Overview

Students work in groups of 3 or 4 to design and write the code for a program that draws a digital scene of their choosing. Students break the scene down into small parts and divvy up the code writing amongst the team. Each individual's code is combined at the end to create the full scene. The project concludes with written reflection questions similar to those students will see on the AP® Performance Tasks.

Vocab

• Abstraction - a simplified representation of something more complex. Abstractions allow you to hide details to help you manage complexity, focus on relevant concepts, and reason about problems at a higher level.

Resources

• Code Print - Create PT Code Formatting

• Practice PT - Written Responses - Student AP Response Template

• Design a Digital Scene - Project and Programming Rubric (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• Design a Digital Scene - AP Rubric 2019 - AP Rubric (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)

• Design a Digital Scene - Project Guide 2019 - Project Guide (copy as MS Word, Google Doc)