Each unit of the course is broken
down into lessons. Lessons consist of video tutorials, short quizzes, example programs to explore, and written
programming exercises, adding up to over 100 hours of hands-on programming practice in total. Each unit ends
with a comprehensive unit test that assesses the student’s mastery of the material from that unit.
Programming Environment: Students write and run JavaScript programs in the browser.
Objectives / Topics
Covered
● Commands
● Defining vs. Calling Methods
● Designing methods
● Program entry points
● Control flow
● Looping
● Conditionals
● Classes
● Commenting code
● Preconditions and Postconditions
● Top Down Design
Assignments / Labs ● 26 programming exercises in total
● Program-specific tasks
○ Example Exercise: Pyramid 
Write a program to build a pyramid. There should be
three balls on the first row, two in the second row, and one in the
third row.
● Teach new commands like turn Right () or make pancakes ()
○ Example Exercise: Pancakes
Rufus is the waiter. He needs to deliver a stack of pancakes to the
guests on the 2nd, 4th, and 6th avenue. Each stack of pancakes
should have three pancakes.
Create a method called make pancakes() to help  solve this
problem.
● Solve large  problems by breaking them down into smaller, more
manageable problems using Top-Down Design
○ Example Exercise: The Two Towers
In this program, student should build two towers of tennis balls. Each
the tower should be 3 tennis balls high.
At the end, student should end up on top of the second tower, facing
East.
● Using control structures and conditionals to solve general problems
○ Example Exercise: Random Hurdles
Write a program that has rufusl run to the other side of first street,
jumping over all of the hurdles. However, the hurdles can