AP Computer Science

Week of 4/23/07

2007-04-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

Mon.

discuss recursion
recursive methods:
factorial
multiply (add recursively)

due Tuesday
Ch. 8
Multiple choice 8.1 - 8.6
True/False ALL
javabat 3 programs

Week of 4/15

2007-04-16T12:06:00.000-07:00

Mon

Discuss sorting/searching Ch. 6
Handout - bubble, selection, insertion sorts
HW
Finish handout and do
Ch. 6 p. 373 - 375
MC 6.5 - 6.10
TF 6.7 - 6.10

Week of 3/19, 3/27

2007-03-28T08:42:00.000-07:00

Wed. 3/28
Homework
p. 444 Self Review 7.1 - 7.8

Programming p. 449

Thu - More Programming and MBCS
Fri - Same as Thu

Mon - Review for Ch. 5, 7 Test
Tue - Ch. 5, 7 Test

Week 3

2007-03-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

Mon. Mr. B. absent

Tue.

Review Ch. 5 multiple choice, T/F
Go over Vehicle class (inheritance)
Create classes and subclasses based on Animal --> Mammal --> Dog
Homework Ch. 5 Short Answer 5.1 - 5.4

WEEK 2

2007-03-15T08:40:00.000-07:00

THU 3/15

Discuss Inheritance
Program
Book superclass
Dictionary subclass
add your own subclass

Homework:
Ch. 5 multiple choice and true/false

WEEK 14

2006-11-26T17:22:00.000-08:00

Monday

Array review handout

Arrays of objects

AP Lab Ch. 6 - ShoppingCart.java

Homework - Array review handout 2

Programming quiz Wednesday - Arrays

WEEK 12

2006-11-14T09:03:00.000-08:00

Monday

Chapter 4 Test: Objects and Classes
Homework: Read Ch. 6 pp. 298 - 307

Tuesday

Guest speaker
Professional Java programmer
Mauricio Aristizabal (aristim@gmail.com)

Wednesday

• Review Monday's test
• Declaring and using arrays
Classwork: pp. 375 - 376 short answer 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 a, b and 6.5
programming project: Program6_1 p. 376

Homework: p. 372 - 373 6.1 - 6.4

Thursday - Friday

AP Lab Ch. 6 Tracking Sales

WEEK 11

2006-11-05T13:26:00.000-08:00

Monday

Review last Friday's programming test
Program: AP Lab --> Ch. 4 --> Representing Names

Start exploring MBCS using BlueJ
Review for Ch. 4 Objective Test (re-read Ch. 4)

WEEK 10

2006-11-03T10:14:00.000-08:00

Monday

Methods6.java
public static int binaryToDecimal(int binary)

added die, kill, and fight methods to Rabbit class

Tuesday

Add gender variables, mate method, and canMate method<
to Rabbit class

Homework:
Ch. 4 p. 240, true/false
p. 241 short answer 4.9 and 4.11

Wednesday

Tracking Grades assignment from AP lab, Ch. 4

Thursday

Review methods and classes for Friday's quiz

Ch. 4 PROGRAMMING TEST FRI.

WEEK 9

2006-10-24T09:59:00.000-07:00

Monday

work on Methods3.java and
Methods4.java

Tuesday

Redo Car class (see http://javascratchpad.blogspot.com)

Review Methods4.java

Homework:

p. 237 - 240
Multiple Choice (all)
4.1 - 4.10

Wed - Fri

Accounts class from AP lab
Construct a Rabbit class
Continue working on various int, boolean methods

WEEK 8

2006-10-16T15:06:00.000-07:00

Monday

Review last week's Ch. 3 Test

Ch. 4 intro
- what is a class
- what is a method

void methods vs. methods with a return type
short answer 4.1 to 4.3

Homework:

Short Answer 4.4 to 4.7

Tue - Fri

Remainder of week was spent discussing
classes and objects

Book class
Car class, etc.

WEEK 7

2006-10-09T08:23:00.000-07:00

Monday

Discuss pseudocode from prime number problem
Finish and hand in MathStuff.java

Fibonacci.java

Homework:

p. 176 Self-Review 3.1 - 3.6

Tuesday - Wednesday

Prime2.java
Ask user for a number. Print all of the prime numbers between 1 and that number inclusive.

Homework:

p. 176 Self-Review 3.7 - 3.13

Thursday

Review for Friday's Chapter 3 Test

Experiment with graphic applets
FlipCoin.java
RollDice.java

Friday

Chapter 3 Test

WEEK 6

2006-10-03T10:21:00.000-07:00

Monday

Yom Kippur (Mr. B absent)
Complete assignments from Fri. blog

Tuesday

Nested for loops
Program3_7

Pseudocode from Program3_15
Use Marissa's pseudocode to
complete Program3_15

Wednesday

Review Mon. homework

More nested for loops
Program3_13

Homework
Program3_14

Friday

Program: MathStuff.java
Determine factorial of a number and
whether or not it is prime

WEEK 5

2006-09-24T17:09:00.000-07:00

Monday

More Java assignment operators p. 141
LoopPractice (review simple numeric loops)

pages 135 - 137
Boolean expressions revisited
Short-circuited expressions
Truth tables
Effect of logical NOT

Programming assignment
Program3_11

Homework
Chapter 3 Multiple-Choice p. 176 - 179

Tuesday - Wednesday

Kept working on Hi-Lo Guessing Game (program3_11)
while using pseudocode provided by Mr. B

Friday

DUE TUESDAY 10/3

PROGRAMMING PROJECT:
Program3_15

CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK
-- 1) P. 180 CH. 3 T/F
-- 2) P. 181 - 183 SHORT ANSWER: 3.7 TO 3.19

WEEK 4

2006-09-18T20:27:00.000-07:00

Monday

Chapter 2 Test

Homework
Read through Chapter 3

Tuesday

Review yesterday's test
Discuss p. 124 - 140 of Chapter 3

Sample programs using if, if else, and booleans
IsEven.java
IsInRange.java

Programming assignment:
Program3_2.java

Homework:
Homework3_1.java

Wednesday

Program3_2.java (leap years)

Homework:
Voter.java

Thursday

Loops

Using a while loop to prompt the user for input
Program3_3.java , Program3_5.java (not collected)
Using while and for loops to print out a series of numbers

Programming assignment: Program3_4.java

Homework:
Read the rest of Chapter 3

Friday

Review key concepts of Chapter 3
Guided version of Program3_4.java

Simple while loop exercises
AP Lab exercises
Counting and Looping
Powers of 2

WEEK 3

2006-09-11T12:18:00.000-07:00

MONDAY

Review for Tuesday's programming quiz

Homework
p. 116 2.9 to 2.12

TUESDAY

Ch. 2 programming quiz

WEDNESDAY

Review Tuesday's quiz
StringPractice.java

Homework (handout)
1. Page 113 True/False Section
2. class CupTablespoons
3. class FindRadius

WEEK 2

2006-09-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

TUESDAY
Program2_5
AreaCircle
Program2_9

Homework
Read PP. 60 - 92
Do Self-Review Questions P. 110

WEDNESDAY
Discuss modulo (remainder division)
Discuss random number generation
ModPractice.java - handwritten assignment
Program2_13 (in class program)

Homework
Program2_6
Program2_7

THURSDAY
formatted output with printf
RollDice.java

Homework
Chapter 2 Multiple Choice

WEEK 1

2006-09-04T18:39:00.000-07:00

Discussed basic concepts behind computers and programming in the Java language.
Familiarized ourselves with using Textwrangler programmer's editor.
Learned how to compile and run a Java program.
Learned the difference between System.out.print() and System.out.println()
Formatted output using the tab escape character (/t).
Learned how to declare and use variables.
Learned about the following data types: int, String, char, double, boolean
Learned variable and constant naming conventions.
Learned how to read input from the keyboard using the Scanner class.

Java programs:

Hello.java
Hello2.java
Schedule.java
AreaRectangle.java
AreaRectangle2.java
PerimeterRectangle.java
PerimeterRectangle2.java

Program2_2.java (group work)
Program2_3.java
Program2_5.java

2006-03-28T08:31:00.000-08:00

Mon 3/27

Abstract classes, interfaces, inheritance

Tue 3/28

Programming project - p. 449 7.2

Make Employee abstract
Attributes (data members)
• name, id
Behaviors (methods)
• constructors
• get, set, toString
• abstract method --> work

Individual Employees extend Employee
• constructors use super
• override the work method
• override the toString method, but use
• super (see p. 398) output name and job
• create a few extra methods in extended classes
• e.g. Administrator has a department, get and set it
• Nurse has a number of patients
• main should have objects of each class as well as
• array of Employee(s)

2006-03-20T08:57:00.000-08:00

Mon. 3/20

Review Ch. 6

Data redirection in the terminal

Short programs
-- p. 376 6.5, 6.6

Classwork
--p. 372-374 multiple choice all
--p. 375 TF all

Long programs
--p. 376 61, 6.4

FINISH AS HOMEWORK

2006-03-20T08:53:00.000-08:00

Programming Test Fri. 3/17
Interfaces, static variables and methods,
classes, ArrayLists, typecasting

Chapter 5 programming
5.3, 5.4, 5.5

Marine Biology Case Study
--examine all of the private data members
--constructors and methods from Environment class

Library project
--Book class
--Library class
--Patron class

2005-12-05T09:51:00.000-08:00

Week of Dec. 5

Mon. Dec. 5

ArrayLists p. 337
Classwork Schedule.java using ArrayLists

Homework
p. 371 Self review 6.1 to 6.8, 6.12
p. 375 TF 6.1 - 6.6

Wed.

read p. 317 - 333 on searching and sorting
read p. 333 section on two dimensional arrays
What is a magic square?

Homework
p. 375 TF 6.7 - 6.10
p. 376 SA 6.5 - 6.7

Thursday
MagicSquare.java

Friday
Add AllValuesUnique() method
to Magic Square

2005-11-21T12:25:00.000-08:00

Week 12

Mon

Start Chapter 6 - Arrays
Read pp. 298 - 311
Program Planets.java
-- use parallel arrays
-- order, name, moons, distance
Homework
P. 372 multiple choice 6.1 - 6.4
p. 375 short answer 6.1 - 6.3

2005-11-17T08:36:00.000-08:00

Week 11

Mon/Tue

programming p. 244 4.8
homework p. 237 4.11 and 4.12

Wed

p. 243 4.2, 4.1
Banking.java, Account.java
Review for Ch. 4 Test on Fri

Thu

Complete Wed. work
Begin Module 2 Academy Connection

Fri

Ch. 4 Test
Continue Module 2 Academy Connection

2005-11-09T13:54:00.000-08:00

Week 10

Mon -- Create your own class
Include default and overloaded constructors, get and set methods, toString() method, other method
Compile and test using a driver class

Tue -- Quiz -- Person class

Wed -- Guest speaker
Review Tuesday's quiz
begin Academy Connection Online Module 1

Thu -- Take online quiz for Module 1 --
Write out the questions and answers longhand

Fri -- Veteran's Day School Holiday

2005-11-04T16:11:00.000-08:00

Week 9

Mon -- classes and objects
create a Car and Book class
homework -- read p. 1889 - 214 sr p 236 - 237 4.1 to 2.10

Tue -- finish creating the Book class
default and overloaded constructors, get and set methods,
toString method, turn(), turn(int numPages), turnTo(int page)
do not go beyond end of book in turn methods

Wed -- creating packages
ap package extend the Keyboard class from cs1
my methods -- start collecting common and useful methods

Thu -- AP lab ch. 4 Coin class
BiasedCoin

Fri -- extend the my methods class from the ap class

2005-10-23T17:44:00.000-07:00

Week 8

Mon Read pp. 201 - 214
Do p. 241 Short Answer 4.1 - 4.4
New program TestMethods
Homework p. 241 Short Answer 4.5 - 4.8

2005-10-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

Week 7

Focus on loops an guessing games
Project3_11 p. 184 (version of Hi-Lo guessing game)
Project3_15 p. 185 (rock-paper-scissors game)
Hi-Lo guessing game reverse implementation of Project3_11
-- computer has to guess a number user is thinking of
number between 1 - 100, seven or fewer guesses

Multiple Choice Tests on Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 on Fri.

2005-10-03T08:13:00.000-07:00

Week 6

Mon/Tue

Review for and while loops
Loops which depend on user input
Project3_3 p.183

New program (due Wed)
Project3_13 p. 185

Homework (due Wed)
Multiple Choice pp. 176 - 179
Project3_5 and Project3_6 p. 183

Wed/Thu

Loop review handout

Fri

Loop Programming Test

2005-09-28T07:55:00.000-07:00

Week 5

Begin Chapter 3
Concepts: Decisions (if's) and Repetition (loops)

Mon - Short Answer programs 3.12 to 3.12 pp. 182-183
Homework - p. 187 Self Review 3.1 to 3.8

Tue - Go over Fri test, Continue Short Answer Programs

Wed - Handout on if, while, for
Homework - p. 180 TF short answer 3.1 to 3.5

Thu - Finish handouts and Mondays programs
Homework - p. 185 Project3_14

Fri - Programming - Project3_2 on p. 183

2005-09-28T07:54:00.000-07:00

Week 4

Finished Chapter 2 concepts
Focus on Math class methods, String class methods,
and Random class methods

Programming test on Friday

2005-09-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

Week 3

Mon Chapter 1 Test
Program -- Binary
Homework Read pp. 58 - 82
Multiple Choice p. 112 2.1 - 2.6

2005-09-12T08:02:00.000-07:00

Week 2

Geometry problems
homework - pp. 51-52 short answer

Programming: Project2_5, Project2_6, Project2_7, Change

discuss binary, review for Mon. test

continue flags project

2005-09-01T13:38:00.000-07:00

week 1

Mon - Install BlueJ and scrapbook. Programming projects Project1_1, Project1_3

Tue - Programming projects: Schedule, Project1_5

Wed - Programming project: Geometry
homework: p. 48 1.1 to 1.12 except 1.10

Thu - Assignment statements and data types, p. 69 - 74
Programming projects: Project2_2a, Project2_2b, Project2_3, Project2_5
homework: finish reading chapter 1, answer all T/F and multiple choice

2005-08-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

AP COMPUTER SCIENCE 2005-2006 OVERVIEW

The class will focus primarily on developing good programming skills and practices using the Java programming language. Like any other language, Java has a syntax (or grammar) and logic. Structured logic is a key component of the course. We also hope that students will gain enough skills and knowledge to pass the Advanced Placement Computer Science A Test.

The class will follow the chapter outlines of the textbook: Java Software Solutions for AP Computer Science. Some chapters will be combined and some content will be taught outside of the sequence of chapters. None of the AB content will be covered. The course will cover the first eight chapters.

Chapter 1 Computer Systems
Chapter 2 Objects and Primitive Data
Chapter 3 Program Statements
Chapter 4 Writing Classes
Chapter 5 Enhancing Classes
Chapter 6 Arrays
Chapter 7 Inheritance
Chapter 8 Recursion

Another component of the AP Computer Science is the Marine Biology Case Study, an example of what can be accomplished with a large object oriented program. Students will examine, deconstruct (tear apart) the code to understand how the various classes (organized blocks of code) function together. Students will also modify and add to the code.

Although graphics is not tested on the AP Computer Science Test, there will be in class projects which make use of Java's powerful and exciting visual and interactive capabilities.

Students and parents are encouraged to view this blog on a regular basis. Weekly assignments will be posted.

Also, please visit the website which the instructor has designed specifically for this class:

java.georgebenainous.com