CSP Materials
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11 Aug 2013 - 21:14
Students will be introduced to the Alice 3.0 environment, as well as the difference between the code and scene editors. Students will learn how to add, place and resize objects in the environment. While creating objects, we will take some time...
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24 Jul 2013 - 22:24
You will learn how the computer represents and stores information using the binary number system. In addition we will work on how we convert between these two systems. After students become comfortable with conversions, this knowledge will be...
Tags: Abstraction CSP Lesson plan LO 2.1.1 - Describe the combination of abstractions used to represent data Ready to use Student projects Rubric
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6 Jul 2013 - 15:38
Students will be assigned a historical person computer scientist to research. Students will use their research to create a poster about the person using http://piktochart.com/. Students will also consider both the positive and negative social...
Tags: CSP Lesson plan LO 7.1.1 - Analyze how computing affects communication, interaction, and cognition Ready to use Student activity Impact Student projects Rubric External links
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28 Jun 2013 - 22:20
Students will learn about the major hardware inside the computer as well as peripherals. Students will categorize hardware components based on their common level of abstraction. For example, a video game can use a keyboard, touch screen...
Tags: Abstraction CSP Hardware HCI - 3-4 - Learn computer parts and terminology Lesson plan LO 2.2.1 - Develop an abstraction Ready to use Student projects Rubric Scratch Student reading External links
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24 May 2013 - 17:45
Description of a class activity we did in the APCS Principles class using sidewalk chalk to develop algorithms as a part of the Programming Portfolio Sidewalk Chalk
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13 May 2013 - 14:57
[Q2.3.1]: Could you further simplify the code in this method? [A2.3.1]: You could take the code tiles out of the Do In Order tile and then delete the Do In Order tile.
Tags: Abstraction Alice CSP Curriculum Lesson plan Teaching strategy Unit 2: Problem Solving Creativity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming
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11 Apr 2013 - 14:29
[Q2.2.1] Can you think of anything that will make this code simpler, yet still do the same actions? [A2.2.1]: Divide the code into 'pieces' or methods that can be called easily. Students don't necessarily need to come up with this answer. They just...
Tags: Abstraction Alice CSP Curriculum Lesson plan
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11 Apr 2013 - 14:19
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Tags: Abstraction Alice CSP Curriculum Lesson plan
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13 May 2013 - 14:44
11. Animation Details: Sub-Parts (part 1) [Q 1.11.1] For this question, we don't expect you to know the answer for SURE. But, based on your experiences to now, if you had to GUESS, how do you predict the turn method will behave? What about the roll...
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15 Apr 2013 - 14:48
[Q 1.1.1]: How is the first video different from the second video -- you will probably want to run the two videos again? [A 1.1.1]: The first video is "Do in order" The second video is "Do together"
