Unit 3: Abstraction (Animation, Modeling and Simulation)

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Unit 3:

Abstraction

(Animation, Modeling and Simulation)

 

40

 App

Abstraction

 Abstraction,Animation, Randomness

Procedures

 The Mole Mash Game

 Mole Mash Tutorial

40

 App

CSP

Abstraction

Creativity

Programming

 Creative Programming and Problem Solving

 Procedures, Variables

 Mole Mash Mini Projects

 Mole Mash Mini Projects

 Solutions

40

 App

Abstraction

 Randomness and Modeling

 Modeling and simulating a coin flip

 Coin Flip Tutorial

55

 CSP

Abstraction

 Pseudo Randomness

 Simulating random numbers

PRNG Lesson (Handout)

Clock Arithmetic

Solutions to Activities

40

 App

CSP

Abstraction

Creativity

Programming

 

 Creative Programming and Problem Solving

Modeling

 Modeling: Coin Flip Mini Projects

 

 Coin FlipMini Projects

 NPR's Not SoRandom Coin Toss

 Lincoln Penny Article

 Solutions

40

 CSP

Abstraction

 Use the coin flip model to test App Inventor's PRNG

 Experiment: Testing App Inventor's PRNG

 Coin Flip Experiment

40

CSP

Abstraction

Models and simulations

Real World Models and Simulations

Videos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project 1:

First Programming Task

 

One full week of class time

App

CSP

Creativity

Programming

 Interactive Game or Tool App

 Creative Project 1 - Collaborative Programming Task

Creative Project 1 Assignment

How To: Create A Portfolio Write Up

Grading Rubric

Gallery of Teacher Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exam 1:

Exam on Units 1-3

 

 

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