Students practice developing solutions to AP CSA FRQs on a mock Arrays FRQ. Students apply decomposition and annotation strategies to identify the key components of the problem and validate their solutions using Scoring Guidelines.
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Students are introduced to The Theater and explore its components and functionality. Students review the documentation for The Theater and an existing program to learn about its classes and methods,
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Students discover the difference between comparing primitive values and object references. Students learn that two object references are considered aliases when they both reference the same object and how to identify aliases or null values using the == and != operators. Students then revisit the Object class and override the equals() method to determine whether two objects of the class are equivalent.
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Students have used if and if-else statements to execute blocks of code based on a condition. In this lesson, students explore the functionality of nested if statements and learn to use these to test a combination of conditions. Students use nested if statements to write an algorithm to compare pairs of values in a 1D array.
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Students revisit logical operators to explore the use of the && (and) and || (or) operators. Students use truth tables to evaluate Boolean expressions and learn about short-circuited evaluation.
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Students learn about De Morgan's Laws and how they are applied to Boolean expressions. Students explore how equivalent Boolean expressions evaluate to the same value in all cases. Students then use truth tables to evaluate compound Boolean expressions and prove De Morgan's Laws.
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Students have written methods that require an object to be created before the method can be called. In this lesson, students revisit the static keyword and learn to write and call static methods. Students explore their functionality and identify scenarios for their use. Students then practice writing and calling static methods to solve problems.
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Students explore the Math class to learn about its structure and available methods. As students review the documentation for the Math class, they revisit the final keyword and learn how it can be used to prevent inheritance. Students practice using methods in the Math class to solve problems.
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Students learn how casting operators can be used to temporarily convert a value to a different type. Students explore the effect of using the (int) and (double) casting operators on a value and expression. Students also use casting operators to round a double value to the nearest integer.
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Students revisit the Math class and learn to use the Math.random() method to generate random numbers. Students explore how to manipulate the values returned from Math.random() to produce a random int or double in a specific range. Students then practice generating and using random numbers.
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Students practice working with 2D arrays and modifying standard algorithms to plan and implement an algorithm to shift a 2D array. Students explore how the elements in a 1D array can be shifted and then write pseudocode to modify the algorithm to be applied to a 2D array.
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For this project, students use the skills they have developed throughout this unit to create new image filters to use in a collage or animation that portrays personal experiences and/or interests. After brainstorming and planning, students develop their programs.
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Students planned their visuals and algorithms to create a collage or animation about their personal experiences and/or interests. Students continue to develop their projects to implement algorithms to create a new image filter and their collage or animation. Students reinforce software development skills and processes as they participate in a code review to give and use feedback as they develop their program.
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Students conducted code reviews at the end of the previous lesson to give and receive feedback that assists in identifying areas of improvement and fixes for problems they encountered. At this stage of the project, students consider this feedback as they finalize development in this lesson. Students share their final projects with their peers to celebrate their successes.
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Students practice developing solutions to AP CSA FRQs on a mock 2D Arrays FRQ. Students apply decomposition and annotation strategies to identify the key components of the problem and validate their solutions using Scoring Guidelines.
This lesson is aligned to CSTA standards.

Students explore the structure of two-dimensional (2D) arrays and identify similarities and differences between 1D and 2D arrays. Students learn to access and modify individual elements by referring to their row and column index values. Students then practice declaring and initializing 2D arrays using the new keyword and initializer lists and work with the elements stored in the arrays.
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Students will be able to: (1) Apply standard 1D array algorithms to a 2D array and (2)Write nested loops to traverse a two-dimensional (2D) array in row-major order.
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Students learn to use nested loops to traverse a 2D array in column-major order and differentiate between column-major and row-major traversals. Students identify scenarios that are best for traversing in row-major and column-major order and develop an algorithm to traverse a 2D array in column-major order to find the sum of all values in each column of the array. Students then practice applying standard 1D array algorithms to 2D arrays to find information and perform calculations.
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Students revisit the algorithm they developed to reverse a 1D array and plan an algorithm to reverse a 2D array using pseudocode and manipulatives. Students then implement their algorithm in Java and practice applying their algorithm to various scenarios.
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Students revisit enhanced for loops to explore how these are used with 2D arrays. In the process, students discover that objects can be modified using an enhanced for loop because the loop variable is an alias of the object reference in the array. Students explore how enhanced for loops can be used with 2D arrays and identify similarities and differences between using enhanced for loops with 1D arrays and 2D arrays. Students then practice using enhanced for loops with 2D arrays.
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