Unit 3: Boolean Expressions and If Statements

Class Periods: 11-13 (including lab)

AP CSA Exam Weighting: 15-17.5%

3.1. Boolean Expressions

3.1.1. Testing Equality (==)
3.1.2. Relational Operators (<, >)
3.1.3. Testing with remainder (%)
3.1.4. Programming Challenge : Prime Numbers POGIL
3.1.5. Summary
3.1.6. AP Practice
3.1.7. Relational Operators Practice Game

3.2. if Statements and Control Flow

3.2.1. Relational Operators in If Statements
3.2.2. Common Errors with If Statements
3.2.3. Programming Challenge : Magic 8 Ball
3.2.4. Summary
3.2.5. AP Practice

3.3. Two-way Selection: if-else Statements

3.3.1. Nested Ifs and Dangling Else
3.3.2. Math.random() in if Statements
3.3.3. Programming Challenge : 20 Questions
3.3.4. Summary
3.3.5. AP Practice

3.4. Multi-Selection: else-if Statements

3.4.1. Programming Challenge : Adventure
3.4.2. Summary
3.4.3. AP Practice

3.5. Compound Boolean Expressions

3.5.1. And (&&), Or (||), and Not (!)
3.5.2. Truth Tables
3.5.3. Short Circuit Evaluation
3.5.4. Programming Challenge : Truth Tables POGIL
3.5.5. Summary
3.5.6. AP Practice
3.5.7. Boolean Game

3.6. Equivalent Boolean Expressions (De Morgan's Laws)

3.6.1. De Morgan's Laws
3.6.2. Truth Tables
3.6.3. Simplifying Boolean Expressions
3.6.4. Programming Challenge : Truth Tables POGIL
3.6.5. Summary
3.6.6. AP Practice

3.7. Comparing Objects

3.7.1. String Equality
3.7.2. Equality with New Strings
3.7.3. Comparing with null
3.7.4. Programming Challenge : Tracing Code
3.7.5. Summary
3.7.6. AP Practice

3.8. Unit 3 - Summary

3.8.1. Concept Summary
3.8.2. Java Keyword Summary
3.8.3. Vocabulary Practice
3.8.4. Common Mistakes

3.9. Mixed Up Code Practice

3.10. Toggle Mixed Up or Write Code Practice

3.11. Coding Practice

3.12. Multiple Choice Exercises

3.12.1. Easier Multiple Choice Questions
3.12.2. Medium Multiple Choice Questions
3.12.3. Hard Multiple Choice Questions

Start Exercises

3.13. Magpie Chatbot Lab

3.13.1. Magpie ChatBot Lab
3.13.2. Activity 2: Running Simplified Magpie Code
3.13.3. Activity 3: Better Keyword Detection
3.13.4. Activity 4: Responses that Transform Statements
3.13.5. Mixed Up Code Practice

3.14. Unit 3 Free Response Question (FRQ) Game Practice

3.14.1. FRQ 1 Part A Description (2022)
3.14.2. Warm up Exercises
3.14.3. Solve the Problem
3.14.4. AP Scoring Rubric

Start FRQ Practice

3.15. More Practice (Experiment)

3.15.1. Pretest
3.15.2. Practice Problems
3.15.3. Posttest

3.16. FRQ Style Coding Practice