AP Computer Science A
This course focuses on Java programming. We will learn the syntax and write programs. It should be a fairly challenging class. It also counts as a math or science credit. The state of Arkansas will award students $1000 for a 5 on the AP exam, $750 for a 4, and $250 for a 3. This is the ONLY class that offers this incentive.
2-20-24
We are working on subclasses and super classes and how they relate and eliminate extra code.
2-12-24
Last week, we learned about Arrays - but now we move on to 3D arrays.
2-6-24
Last week, we learned about Arrays - but now we move on to 3D arrays.
2-6-24
Last week, we learned about Arrays - but now we move on to 3D arrays.
1-16-24
We made a cool computer program this week that deals with computers generating random numbers for a set of dice.
1-4-24
We are going to start working with arrays. 2D arrays.
12-11-23
Tuesday review and Thursday - Semester test.
12-4-23
Finishing our loop unit and taking a quiz on Thursday.
11-27-23
For loops and escape characters. We will be writing some code.
11-13-23
We are continuing with while loops and will proceed with for loops this week.
10-23-23
After mastering the comparative operators, we are moving on to if/else statements.
10-16-23
We will start unit 5, which deals with comparative operators.
10-2-23
We finish unit 3 this week discussing classes and objects. We will do some written coding projects and a small quiz.
9-25-23
We are continually making our coding more complicated so the computers do all the work.
9-18-23
We will continue with our coding assignments. For example: Area of a hexagon - how can we get the computer to calculate this? We will be taking input from the user and producing correct output.
8-28-23
We actually started coding this week and learned how to get java to output some code. We got it to print sentences and make math computations.
8-21-23
Continue reviewing variable types: int, boolean, double and String. We will take a quiz over this and basic math functions on Thursday.