Discover Engineering

• "What is CS" overview 20-30 min.
• Goals, expectations for lab time 5 min
• Machine logging in, finding squeak, publish, find, quit.
  • sit at same place, match acct to machine number in lab.
  • have them create simple project first, name it.
• Skip paint tutorial. Do handles tutorial on ellipse, in lockstep.
  • explore resize, pickup, copy, color, rotate, viewer. delay tile, menu
• Section 3 from A Squeaky Introduction to Programming

• review properties & variables (15 min)
• review simple scripting, script header (10 min)
• car tutorial with steering wheel
  • drawing
  • tile composition
• extend with tests and conditionals, stay on road
• optional:
  • add variables (lose point when off road, keep high score?)
  • change speed
  • add second car to beat
  • challenge: create object to get through a maze by wall following
• first subtask: follow a line
  • random race of two cars

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• GAMES 2005 last edited on 12 August 2005 at 2:50:40 pm by dynpool-tantalum.cs.uiuc.edu