CS 110: Introduction to Programming in Java
	Kalamazoo College
	Winter 2008

Laboratory Assignments

You may wish to bring a USB drive to every lab, or be prepared to transfer files to and from a campus server or your own computer in your room if you have one.

CS 110 Home Homework Labs Class Notes Key People Syllabus Bibliography

• First Week:

  Lab Entrance Assignment: See the Reading and Homework Assignments page for the lab entrance assignment.

  Lab 1: Getting Started with Eclipse

  You may start on Programming Project #1 (which is due at the beginning of Second Week Lab) anytime after finishing Lab 1.

  Friday Mini-Lab: Creating Fish in an Aquarium (instructions for opening the Aquarium Lab Series using Eclipse)

• Second Week:

  Monday Mini-Lab: Staying in Bounds and Adding Color

  Lab Entrance Assignment: See the Reading and Homework Assignments page for the lab entrance assignment.

  Lab 2: Talking Robot: Using IF-ELSE and Random Numbers

  You may start on Programming Project #2 (which is due at the beginning of Lab 3) anytime after finishing Lab 2.

  Friday Mini-Lab: Keep On Moving

• Third Week:

  Lab Entrance Assignment: Exercises R6.2 and R.6.3 on pp. 271-272. You should bring these, neatly typed, to lab.

  Lab 3: Using Histograms

  You may start on Programming Project #3 (which is due at the beginning of Lab 4) anytime after finishing Lab 3 and the More Fish! Mini-Lab.

  Wednesday Mini-Lab: More Fish!

  Friday In-class Exercise: Exercise 3 from Grid Plotter

  You may start on Programming Project #4 (which is due on Friday of Week 4) anytime after finishing this in-class exercise.

• Fourth Week:

  Monday Mini-Lab: Ascending & Descending Fish: 1st Exercise in the Fish With Class Lab

  Lab Entrance Assignment: Read through the Lab and start to get an idea of what is needed to implement the methods.

  Lab 4: Lab: Fish with Class

• Fifth Week:

  Lab 5: Practice Exam

  Friday Mini-Lab: Experimenting with the Marine Biology Simulation program

• Sixth Week:
  Lab Entrance Assignment:
  • Read pp. 18 - 33 (up to Fish movement methods) in the Marine Biology Simulation case study
  • Discussion questions: You should be able to answer ALL of the analysis questions you come across in the case study as you do the reading. (You may skip Ex 6 on p. 26, though, if you want.) If there are any you feel unsure of, take that as a sign that you need to re-read a section or bring your question up in class. You should definitely be prepared to discuss the following in class:
    • Questions 1 and 2 on p. 24 of the MBS case study
    • Questions 6 & 7 on p. 31
    • Question 2 on p. 33

    Lab 6: Minnow Lab

    You may start on Programming Project #5 (which is due at the beginning of Lab 7) anytime after finishing this in-class exercise.

• Seventh Week:

  Lab Entrance Assignment: Read pp. 63 - 68 in Chapter 4 of the Marine Biology Simulation case study

  Lab 7: DarterFish and CircleFish Lab

  You may start on Programming Project #6 (which is due at the beginning of Lab 8) anytime after finishing the reading in Chapter 4 of the Marine Biology Simulation case study.

• Eighth Week:

  Lab 8: Object-Oriented Design

• Ninth Week:

  Lab 9: Time to work on the Final Programming Project

  Wednesday Mini-Lab: Applet Mini-Lab

• Tenth Week:

  Lab Entrance Assignment: Finish the Applet Mini-Lab

  Lab 10: Balloon Race Applet