Open to all high school STEM teachers in Pittsburgh and the surrounding Appalachian Region in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Western Maryland.

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WORKSHOP MATERIALS

 

Schedule

Monday, July 23
8:00-9:00 Registration, Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Welcome, Surveys
9:30-10:30 Problem Solving and Programming: Getting Started with Java
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computer Lab: Drawing
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Methods
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab: Virtual Robots!
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Tuesday, July 24
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Conditionals
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computer Lab: Smarter Virtual Robots!
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Loops
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab: Robots, Robots, Robots, ...
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Wednesday, July 25
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Animation
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computer Lab: Motion and Math
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Image Manipulation
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Computer Lab: Your very own Photoshop
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Thursday, July 26
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Arrays: Lots of Data
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Computer Lab: Visualizing Data
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Computer Lab: Building a Game
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-5:00 Create a STEM-themed Program for the Friday Showcase
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Friday, July 27
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Computation and STEM: College Majors and Careers
9:30-12:00 Create a STEM-themed Program for the Friday Showcase (cont'd)
12:00-1:00 Working Lunch, Submit Program for Showcase
1:00-3:00 Java Showcase: Demos
3:00-4:00 Assessment and Survey
4:00-5:00 Wrap-Up

 

 

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Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (DRL-0833496)


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