CS Discoveries 2020-2021

For the Teachers

• Programming for Entertainment - Slides
• CS in Entertainment - Exemplar

For the Students

• CS in Entertainment - Activity Guide

• Review the research resources linked in Code Studio
• Print a copy of the activity guide for each group of three students

For the Teachers

• Plotting Shapes - Slides
• Drawing Shapes - Exemplar
• Sample Shape Drawing - Exemplar

For the Students

• Drawing Shapes (Version B) - Activity Guide
• Drawing Shapes (Version A) - Activity Guide

For the Teachers

• Drawing in Game Lab - Slides

• Read the Forum
• Prepare projector or other means of showing videos if you wish to watch as a class

For the Teachers

• Shapes and Parameters - Slides

• Review the level sequence in Code Studio

For the Teachers

• Variables - Slides

For the Students

• Introduction to Variables - Video (download)

• Review the level progression in Code Studio

For the Teachers

• Random Numbers - Slides

Review the level progression in Code Studio

For the Teachers

• Sprites - Slides

• (Optional) Print a copy of the activity guide for each student

For the Teachers

• Sprite Properties - Slides

For the Teachers

• Text - Slides

For the Teachers

• Mini Project - Captioned Scenes - Exemplar
• Mini-Project: Captioned Scenes - Slides

For the Students

• Captioned Scenes - Rubric
• Sprite Scene Planning - Activity Guide

For the Teachers

• The Draw Loop - Slides
• Random Dot Flipbook - Manipulative
• Random Sprite Flipbook - Manipulative
• Flipbook Example - by Marnic Bos - Video

• Print and assemble the manipulatives
• Prepare the video

For the Teachers

• Sprite Movement - Slides

For the Students

• Animating Sprites - Video (download)

For the Teachers

• Mini-Project: Animation - Slides
• Animated Scene Planning - Exemplar

For the Students

• Animated Scene - Activity Guide
• Animated Scene - Rubric

For the Teachers

• Conditionals - Slides

For the Teachers

• Keyboard Input - Slides

For the Teachers

• Mouse Input - Slides

For the Teachers

• Interactive Card - Marked Rubrics - Exemplar
• Interactive Card - Exemplar
• Interactive Card - Slides

For the Students

• Interactive Card - Project Guide
• Interactive Card - Rubric
• Interactive Card - Peer Review
• Computer Science Practices - Reflection

• Read the Forum
• Print out a copy of the project guide for each student

For the Teachers

• Velocity - Slides

For the Teachers

• Collision Detection - Exemplar
• Collision Detection - Slides

For the Students

• Collision Detection (Version B) - Activity Guide
• Collision Detection (Version A) - Activity Guide

• Print copies of the activity guide such that each pair of students has a part A and a part B

For the Teachers

• Mini-Project: Side Scroller - Slides
• Mini-Project Guide - Side Scroller - Exemplar

For the Students

• Side Scroller - Project Guide
• Side Scroller - Rubric

For the Teachers

• Complex Sprite Movement - Slides

For the Teachers

• Collisions - Slides

For the Teachers

• Flyer Game - Project Guide - Exemplar
• Mini-Project: Flyer Game - Slides

For the Students

• Flyer Game - Project Guide
• Flyer Game - Rubric

For the Teachers

• Functions - Slides

For the Teachers

• The Game Design Process - Slides

For the Students

• Defender Game - Project Guide (Filled Out)

• Print copies of the the project guide if you will be giving students physical copies. Please note that this project guide is intentionally filled out. (See notes in Lesson Plan.)

For the Teachers

• Using the Game Design Process - Slides
• Planning Your Platform Game - Exemplar

For the Students

• Planning Your Platform Game - Project Guide

• Print one copy of the project guide for each student or pair of students

For the Teachers

• Make Your Own Game - Sample Marked Rubrics - Exemplar
• Make Your Own Game - Exemplar
• Project - Design a Game - Slides

For the Students

• Make Your Own Game - Project Guide
• Make Your Own Game - Rubric
• Make Your Own Game - Peer Review
• Computer Science Practices - Reflection

• Print copies of the project guide, one for each student / pair of students
• Print copies of the rubric, one for each student / pair of students
• Print copies of the peer review guide, one for each student / pair of students
• Review sample games in Code Studio