Collage of Engineering (COE) EEEB114: Programming For Engineers

LAB 1: Have Fun with Programming!

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1.1) LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of this lab session, you should be able to:
Have a general idea of programming (the fun way)
Have fun programming with Angry Bird, Plant vs Zombie etc.

1.2) PRE LAB ASSIGNMENT

Bring a headset or earphone to class.

1.3) BACKGROUND
A program is a set of instructions instructing a computer to do something. Hence, programming
is the action of instructing a computer to do something. Subsequently, the person that wrote
the program is called a programmer
A program can be as simple as displaying something on the screen of a computer, to as complex
as solving complex rocket science problem. In this lab activity, you will be exposed to basic of
programming the interactive way by using blocks instead of codes. But dont you worry; we will
do the coding later
In this worksheet, there are three (3) lab activities for you to complete.

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1.4) IN LAB ACTIVITIES

Activity A: Bill, Mark and others has something to say

1. Launch your browser and go to http://code.org only (No, not facebook!).
2. Choose your preferred language.
3. Press on the Watch the video button on top right of the page.
4. Watch and listen well until the end of the video .

Activity B: Hour of Code-Tutorial for Beginners

1. Go to http://hourofcode.com/code and watch the video until the end.
2. Solve all the problems. For each problem, summarize what you are supposed to do and
record the code to solve the problem.
Note: You can see the code by clicking on the Show Code button.
3. Need help? Watch the video on the bottom left of the page.

Activity C: Hour of Code-Tutorial for Beginners

You might want to help Anna and Elsa too. Go to http://hourofcode.com/frzn and solve all
the puzzles.

1.5) STATE YOUR LEARNING CURVE

Note: conclude what youve learned from this lab activity.

1.6) POST LAB ACTIVITY

Please explore other activities in http://code.org.

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