1. Think of an app you want to create.
   • Do you want to create a game?
   • Do you want to create an app to solve a problem?
   • Do you want to create an informational app?
   • There is no limit to what you can create for the Congressional App Challenge.
   • Note: think of the capabilities of app inventor you have used in previous projects and mini-projects and don't bite off more than you can chew. There is a time limit and due date for both the app and the write up.
2. Draw a sketch of the user interface (what the app will look like), either on paper or using Google Draw.
   • What will your app look like?
   • What does it need to accomplish?
3. Complete the Brainstorm: Create Practice PT
4. Create your App!
   • Make your app running with the main features first.
   • Add features/enhancements one at a time, to make sure it still works as you make it more and more awesome.
   • Back up your project daily, either by downloading the .aia file and putting on your Google Drive, and/or creating Checkpoints.
5. Make sure your app has a procedure you are calling in multiple places.
   • They must have if statements and/or loops.
   • They must have math/arithmetic.
6. Make sure your app has a procedure or event handler, that calls two or more separate procedures you made.
   • All 3+ must have if statements and/or loops.
   • All 3+ must have math/arithmetic.
7. Create a video of your app running should be at least 20 seconds and no more than 59 seconds.
   • Can go out in hall to record.
   • Should be clear what your app does.
   • Should look nice: not shaky and not covered with fingers/hands/etc.
   • Must make your own video, even if working in a group.
   • Note: do not try to shorten the video length because the files size it too large. There are online resources that can help you compress the video file to less than 30MB:
     • Video Compression
     • Convert Larger Videos
8. Use this Template to answer the prompts for the write up.
   • Using the Directions & Prompts, complete the write up. Hints and Sentence Starters
   • Scoring Guideline
   • 2019 Samples
9. Submit your video (less than 30MB), written response pdf, code pdf, and apk & aia files.
10. If you would like to participate in the Congressional App Challenge, you must complete that written response separately and should take a longer video for it.

Program Requirements

Your program must demonstrate a variety of capabilities and implement several different language features that, when combined, produce a result that cannot be easily accomplished without computing tools and techniques. Your program should draw upon mathematical and logical concepts, such as use of numbers, variables, mathematical expressions with arithmetic operators, logical and Boolean operators and expressions, decision statements, iteration, and/or collections.

Your program must demonstrate:

• use of several effectively integrated mathematical and logical concepts, from the language you are using.
• implementation of an algorithm that integrates two or more algorithms and integrates mathematical and/or logical concepts; step 6 above.
• development and use of abstractions to manage the complexity of your program (e.g. procedures, abstractions provided by the programming language, APIs); step 5 above.

E. In one paragraph answer the following questions if you were in a group:

• If you had done this yourself, would the outcome have been better or worse?
• In what ways was the group more effective than an individual working alone would have been?
• What is one skill you have that you feel really benefited the group?
• What was the greatest challenge you had as a group?
• If you could pick one person in the group to whom to give a specific compliment about their work in the group, who would it be and what would you say?

(Must not exceed 200 words)