CS4HS Workshop on Alice
Nov 17, 2012
8am-12pm (Morning)
Introduction
Tutorial:
The Essentials of Alice (Bunny)
[16 pages]
video
break
Tutorial:
How tall are you? (Penguin)
[functions; 23 pages]
video
Exercise: create a simple world
Tutorial:
Bunny Eats Broccoli
[repetitions; 32 pages]
video
break
Exercise: skater skates in a circle (using methods/actions), falls and gets up a few times (creating a method/action), skates in a figure 8.
video
12-1pm Lunch
1-5pm (Afternoon)
Tutorial:
Timer
[variables, while; 14 pages]
video
Exercise:
Shark chasing goldfish
[needs intro to world.random function] [
a solution
]
video
break
Tutorial:
What can burn in the Junkyard?
[conditionals, functions, events; 31 pages]
video
Tutorial:
Ninjas
[lists; 32 pages]
video
break
Exercise:
Whack a mole
[prereq: while, variables, lists, events, randomization; nice to use parameters--don't need to write move up and down 12 times] [
a solution
]
Resources used
Alice 2.3
[with textbook worlds]
Alice tutorials at Duke