Lesson 3.18: Consumer Lab
In the summer of 2019, the college board released 4 new labs. Either FracCalc or the Consumer Review Lab can be assigned after the completion of Unit 3.
Complete a long-form lab, using string literals, static methods, if statements, while loops, algorithms, and the String class
Complete College Board’s AP CS A Consumer Review Lab
Answer end of activty Check your understanding and complete Open-ended activity.
Complete
Projector and computer
Consumer Review Lab Teacher’s Guide
Classroom copies of the Consumer Review Lab Student Guide
Associated Consumer Review Files
Read through the Teacher and Student guides ahead of time to familiarize yourself with the parts of this long-form lab. Using the guides, complete the lab on your own to spot possible challenges for your students. Upload all student files onto each computer desktop for student access.
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Student Activity 1 | Full class - students |
Notebook checks | Full class - teacher |
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Student Activity 2 | Full class - students |
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Student Activity 3 | Full class - students |
Notebook checks (if not completed) | Full class - teacher |
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Student Activity 4 | Full class - students |
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Student Activity 5 | Full class - students |
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Student Activity 5 (day 2) | Full class - students |
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All guides, sample code, answer code, and example code may be found by logging into the College Board AP Audit side and downloading the Consumer Review Lab materials.
Open IDE and guide students through opening the Consumer Review files.
Encourage students to use their Tricky Code Cheat Sheets, 4 Commandments of Scope, notebooks, textbooks, classroom posters, and homework assignments.
Offer occasional time-checks to help keep students on pace.
Grade notebooks and review books in between helping students so students can keep notebooks for homework and studying in the evenings.
In ELL classrooms, read all directions aloud before breaking into individual practice, and allow up to twice the amount of time for completion of the lab. As needed, allow students to pair up to help each other with reading comprehension (but remind students that they each must submit their own code). Each day that you begin the lab, start with a quick survey of student concerns and questions.
Lesson 3.18 Consumer Review (TEALS Discourse account required)
