*If you have not handed-in the Student Class please complete this before moving on to the next activity*

So far this week we have completed Hello World, the Dog Class, and the Shapes Lab with your partner.

Today you will be expected to place the Student Class into the hand-in folder.

Once you have submitted the Student Class, you can then use that class as a template to complete the CellPhone Class. 

You will find it similar to the student class in some ways but it has more Boolean variables. How are you going to initialize those in your constructor?

We will finish this class up on Monday if needed.

So far this week we have looked and and completed Hello World and the Dog Class

yesterday you completed and submitted the Shapes Lab with your partner.

Today you will be completing the Student Class

You will need to pay very close attention to the Dog Class and use that as your template to complete this activity.

Today we will be completing the Shapes Lab.

You will complete this with a partner. The lab must be placed in the hand-in folder before the end of the block.

You can download it for free at home if you'd like to have a copy there.

You can find the link for it on your desktop or from the start menu.

Once you get it up and running we are going to start playing around with BlueJ by attempting your standard first program:

Java is what Greenfoot is based on. It's one of the most popular programming languages in the world and is widely used by teachers and students in post-secondary.

To give you a head start you could always start looking at some video here.

Try watching: What is Java?

Complete Activity: Chapter 4 Worksheet

Activity: Chapter 4 Worksheet

4.1 Adding objects automatically 43

4.2 Creating new objects 45

4.3 Animating images 46

4.4 Greenfoot images 47

4.5 Instance variables (fields) 48

4.6 Assignment 49

4.7 Using actor constructors 50

4.8 Alternating the images 52

4.9 The if/else statement 53

4.10 Counting worms 53

4.11 More ideas 55

4.12 Summary of programming techniques 56

Chapter 3 is essential because it covers key concepts like:

This can be completed open book and by talking to as many different classmates as possible. The only catch is that if somebody else gives you the answer to a question, you must give them credit by adding their name beside your answer.

Compare your answers with these - any differences? Discuss any differences with the people you used as references.