All readings and exercises are in Java Software Solutions (fourth (Java 1.4) edition) by John Lewis and William Loftus except where noted.
| DATE | TOPICS | READING/EXERCISES |
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| Aug 24 | LAB | Exercises (due Mon Aug 30): 1.1 - 1.8 (p 54) CHALLENGE: 1.11 (p 55) |
| Aug 25 | History of Computing, Computer Systems | Reading: History of Computing,
Sec 1.0
In-class exercise: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
| Aug 26 | LAB | Exercises (due Mon Aug 30): 1.1 - 1.8 (p 54) CHALLENGE: 1.11 (p 55) |
| Aug 27 | Binary Number System | Reading: Sec 1.1 - 1.2, App B
In-class exercise |
| Aug 30 | First Java Program | Reading: Sec 1.3 - 1.4
In-class exercise |
| Aug 31 | LAB | Lab 1 Goals 3 - 5 |
| Sep 1 | Graphical User Interfaces Primitive Data Types |
Reading: Sec 1.5, 2.3 - 2.4
In-class exercise |
| Sep 2 | LAB | Programming Projects 1.1 - 1.5 (p 56) |
| Sep 3 | Strings and Output | Reading: Sec 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 |
| Sep 6 | NO CLASS | LABOR DAY |
| Sep 7 | LAB | Lab 2 Syntax.java Runtime.java Logic.java |
| Sep 8 | Arithmetic and Boolean Expressions | In-class exercise |
| Sep 9 | LAB | Finish Lab 2 Programming Projects 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7 (p 123) |
| Sep 10 | Selection Statements | Reading: Sec 2.6 - 2.9, Sec 3.0 - 3.4
In-class exercise |
| Sep 13 | If else Examples | Exercises 2.2 - 2.7, 2.9 - 2.10 (pp. 120 - 121) Reading: Sec 3.5 |
| Sep 14 | LAB | LeapYear.java
IslamicLeapYear.java CrossStreet.java |
| Sep 15 | Introduction to Loops | |
| Sep 16 | LAB | Finish Lab 2, IslamicLeapYear, CrossStreet Programming Projects 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7 (p 123) Your choice: Programming Projects 2.8 - 2.13 (pp. 123 - 124) |
| Sep 17 | More Loops | Reading: Sec. 3.6 - 3.8 |
| Sep 20 | do-while loops and nested loops | In-class for Loop Exercise In-class while Loop Exercise In-class Loop Exercise Exercises 3.1 - 3.6 (p. 198) |
| Sep 21 | ||
| Sep 22 | ||
| Sep 23 | LAB | Complete Arithmetic.java Complete Loop.java |
| Sep 24 | LAB | Programming Project 3.13 (p. 203) |
| Sep 27 | QUIZ: expressions, syntax, logic, and runtime errors and selection statements | |
| Sep 28 | Strings and String Tokenization | Exercises 3.8 - 3.14, 3.18 - 3.20 (pp. 199-200) DUE TODAY!! |
| Sep 29 | StringTokenizer |
In-class exercise |
| Sep 30 | LAB | Write a Program for Exercise 3.20 (p. 200) Programming Projects 3.5, 3.7, 3.15 (pp. 201-203) |
| Oct 1 | LAB | Continue projects |
| Oct 4 | NO CLASS | |
| Oct 5 | RandomExample class | Reading: Section 2.7 Exercises 3.7, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23 (pp. 198-201) DUE TODAY!! |
| Oct 6 | QUIZ: selection statements and loops | |
| Oct 7 | LAB | Programming Projects 3.4, 3.6 (p. 201) Programming Projects 3.11, 3.16 (pp. 202-203) (see Random class in Sec. 2.7) |
| Oct 8 | LAB | Happy Homecoming |
| Oct 11 | Introduction to Classes | Chapter 4 |
| Oct 12 | |
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| Oct 13 | Classes, Objects, and Methods | |
| Oct 14 | LAB | Lab 3 ZellerGUI.java |
| Oct 15 | LAB | Continue Lab 3 ZellerGUI.java |
| Oct 18 | LAB | Finish Lab 3 ZellerGUI.java |
| Oct 19 | More Classes | In-class exercise (Country class) |
| Oct 20 | LAB | Implement Country class Lab 4 Car.java CarGUI.java |
| Oct 21 | LAB | Lab 4 Car.java CarGUI.java |
| Oct 22 | NO CLASS | TEACHER WORKDAY |
| Oct 25 | Class Crossword Puzzle | |
| Oct 26 | BankAccount class BankAccount class API |
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| Oct 27 | LAB | Lab 5 JavaIsFun.java WindChill.java |
| Oct 28 | LAB | Lab 5 JavaIsFun.java WindChill.java |
| Oct 29 | LAB | Lab 5 JavaIsFun.java WindChill.java |
| Nov 1 | Static Variables and private Methods |
Reading: Sec 5.0 - 5.1 |
| Nov 2 | LAB | PROJECT 1 |
| Nov 3 | NO CLASS | |
| Nov 4 | LAB | Work on Project 1 Exercises 4.1 - 4.10 (pp. 262 - 263) DUE TODAY |
| Nov 5 | NO SCHOOL | TEACHER WORKDAY |
| Nov 8 - 12 | LAB | Work on Project 1 |
| Nov 15 | LAB | Work on Project 1 |
| Nov 16 | Scope, Lifetime, and Hiding Variable Kinds, Scope, Lifetime |
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| Nov 17 | Aggregation, static variables, Model/View Cake class Bakery class BakeryGUI class |
TURN IN HARDCOPY OF Project 1 TODAY!! |
| Nov 18 | 2nd Quarter Quiz 1 | |
| Nov 19 | LAB | Lab 6 ComboExample.java CalendarGUI.java |
| Nov 22 | Go over Lab 6 | |
| Nov 23 | LAB | Lab 6 |
| Nov 24 | NO CLASS | THANKSGIVING |
| Nov 25 | NO CLASS | THANKSGIVING |
| Nov 26 | NO CLASS | THANKSGIVING |
| Nov 29 | Go over Quiz and Lab 6 | |
| Nov 30 | The Big Picture | |
| Dec 1 | LAB | Work on Lab 6 & PI & Palindrome programs |
| Dec 2 | LAB | |
| Dec 3 | LAB | |
| Dec 6 | Go over PROJECT 2 | |
| Dec 7 | LAB | Work on Project 2 |
| Dec 8 | LAB | Work on Project 2 |
| Dec 9 | LAB | Work on Project 2 |
| Dec 10 | LAB | Work on Project 2 |
| Dec 13 | EXAM WEEK | AP Computer Science Final Exam 1:30 - 3:30 pm |
| Dec 14 | EXAM WEEK | |
| Dec 15 | EXAM WEEK | |
| Dec 16 | EXAM WEEK | |
| Dec 17 | EXAM WEEK | |
| Dec 20 - Jan 2 | NO CLASS | HOLIDAY BREAK |
| Jan 3 | Arrays | Reading: Sec 6.0 |
| Jan 4 | Array Methods | In-class exercise |
| Jan 5 | LAB | Work on Project 2 |
| Jan 6 | Arrays of Objects Command Line Arguments |
Reading: Sec. 6.1 |
| Jan 7 | LAB | ArrayPractice.java ExpectedOutput |
| Jan 10 | Arrays as Lists | PROJECT 2 DUE! |
| Jan 18 | LAB | Write your own class |
| Jan 19 | LAB | Write your own class |
| Jan 20 | LAB | Start on PROJECT 3 (You can add the file operations when we learn about files after the AP exam.) |
| Jan 21 | More Lists | |
| Jan 24 | Ordered Lists | |
| Jan 25 | Ordered Lists | |
| Jan 26 | Ordered Lists | |
| Jan 27 | LAB | Work on Project 3 |
| Jan 28 | LAB | Work on Project 3 |
| Jan 31 | "Expandable" Arrays | |
| Feb 1 - 4 | LAB | Work on List classes Project 3 |
| Dec 5 |
Temperature class AdditionTable class |
Exercises 6.1, 6.3 (pp. 374) |
| Feb 7 | Sorting | PROJECT 3 DUE TODAY!!! |
| Feb 8 | Merge Sort | In-class exercise |
| Feb 9 | LAB | Timing Study |
| Feb 14 | The ArrayList Class GroceryList Class Using an ArrayList AnsweringMachine Class Using an ArrayList PhoneMessage Class (used by AnsweringMachine) |
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| Feb 15 | LAB | Use ArrayList class for WaitingRoomList AND Dictionary classes WaitingRoomList Class Patient Class (used by WaitingRoomList) Dictionary Class |
| Feb 16 | Searching Algorithms | In-class exercise |
| Feb 28 | Discuss Sorting/Searching Recursion |
Reading: Chapter 11 |
| Mar 1 | More Recursion | In-class exercise |
| Mar 2 | LAB | |
| Mar 7 | More Recursion | |
| Mar 8 |
Recursive In Order Example Recursive Reverse Example Recursive Binary Search Maze Example |
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| Mar 9 | LAB | Work on Maze |
| Mar 10 | LAB | Two-dimensional Arrays Matrix.java |
| Mar 11 | QUIZ on Recursion | Classes and Objects Homework DUE Today |
| Mar 14 | LAB | Two-dimensional Arrays Matrix.java |
| Mar 15 | Inheritance and Polymorphism | |
| Mar 16 | LAB | Complete TwoDimArray.java and Matrix.java |
| Apr 12 | Shape Class with compareTo and equals methods Test Shape Class with compareTo and equals methods MBCS Chapter 2 |
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| May 10 | Files | Sections 8.0 - 8.3 |
| May 11 | LAB | Lab 7 - Files DrawingPanel.java TrackerGUI.java path1.txt path2.txt path3.txt path4.txt path5.txt path.txt usa.txt |
| May 12 | Keyboard Input Example | |
| May 13 | LAB | Lab 7 - Files |
| May 14 | LAB | Lab 7 - Files |
| May 17 | More File Examples | |
| May 18 | LAB | Lab 8 - 2D Arrays SimpleGraphics.java PostalGUI.java postal/Bar.java postal/FullBar.java postal/PostalBarCode.java postal/SmallBar.java |
| May 19 | Appending to a File Example | |
| May 20 | LAB | Lab 8 - 2D Arrays |
| May 21 | LAB | Lab 8 - 2D Arrays |
| May 24 | LAB | Lab 9 - List Manipulation DrawCircle.java ListManager.java Rect.java WindowManager.java |
| May 25 | LAB | Lab 9 - List Manipulation |
| May 26 | LAB | Lab 9 - List Manipulation |
| May 27 | LAB | Lab 10 - Java Applets |
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