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 9
8:00-9:00 Registration, Breakfast
9:00-9:45 Surveys, Welcome & Introductions
9:45-10:30 Problem Solving & Introduction to Alice
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Problem Solving & Introduction to Alice (cont'd)
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Motion During Setup
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Storyboard Design
4:00-5:00 Lab: Create a Design for a World (continue for homework)
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Tuesday, July 10
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:00 Sharing Designs
10:00-10:30 Implementation with Procedures/Methods
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Built-in Functions and Parameters
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Interactivity and Events
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Camera Control
4:00-5:00 Lab: Build a World for your Design (continue for homework)
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Wednesday, July 11
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Conditions and Repetition
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Writing Functions
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Advanced Rotational Motion
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Working with Sound
4:00-5:00 Lab: Build a STEM-Themed Project (for Animation Fair on Friday)
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Thursday, July 12
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:15 Mutable Variables
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 Lists
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:30 Recursion
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-4:00 Curriculum Resources & Teaching with Alice
4:00-5:00 Lab: Build a STEM-Themed Project (for Animation Fair on Friday)
5:00-6:00 Dinner
Friday, July 13
8:00-9:00 Breakfast
9:00-9:30 Computation and STEM: College Majors and Careers
9:30-11:30 Lab: Build a STEM-Themed Project (for Animation Fair)
11:30-12:30 Working Lunch, Submit Projects for Demos
12:30-3:00 Animation Fair
3:00-4:00 Wrap-Up, Surveys
4:00-5:00 Celebration Dinner

 

 

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