AP Computer Science

Welcome to AP Computer Science A!

Updates for AP Students Affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Online Learning

The rest of the lessons will be conducted on Google Classroom.

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• The Book: Blown to Bits (Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis)

Bloomberg Summer 8-Week Software Engineer Internship for High School Juniors and Seniors

Please click here to apply. Application process is on a rolling basis. Please apply as early as possible.

Message from Inspirit AI Scholars, a pre-college Artificial Intelligence summer program developed and taught by Stanford PhD students specializing in AI.

"We're excited to be bringing the program to New York this summer at Avenues: The World School from August 3rd to August 14th.

The program guides students to work on a socially impactful AI project and exposes them to the potential of AI in their field of interest such as healthcare, robotics, or neuroscience! We have separate batches for complete beginners and those with programming experience. Given the caliber of students at Bronx Science, we would love to invite them to apply!

The curriculum is an experiential exposure to important subfields in AI including computer vision, NLP, and deep learning. Students use Python and associated AI libraries (Tensorflow/Keras) to build mentor-led projects, and they also learn about real-world considerations such as the ethics of AI models.

Students can apply here by February 29th and learn more in the brochure linked or on our website. I would really appreciate it if you could share this information and the note below with your students and any CS-related clubs at Bronx Science so that they may apply if interested."

Message from Bit by Bit: Breaking the Barrier for Girls in Tech Conference

On April 18th 2020, the Dalton School will host its fifth annual conference for high school girls in the New York City area intended to inspire and bring together young women interested in technology. This conference is organized by high school girls for high school girls, and we would be honored to have students from your school attend.

The conference will feature two keynote speakers, Anne Aaron (Director of Encoding Technologies at Netflix) and Rana el Kaliouby (CEO and Co-founder of Affectiva), breakout panels, lunch with women working in the tech field, hands-on workshops, and a future fair to discover tech opportunities and get free swag. The best part is, it’s all for free! To find out more information about the event, visit bitbybit.dalton.org.

Exam #8 Review Sheet Solution: (link)

Exam #8 - Recursion & Algorithm is scheduled on March 6th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Recursion

2. Sequential Search

3. Binary Search

4. Selection Sort

5. Insertion Sort

6. Merge Sort

Exam #7 Review Sheet Solution: (Link)

Exam #7 - Unit 8 & Unit 9 is scheduled on February 14th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Abstract Class

2. Interface

3. List

4. ArrayList

5. Selection Sort

6. Insertion Sort

2020 Midyear Information

Midyear Schedule

AP Computer Science A Room Assignment:

Chen. PD 4. Room 312

Chen. PD 5. Room 313

Exam #6 Review Sheet Solution: (link)

Exam #6 - 1D & 2D Arrays / Sequential Searches and Selection Sort is scheduled on January 3rd.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. One Dimensional Arrays

2. Sequential Search

3. "For Each" Loops

4. Inserting and Removing Elements

5. Two Dimensional Arrays

6. Selection Sort (Moved to the next exam)

Exam #5 - Strings, Classes, and Class Hierarchies is scheduled on December 6th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Strings

2. Passing Parameters

3. Creating classes

4. Using classes and objects

5. Using static keyword

6. Using this and super keyword

7. Using extends to create subclass

8. Class Hierarchies and Polymorphism

Exam #4 - Conditional and Iteration is scheduled on November 15th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. boolean expressions, logic, and De Morgan's Laws

2. if - else if - else statement

3. Short-circuit evaluation

4. Nested if statements

5. switch statement

6. while loops

7. for loops

8. nested loops

2019-2020 Parent-Teacher Conference

Mr. Chen - Room 102

MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute

If you are interested in applying for MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute, please fill this form. Please sign up as soon as possible, by Wednesday Latest!

(Closed)

The USA Computing Olympiad

The USA Computing Olympiad will start in December.

In order to start, you must register first. Here's the link to the website: http://www.usaco.org/

Exam #3 Review Sheet Solution: (closed)

Exam #3 - Unit 4 is scheduled on November 1st.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Using static keyword

2. Wrapper Class and Autoboxing

3. boolean expressions, logic, and De Morgan's Laws

4. if - else if - else statement

5. Short-circuit evaluation

6. Nested if statements

7. switch statement

Columbia Educational Outreach is hosting Columbia Splash again this year on October 27th, 2019. Classes are open to grade 8-12 students and are taught by Columbia students and alumni. Check out this website for more information: https://columbia.learningu.org

Exam #2 Review Sheet Solution - (closed)

Exam #2 - Unit 3 is scheduled on October 18th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Creating classes

2. Using classes and objects

3. Scope

4. Passing Parameters

5. Using static keyword (Moved to next exam due to schedule conflict)

6. Wrapper Class and Autoboxing (Moved to next exam due to schedule conflict)

AP Exam Payment has been extended to 11 AM on October 8th.

RESEARCH SCIENCE INSTITUTE (RSI) – Application is OPEN!

The Center for Excellence in Education (CEE) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) co-sponsor the Research Science Institute (RSI), a six-week program that nurtures high school scholars to careers of excellence and leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). CEE seeks talented 11th (or the equivalent) Grade STEM Students who have a desire to complete an unforgettable research program through the RSI program.

The 2020 RSI program will be held on the MIT campus June 21 to August 1, 2020. The program is cost free to students except for travel to and from MIT. If you are a high school junior or equivalent and interested in this program, visit the CEE website (www.cee.org). For more information about the application process, please visit RSI application materials at http://www.cee.org/apply-rsi. Registration is open for RSI 2020 and the

deadline to apply is January 15, 2020.

Congressional App Challenge

If you are interested in programming, check this out: https://www.congressionalappchallenge.us/

Exam #1 Review Sheet Solution: (Closed)

Exam #1 - Unit 1 & Unit 2 is scheduled on October 4th.

The exam mainly focus on (but not limited to) the following topics:

1. Hardware and Software of Computer Systems

2. Binary and other Number Systems

3. Base Conversion

4. Storage of Numbers and Other Data

5. The Basis Java Programming Language

6. Java Syntax and Style

7. Programming Errors

8. Java Primitive Data Types

9. Data Conversion

10. The Scanner Class

11. The String Class

12. Escape Sequences

13. The Math Class

14. Write Basic Java Program with Outputs