Teaching Computer Science I in 2015

These are the assignments that I used to teach Java to beginning students over the 2015-2016 school year. For details about how I run my classroom, read How I Teach Java to Absolute Beginners.

Grading Cycle 1

In 2015, my classes met 15 times over roughly six weeks in grading cycle 1, though students don't start coding until the third day or so. They are in class for 83 minutes every other day, so this corresponds to about 20 total hours of face-to-face class time in the first cycle.

Grading Cycle 2

My class met 12 times in grading cycle 2 for a total of roughly 16 hours.

Points carry over from a previous cycle, so if a student worked really hard and earned 800 points in cycle 1, then they would only need an additional 500 points to earn a 100% for cycle 2.

Grading Cycle 3

12 meetings, 16 hours.

Grading Cycle 4

16 meetings, 22 hours.

Grading Cycle 5

17 meetings, 23.5 hours.

Grading Cycle 6

16 meetings, 22 hours.

The Assignments

Basics and Printing - 9 assignments, 81 points
3	Basics and Printing	Compiling Practice	3 points
4	Basics and Printing	An Important Message (FirstProg)	5 points
5	Basics and Printing	More Printing (GasolineReceipt)	7 points
6	Basics and Printing	A Letter to Yourself	7 points
7	Basics and Printing	Your Initials	6 points
8	Basics and Printing	Printing Choices	8 points
9	Basics and Printing	Escape Sequences and Comments (EscapeSequencesComments)	12 points
10	Basics and Printing	Escape Sequence Challenge	30 points
Variables - 10 assignments, 121 points
11	Variables	Saving Information in Variables (CreatingVariables)	10 points
12	Variables	Using Variables	10 points
13	Variables	Graduation Sentence with Variables	7 points
14	Variables	Your Schedule	15 points
15	Variables	Mathematical Operations (MathOperations)	12 points
Keyboard Input - 6 assignments, 106 points
16	Keyboard Input	Getting Input from a Human (ForgetfulMachine)	12 points
17	Keyboard Input	Storing the Human's Responses (RudeQuestions)	15 points
18	Keyboard Input	More User Input of Data	16 points
19	Keyboard Input	Age in Five Years	18 points
20	Keyboard Input	A Dumb Calculator	20 points
21	Keyboard Input	Calculations with User Input (BMICalculator) by Joel Holliman	25 points
22	Variables	Variables Only Hold Values (Sequencing)	15 points
23	Variables	Cardio Zone Unscramble	15 points
24	Variables	Variable Modification Shortcuts (VariableChangeShortcuts)	15 points
25	Variables	Boolean Expressions	12 points
Strings - 5 assignments, 145 points
26	Strings	Comparing Strings (WeaselOrNot)	10 points
27	Variables	Compound Boolean Expressions (ShallowGrandmother)	10 points
If Statements - 17 assignments, 430 points
28	If Statements	Making Decisions with If Statements (AgeMessages)	20 points
29	If Statements	More If Statements (ComparingNumbers)	15 points
30	If Statements	Space Boxing	30 points
31	If Statements	Otherwise (If Statements with Else) (ClubBouncer)	10 points
32	Strings	If Statements with Strings (SecretWord)	10 points
33	If Statements	A Little Quiz	40 points
34	If Statements	Mutual Exclusion with Chains of If and Else (BMICategories)	25 points
35	If Statements	More Chains of Ifs and Else (CollegeAdmission)	15 points
36	If Statements	How Old Are You, Specifically?	20 points
37	If Statements	Weekday Name	15 points
38	If Statements	Modulus Animation	20 points
39	If Statements	Nested If Statements (GenderTitles)	20 points
40	If Statements	Twenty Questions... well, actually just Two	35 points
41	If Statements	Choose Your Own Short Adventure!	60 points
42	If Statements	Age Messages 3	25 points
43	If Statements	Two More Questions	35 points
44	Miscellaneous	Making Decisions with a Big Switch (ThirtyDays)	30 points
45	Strings	More String Comparisons (DictionaryOrder)	30 points
46	Strings	compareTo() Challenge	35 points
47	If Statements	Alphabetical Order	30 points
48	If Statements	The Worst Number-Guessing Game Ever	15 points
Random Numbers - 9 assignments, 205 points
49	Random Numbers	Choosing Numbers Randomly (RandomNumbers)	25 points
50	Random Numbers	Magic 8-Ball™	10 points
51	Random Numbers	A Number-Guessing Game	20 points
52	Random Numbers	Fake Powerball	35 points
53	Random Numbers	Fortune Cookie	15-25 points
54	Random Numbers	Dice	25 points
55	Random Numbers	One Shot Hi-Lo	35 points
56	Random Numbers	Three-Card Monte	20 points
While Loops - 15 assignments, 650 points
57	While Loops	Repeating Yourself using a While Loop (EnterPIN)	30 points
58	While Loops	A Number-Guessing Game (HighLow)	20 points
59	While Loops	Infinite Loops (KeepGuessing)	20 points
60	While Loops	Dice Doubles	45 points
61	While Loops	Using Loops for Error-Checking (SafeSquareRoot)	30 points
62	While Loops	Counting with a While Loop	25-35 points
63	While Loops	PIN Lockout	10 points
64	While Loops	Number-Guessing with a Counter	40 points
65	While Loops	Hi-Lo with Limited Tries	55 points
66	While Loops	Reverse Hi-Lo	75 points
Do-While Loops - 8 assignments, 230 points
67	Do-While Loops	Do-While Loops (CoinFlip)	35 points
68	Do-While Loops	Do-While Swimming	15 points
69	Do-While Loops	Adding Values One at a Time (RunningTotal)	20 points
70	Do-While Loops	Adding Values for a Dice Game (PigDiceComputer)	25 points
71	Do-While Loops	The Dice Game Called 'Pig' (PigDice)	40 points
72	Do-While Loops	Shorter Double Dice	40 points
73	Do-While Loops	Again with the Number-Guessing	35 points
74	While Loops	Right Triangle Checker	65 points
75	While Loops	Collatz Sequence	30-60 points
76	While Loops	Short Adventure 2: With a Loop	75 points
77	While Loops	Baby Nim	60 points
78	While Loops	Project: Nim	70-185 points
Functions - 23 assignments, 1220 points
79	Functions	Calling a Function (ThereAndBackAgain)	15 points
80	Functions	Picture Menu	10 points
81	Functions	Flicker Phrase	15 points
82	Functions	Calling Functions to Draw a Flag (OverlyComplexFlag)	50 points
83	Functions	Displaying Dice with Functions (YachtDice)	35 points
84	Functions	Returning a Value from a Function (HeronsFormula)	20 points
85	Functions	Distance Formula	50 points
86	Functions	Areas of Shapes (Shape Area)	40 points
87	Functions	Thirty Days Revisited with Javadoc (ThirtyDaysFunctions)	40 points
88	Miscellaneous	Importing Standard Libraries (PasswordDigest)	20 points
File Input and Output - 13 assignments, 620 points
89	File Input and Output	Programs That Write to Files (ReceiptRevisited)	25 points
90	File Input and Output	High Score	40 points
91	File Input and Output	Getting Data from a File (GettingFromFile)	20 points
92	File Input and Output	Simple File Input	40 points
93	File Input and Output	Summing Three Numbers from a File	50 points
94	File Input and Output	Summing Three Numbers from Any File	65 points
95	File Input and Output	Getting ALL the Data from a File (GettingWholeFile)	30 points
96	File Input and Output	Displaying a File	60 points
97	File Input and Output	Summing Several Numbers from Any File	60 points
98	File Input and Output	Simple Web Input	15 points
99	File Input and Output	Saving a High Score (CoinFlipSaved)	50 points
For Loops - 14 assignments, 350 points
100	For Loops	Counting with a For Loop (CountingFor)	25 points
101	For Loops	Ten Times	15 points
102	For Loops	Counting Machine	20 points
103	For Loops	Counting Machine Revisited	25 points
104	For Loops	Counting by Halves	20 points
105	For Loops	Xs and Ys	15 points
106	For Loops	Noticing Even Numbers	30 points
107	For Loops	Fizz Buzz	40 points
108	Strings	Looping Through a String (CaesarCipher)	60 points
109	For Loops	Letter at a Time	20 points
110	File Input and Output	A Little Puzzle	75 points
111	File Input and Output	Vowel Capitalization	90 points
112	For Loops	For Loop Challenge	40 points
113	For Loops	Adding Values with a For Loop	30 points
114	For Loops	A Refresher	20 points
115	For Loops	Refresher Challenge	20 points
Nested Loops - 10 assignments, 605 points
116	Nested Loops	Nested For Loops (Nesting Loops)	30 points
117	Nested Loops	Odometer Loops	25 points
118	Nested Loops	Basic Nested Loops	30 points
119	For Loops	Displaying Some Multiples	30 points
120	Nested Loops	Multiplication Table	65 points
121	Nested Loops	Generating and Filtering Values (FarmerBrown)	35 points
122	Nested Loops	Number Puzzle I	60 points
123	Nested Loops	Getting Individual Digits	80 points
124	Nested Loops	More Number Puzzles	100 points
125	Nested Loops	Number Puzzles III: Armstrong Numbers	90 points
126	Nested Loops	Number Puzzles IV: A New Hope	90 points
Project Euler - 21 assignments, 1815 points
127	Project Euler	031 - English Currency Combinations	100 points
Arrays - 23 assignments, 1810 points
128	Arrays	Arrays - Many Values in a Single Variable (ArrayIntro)	15 points
129	Arrays	Finding Things in an Array (ArrayLinearSearch)	35 points
130	Arrays	Saying Something Is NOT in an Array (ItemNotFound)	35 points
131	Arrays	Arrays Without Foreach Loops (ArraySlotAccess)	50 points
132	Arrays	Basic Arrays 0	20 points
133	Arrays	Basic Arrays 1	30 points
134	Arrays	Basic Arrays 2	40 points
135	Arrays	Basic Arrays 3	25 points
136	Arrays	Lowest Temperature (LowestTemperature)	50 points
Records - 16 assignments, 1560 points
137	Records	Records (MailingAddresses)	40 points
138	Records	Records from a File (ActorList)	30 points
139	Records	An Array of Records (StudentDatabase)	60 points
140	Records	Array of Records from a File (Temperatures Revisited) (TemperaturesByDate)	90 points
141	Records	A Deck of Playing Cards (PickACard)	100 points
142	Records	Text Adventure Game (TextAdventureFinal)	200 points
143	Miscellaneous	☠ WARNING: Wild West Below! ☠	0 points
Projects - 6 assignments, 765 points
144	Projects	Quiz: Rect/Rekt	45 points
GUIs - 3 assignments, 55 points
145	GUIs	Using Swing for Input	25 points
146	GUIs	A Boring Window	10 points
147	GUIs	A Frame with a Panel with Writing on It	20 points
148	Random Numbers	Baby Blackjack	20 points
149	Projects	Project: Blackjack	80-200 points
Graphics - 27 assignments, 1120 points
150	Graphics	Graphics Demo 1: Basics	20 points
151	Graphics	Graphics Demo 2: Arcs and Custom Colors	20 points
152	Graphics	Graphics Demo 3: Fonts and Lines	15 points
153	Graphics	A Circle	20 points
154	Graphics	A Smiling Face	40 points
155	Graphics	A Clock Face	50-70 points
156	Graphics	Graphing Lines	40 points
157	Graphics	Graphing Parabolas	40 points
158	Graphics	Graphics Demo 4: Polygons	40 points
159	Graphics	Drawing a Boring Triangle	30 points
160	Graphics	Drawing Random Triangles	60 points
161	Graphics	Drawing Random Right Triangles	80-140 points
162	Graphics	Sierpinski Triangle	150 points
163	Graphics	Boxy 1	50 points
164	Graphics	Boxy 2	40 points
165	Graphics	Boxy 3	60 points
166	Graphics	Smiling Face Function	80 points
167	Graphics	Forest and Trees	150 points
168	Graphics	Image Demo - Showing Images on the Screen	20 points
169	Graphics	Motivational Poster	50-80 points
170	Functions	Month Name	60 points
171	Functions	Month Offset	60 points
172	Functions	Weekday Calculator	90 points
173	Functions	Function Call Alphabet	90 points
174	Functions	Fill-In Functions	100 points
175	Functions	More Fill-In Functions	100 points
176	Functions	Keychains for Saleby Aaron Gadberry	40 points
177	Functions	Keychains for Sale, for real this timeby Aaron Gadberry	65 points
178	Functions	Keychains for Sale, real ultimate powerby Aaron Gadberry	80 points
179	Functions	Calling Functions from Other Files	40 points
180	Functions	Evenness Function	60 points
181	Functions	Finding Prime Numbers	85 points
182	Functions	Dice with Functions	50 points
183	Functions	A Lowercasing Display Function	25 points
184	Do-While Loops	Baby Calculator	20 points
185	Projects	Project: Calculator	80-300 points
186	Projects	Project: Files and Nested Loops	60-200 points
187	Arrays	Copying Arrays	55 points
188	Arrays	Grades in an Array and a File	90 points
189	Arrays	Finding a Value in an Array	80 points
190	Arrays	How Many Times?	40 points
191	Arrays	Is It There or Not?	85 points
192	Arrays	Where Is It?	90 points
193	Arrays	Finding the Largest Value in an Array	100 points
194	Arrays	Locating the Largest Value in an Array	110-130 points
195	Arrays	Giving an Array a Bunch of Values at Once	30 points
196	Arrays	Parallel Arrays	100 points
197	Arrays	Tic-Tac-Toe	150 points
198	Arrays	Hangman	200 points
Sorting - 11 assignments, 1000 points
199	Sorting	MadLib Random	40 points
200	Sorting	Movie Title Generator	40 points
201	Sorting	PokéSwap	40 points
202	Sorting	PokéTrader	30 points
203	Sorting	PokéTrader 2	20 points
204	Sorting	Sorting an Array	100 points
205	Sorting	Exchange Sort	120 points
206	Sorting	Bubble Sort	130 points
207	Sorting	Selection Sort	130 points
208	Arrays	Powerball	200 points
209	Arrays	Match Maker - Part 1	180 points
210	Records	Web Addresses Array	10 points
211	Records	Address toString()	20 points
212	Records	Basic Records	80 points
213	Records	A Little Database	100 points
214	Records	A Little Database is shorter with a loop	100 points
215	Records	Getting Data from a File	120 points
216	Records	Getting More Data from a File	140 points
217	Records	Storing Data in a File	150 points
218	Records	Reading What You Wrote	160 points
219	Records	Sorting an Array of Records	160 points
220	Sorting	Sorting Strings	150 points
221	Sorting	Sorting Records on Two Fields	200 points
OOP - 1 assignment, 100 points
222	OOP	A Tic-Tac-Toe Class	100 points
ArrayLists - 14 assignments, 1165 points
223	ArrayLists	Basic ArrayLists 0	20 points
224	ArrayLists	Basic ArrayLists 1	30 points
225	ArrayLists	Basic ArrayLists 2	40 points
226	ArrayLists	Basic ArrayLists 3	25 points
227	ArrayLists	Copying ArrayLists	55 points
228	ArrayLists	Finding a Value in an ArrayList	80 points
229	ArrayLists	ArrayList - There or Not?	85 points
230	ArrayLists	ArrayList - Where Is It?	90 points
231	ArrayLists	Getting the Largest Value in an ArrayList	100 points
232	ArrayLists	Locating the Largest Value in an ArrayList	110 points
233	ArrayLists	Sorting an ArrayList	120 points
234	ArrayLists	Sorting an ArrayList of Strings	150 points
235	ArrayLists	Sorting Sentences	100 points
236	ArrayLists	Sorting an ArrayList of Records	160 points
237	Projects	Project: Address Book	200-400 points
238	Projects	Project: Hearts	300-500 points
239	Project Euler	001 - Sum Multiples of 3 or 5	20 points
240	Project Euler	002 - Sum Even Fibonacci Numbers	40 points
241	Project Euler	003 - Largest Prime Factor of Big Number	60 points
242	Project Euler	004 - Largest Palindromic Product	70 points
243	Project Euler	005 - Smallest Divisible by 1-20	50 points
244	Project Euler	006 - Sums of Squares Minus Squares of Sums	50 points
245	Project Euler	007 - The 10001st Prime	80 points
246	Project Euler	008 - Largest Product of Consecutive Digits	100 points
247	Project Euler	009 - Pythagorean Triplet	75 points
248	Project Euler	010 - Sum of Primes Under Two Million	100 points
249	Project Euler	011 - Largest Product of 4 Numbers in Grid	160 points
250	Project Euler	012 - First Triangle Number w/501 Divisors	160 points
251	Project Euler	013 - Sum 100 Fifty-Digit Numbers	80 points
252	Project Euler	014 - Longest Collatz Sequence	150 points
253	Project Euler	015 - Routes Through a 20x20 Grid	100 points
254	Project Euler	016 - Sum of the Digits of 2^1000	50 points
255	Project Euler	017 - Letters in One to One Thousand	110 points
256	Project Euler	018 - Maximum Sum Path through Triangle	160 points
257	Project Euler	019 - Sundays on the 1st of the Month	50 points
258	Project Euler	020 - Sum of the Digits of 100!	50 points
259	Graphics	Mouse Demo	20 points
260	Graphics	Traffic Light - Drawing Shapes and Clicking Them	40 points
261	Graphics	Shapes Demo - Easily Drawing and Transforming Shapes	1 points
262	Graphics	Last Clicked - Drawing Boxes Where You Clicked	1 points
263	Graphics	No Erasey - Making Stuff Stay on the Screen	1 points
264	Graphics	Drag Location - Getting Drags instead of Clicks	1 points
265	Graphics	Drawing Layers	1 points