10 weeks as we introduce you to Earth Data Science fundamentals using Python.

This series of workshops represents a partnership between GeoPark and Earth Lab, a part of the Cooperative Institute for Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder. We are also affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). We appreciate this partnership and look forward working with you all.

Instructors

Nathan Quarderer, PhD

• Interim Director of Education - Earth Lab
• Email: naqu1888@colorado.edu
• Website: https://earthlab.colorado.edu/our-team/nathan-quarderer

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Elsa Culler, PhD

• Education Trainer - Earth Lab
• Email: elcu4811@colorado.edu
• Website: https://earthlab.colorado.edu/our-team/elsa-culler

Textbook

https://www.earthdatascience.org/

Course GitHub Repository

https://github.com/earthlab-education/geopark-2024

GitHub Classroom

https://classroom.github.com/classrooms/23106100-geopark-2024

Workshop schedule

• Monday (10a - 1:00p GMT-5; 8a-11:00a MT)
• Thursday (10a - 12:30p GMT-5; 8a-10:30a MT)

Zoom link: NEED LINK HERE

Calendar

• Week 0 - Dec 11 (Mon)
  • Introductions
  • Tool + infrastructure overview

    • Recording - Welcome Workshop - 12/11/23

• Week 1 - Jan 16 (Tues), Jan 18 (Thurs)
  • Markdown and HTML fundamentals
  • Creating a profile with GitHub pages

    • Recording - Intro to Markdown & GitHub - 1/16/24
    • Recording - Intro to Markdown & GitHub - 1/18/24

• Week 2 - Jan 22 (Mon), Jan 25 (Thurs)
  • Introduction to Open & Reproducible Science; GitHub Codespaces

    • Recording - Intro to Open/Reproducible Science - 1/22/24

• Week 3 - Jan 29 (Mon), Feb 1 (Thurs)
  • Plotting with Matplotlib

    • Recording - Intro to Plotting with Matplotlib - 1/29/24

• Week 4 - Feb 5 (Mon), Feb 8 (Thurs)
  • No Class
• Week 5 - Feb 12 (Mon), Feb 15 (Thurs)
  • No Class
• Week 6 - Feb 19 (Mon), Feb 22 (Thurs)
  • Tabular Data and Pandas dataframes

    • Recording - Intro to Pandas Dataframes - 2/19/24

• Week 7 - Feb 26 (Mon), Feb 29 (Thurs)
  • Pandas dataframes (cont.)

    • Recording - Pandas Dataframes cont - 2/26/24

• Week 8 - March 4 (Mon), March 7 (Thurs)
  • Geopandas geodataframes

    • Recording - GeoPandas Geodataframes - 03/04/24

• Week 9 - March 11 (Mon), March 14 (Thurs)
  • Spatial data with python cont. (Geopandas)

    • Recording - GeoPandas Geodataframes cont. - 03/11/24

• Week 10 - March 19 (Mon), March 21 (Thurs)
  • No Class
• Week 11 - April 1 (Mon)
  • Time-series data with Python

    • Recording - Time-series Data

Code of Conduct (borrowed from the Carpentries)

• Use welcoming and inclusive language

• Be respectful of different viewpoints and experiences

• Gracefully accept constructive criticism

• Focus on what is best for the community

• Show courtesy and respect towards other community members