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.