Today's Agenda:
- 10 minutes: Overview & Review
- 20 minutes: Seeing in 3-D: How to Visualize Space:
- A map and information about going from two to three dimensions are both included on this slideshow.
- To learn more about graphing, try this activity: Create-a-graph
- To learn more about Cartesian coordinates, try this activity: Simple Coordinates
- 30 minutes: More Conditionals:
- In the first tutorial, Conditionals: More Fun with "If-Then" and Logic Operators, you will use an "If-Then" statement and some additional logic operators ('= =' and '! =') to show that the loop you created is called once per second by the SPHERES control system.
- In the second tutorial, Conditionals with Advanced Logic Operators, you will use still more logic operators ('and' and 'or') and conditional statements to change the position and attitude of the SPHERES satellite.
- 30 minutes: What Else? More Conditionals
- To review conditional statements, look at the examples in the What If: An Introduction to Conditional Statements presentation.
- Then complete this tutorial, which will help you extend your understanding of conditional statements by introducing "If, Then, Else" statements.
- 30 minutes: How to Make SPHERES Move:
- Learn all about Newton's Laws on board the ISS
- Then, try out this interactive.
- 30 minutes: Breaking Down Programming
- 60 minutes: Let the Games Begin!
- Now, you are ready to start programming! To begin, complete the Introduction to Game Mode tutorial, in which you will learn to use the game mode (as opposed to the free mode that you have been using up to this point). You will use this and the game manual while you are programming your player.
- Then review the Let the Games Begin slideshow.
