AP Computer Science Teaching Resources

Alyce Brady, Kalamazoo College

Materials Provided on this site:

• Workshops: Announcements, Presentations, Assignments and Other Materials
• Marine Biology Simulation Case Study: a page containing    
  • links to official College Board case study materials
  • a full set of object diagrams
  • Alyce's Aquarium Lab Series, Minnow Project, FastFish problem specification, and other supplementary assignments
  • slides from presentations on the MBS
  • the source code for the black-box classes
• Object-Oriented Design:
  • A presentation introducing object-oriented design
  • An object-oriented design exercise with several sample problem specifications
  • Blank CRC cards and blank object diagrams for student use
• Labs and Assignments Appropriate for a CS 1 or AP CS A Course
• Labs and Assignments Appropriate for a CS 2 or AP CS AB Course
• Materials from the Introduction to Programming in Java course at Kalamazoo College
• Materials from the Data Structures course at Kalamazoo College

General APCS and Java Teaching Resources

• AP CS Web Pages for the A and AB and (resources for students) and APCentral (resources for teachers)
  Both sites contain the course description, information about the Java subset, information about the Marine Biology Simulation (MBS) case study, information about the exams, past free response questions, information about scoring, etc.
• Unofficial AP Computer Science Web Site - provides a site where teachers can exchange ideas and materials
• Online documentation of the standard Java classes: Java 2, Version 1.3 or Version 1.4