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1 - AP CSP

Monday

Circle Time - 20 minutes
What are your expectations for this class? What do you hope to get out of it? What is one thing you are looking forward to or are NOT looking forward to in this course?

Avatar Designs - 30 minutes
  • Visit ​https://www.minecraftskins.com/skin-editor/ and design your own Minecraft Avatar. 
  • Download your PNG file and upload to Google Classroom.

Classroom Management - 20 minutes
Classroom Rules/Policies, Discipline, Forms, Hall Passes, Google Classroom, Class Websites

Lego Instructions - 60 minutes
You will be designing a small lego product where you will write VERY specific instructions on how to build your product in a Google Doc. Take a picture of your product. Another team will then try to recreate your product based off of your written instructions.

Upload your Google Doc & picture to Classroom.

Tuesday

Circle Time - 10 minutes
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Course Overview - 30 minutes
Let's look at the course documents and handouts on the main AP CSP.  Let's log in to AP Classroom and navigate around the course system.
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Keep Talking Nobody Explodes - 30 minutes
You're alone in a room with a bomb.  Your friends, the "Experts", have the manual needed to defuse it. 

Game Builder - 30 minutes
You'll be grabbing a game box and building a game. Try to build at least 2 small games or one big game box.
keep_talking_nobody_explodes_-_bomb_manual.pdf
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Wednesday

Circle Time - 15 minutes
 
Ice Breaker Kahoot - 20 minutes
We'll check out a Kahoot for an introduction to AP CSP.

Ducky Culture - 10 minutes
You will be given a rubber ducky. Give your ducky a name. Let's watch the video below and discuss. You will be required to bring this duck to class every day as you would a calculator to your math class. 
Radio Communications Drawing - 20 minutes
You and your team will draw an image based off of the verbal instructions another team gives you via a radio. Can you clearly communicate what you want to other team to do? Can you listen and follow the instructions the other team gives you?

​Flippy Do - 10 minutes
We will complete a binary activity to help you learn 
flippy_do.pdf
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Binary Name - 10 minutes
What's your name in binary? Create a Google Slide showing your name. Turn into Google Classroom.
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ASCII Introduction - 10 minutes
What is ASCII? Let's watch this video.
ASCII Name - 10 minutes
Now, make another slide with your name using ASCII using the chart below. Turn into Google Classroom.
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Thursday
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Pre-Test - 100 minutes
How much do you know about AP Computer Science Principles? You will log into AP Classroom and take the assigned 2021 Practice Exam.
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