Computer Science

Monday (5/23/11)

Warmup:

• Be sure you've turned in your 4th Quarter Project Proposal

Agenda:

• Work on your 4th Quarter Project
• Your project proposal will be your grading criteria
• Deadline: Thursday-Friday (6/9-10/11)

Wednesday - Friday (5/18/11 - 5/20/11)

Warmup:

• Complete CodingBat: Warmup-1:makes10
• Complete CodingBat: Warmup-1:near_hundred

Agenda:

• 4th Quarter Project Proposal
  • Length: 3/4 to a full page
  • Name, Date, Period
  • If you work with a partner, put both names at the top. At the end of the quarter, each partner will indicate in a closed-survey, the percentage of work that each person did
  • Objective: Brief description (2-3 sentences) describing what your game will be like
  • Requirements & Features: ~10 specific detailed requirements that your game will have, and *how* you will do them
    • e.g. Player sprite that moves up, down, left, right using the arrow keys. Check if specific key is pressed, and then move the Player accordingly
    • e.g. A bunch of items to be picked up on the screen. Use a list to keep track of all the items
  • How to win: Describe the specific objective to win the game. You must describe the steps that your program will take to check when/if you win
    • e.g. Use a variable to keep count of how many coins you pick up. Check if all the coins have been collected on the screen.
  • How to lose: Describe the specific ways to lose the game. You must describe the steps that your program will take to check when/if you lose
    • e.g. Check if the Player ever collides with an explosive mine object
  • Your project must use the following concepts: variables, strings, functions, if statements, loops, and lists
• Print out your proposal and turn it in.
• Begin working on your 4th Quarter Project

Friday - Tuesday (5/13/11 - 5/17/11)

Warmup 1:

• Complete CodingBat: Warmup-1:parrot_trouble

Warmup 2:

• If you are a senior, please fill out the following:
  • Graduating Senior Survey
  • End-of-Course Survey

Agenda:

• Demo to Mr. Bui your Robot game that uses lists
• You should also demo at least two advanced features (e.g. teleport, warps, difficulty levels)
• Begin designing your 4th quarter project
  • Dodge game
  • Target game
  • Flying game
  • Racing game
  • etc.

Wednesday - Thursday (5/11/11 - 5/12/11)

Warmup:

• Complete CodingBat: Warmup-1:sum_double

Agenda:

• Complete CodingBat: Warmup-1:makes10
• Demo to Mr. Bui your Robot game that uses lists
• You should also demo at least two advanced features (e.g. teleport, warps, difficulty levels)

Monday - Tuesday (5/9/11 - 5/10/11)

Warmup:

• Go to the CodingBat - Python webpage
• Sign up for an account using your e-mail address
• Go to prefs -> Teacher Share and use my e-mail address:
  • Also make sure you have put in your Last name, First name
• Complete Warmup-1:sleep_in

Agenda:

• Introduction to CodingBat
  • Future warmups, assignments, and possible exam questions
  • Extra credit opportunity?
  • Complete Warmup-1:monkey_trouble
• Item collection w/ list walk-through
• Convert your Robot game to use lists
  • Once completed, you should add at least two advanced features (e.g. teleport, warps, difficulty levels)

Wednesday - Friday (5/4/11 - 5/6/11)

Agenda:

• Item collection game w/ Lists walk-through
  • Item collection w/ list walk-through
• Convert your Robot game to use lists
  • If you do not have a working copy of Robot game, then Mr. Bui will give you one

Monday - Tuesday (5/2/11 - 5/3/11)

Agenda:

• Demo the first 4 exercises of Advanced Python List Exercises
• List Review Exercises
• List quiz today
• Introduction to Graphics w/ Lists
• Item collection game w/ Lists walk-through
  • Item collection w/ list walk-through
• Convert your Robot game to use lists
  • If you do not have a working copy of Robot game, then Mr. Bui will give you one

Friday (4/29/11)

Agenda:

• Demo the first 4 exercises of Advanced Python List Exercises
• List Review Exercises
• List quiz today

Wednesday - Thursday (4/27/11 - 4/28/11)

Agenda:

• Demo the first 4 exercises of Advanced Python List Exercises
• List Review Exercises
• List quiz on Friday (4/29/11) or Monday (5/2/11)

Monday - Tuesday (4/25/11 - 4/26/11)

Warmup:

• Using a loop, print out the following sequence of numbers:
• 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, 100

Agenda:

• Spring Break Debrief
• Advanced Python List Exercises

Wednesday - Friday (4/13/11 - 4/15/11)

Agenda:

• Advanced Python List Exercises Review!

Monday - Tuesday (4/11/11 - 4/12/11)

Warmup:

• Assume you have the following numbers: 25, 34, 15, 75, 45, 26, 81, 70
• What is the minimum?
• What is the maximum?
• Write the detailed step-by-step process your brain took to find either one

Agenda:

• Min/Max search algorithm
• Art Institute Presentation
• Work on the Advanced Python List Exercises

Friday (4/8/11)

Warmup:

1. Assume you have the following numbers: 5, 3, 7, 2, 1, 8
2. Open notepad and write down the steps that your brain takes in finding the 2

Agenda:

• Linear search algorithm
• Work on the Advanced Python List Exercises

Wednesday - Thursday (4/7/11 - 4/8/11)

Warmup:

1. Assume you have the list nums = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]
2. Print out the first element
3. Print out the last element
4. Print out the middle element

Warmup 2:

1. Create an empty list named nums2
2. Append the following numbers to nums: 8, 6, 7, 5, 3, 0, 9

Agenda:

• List Review
• Introduction to advanced list algorithms
• Work on the Advanced Python List Exercises

Monday - Tuesday (4/4/11 - 4/5/11)

Agenda:

• Watch Rise of the Video Game: Part 1
• Watch Rise of the Video Game: Part 2

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