Students learn programming vocabulary and concepts through a humorous dialogue between two software developers at an aerospace startup. The unit covers procedural programming, debugging, loops and more.
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Multiple Choice Activity
Select the best match between unit terms and their definitions.
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Listening Comprehension Activity
Listen to short audio clips in English and then spell them correctly.
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Spelling and Recognition
Identify and spell a vocabulary term correctly given only the definition.
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Vocabulary Builder Activity
Students will learn the following key terms and phrases:
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Dialogue Between a Senior Programmer and a Junior Programmer working at an aerospace startup in Los Angeles, CA.
CommanderKeen: Hey kid, how is that new integration going for the booster rocket project?
SpaceCadet: Huh? What? Okay I guess.
CommanderKeen: So will it be ready to demo next week as scheduled? The client really thinks this product will "take…
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Speaking Practice Activity
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Value1 and value2 are both arguments in the expression sum(value1, value2).
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The program returned a fatal error because a required parameter was missing.
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For security reasons the bank password variable had a local scope and was confined to a single function.
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Writing Practice Activity
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- Research 3 procedural programming terms or concepts not covered in this unit. Write a definition and example sentence similar to the ones in the vocabulary sheet. Explain why these terms/concepts are important to you.
- Are you more like CommanderKeen or more like SpaceCadet? Are there any alternatives to procedural and object-oriented programming? Functional programming maybe? Do you like tacos and beer? Discuss.
