Pinball Questions

1) The author assimilated gravity by changing the gravity number for the icon when it got close to the bottom of the small screen.

2) The author has a block that says to bounce when the icon is at the edge or the surface of a line.

3) The ball does not always bounce the same way when it hits something. It tends to bounce in different directions.

4) I think the ball determines which way to bounce by having the x and y coordinates set to random within the allowed range it can go.

5) The purpose of the purple line is to let the player know that that's when they should click the green flag again to start the game over. It shows that the player lost.

6) I changed the pinball to where when it comes in contact with the dinosaur on the far left it will automatically give the player 5 move points each time it touches.

7) I think that if the graphics were better the game could be a little more enjoyable.

Monkey Game Questions

1) The blocks that make the monkey move while playing are the blocks that say "When up arrow key is pressed point in direction zero and move 10 steps. Broadcast move." This rule applies for the left, down, and right keys as well.

2) The banana does not always appear in the same place after the monkey has touched it.

3) I think the block that says "Set points to 0" control were the next coordinates to the banana's appearance are.

4) The block under Variables is points.

5) The block that is used to change the score are the blocks that say 'points', and 'change points by'.

Difference between And and Or

The difference between and and or in the English language is that when you are speaking and then refer to "and" in your sentence you are implying that there is more than one of the topic or details that you are talking about. When you use the word "or" when speaking you are giving an option to what you had originally proposed.

Programming assignment 7

The definition of variable in the Mathematical term means a number of changes over a certain set of data that has been shown.

The definition of variable in the English term means to have a diversity or to have something that changes.

What comes to mind for me when people say "if" in English terms are what is that person afraid of? For example if a person was to offer up and idea an the other replied with, "Yes but what if..." It leads you to think of what exactly is the person afraid of?

Summer movie

1). What does it mean to broadcast something (example the radio station is broadcasting music right now)? If a  radio or television station is broadcasting something, does that mean that everyone is listening to it?

A. To broadcast something is to put it on air, allowing everyone to watch or listen to it if they please but not everyone has to listen in.

2). What does it do so far?

A. It shows a cat wearing glasses standing on the beach and then when you click play it shows a speech bubble showing him speaking about how he is going to explain his summer to you. Then you proceed to create the rest of his story. 

3). What does the cat broadcast in the last block?

A. It shows the broadcast of the Basketball Court. 

4). Summarize how you can use broadcast to change scenes in a story. Have a partner check your work to see if there is anything you need to fix.  

A. You can use a broadcast to change scenes by having the back drop change when the character decides to talk about a different subject or wants to move to a new place during the "movie."

What I know about programming

  From what I've practiced with the different kinds of coding I know that you have to be extremely specific with what you want your character to say or do. You can't generalize that the computer program is just gonna know what you want it to do. You have to tell it which direction and how many spaces you want it to move as well as which character you want to move and where to move it. All of this plus telling the character what you want it to say is difficult as well and takes good practice.
  As for what I would like to learn from programming I would like to learn how to create my own phone app or even a computer app for people to use.

Donald Trump building activity

1 stack= 1 week 

100 building blocks

Problem: Build a tower taking as little time as possible to build it. 

There are three possible ways that you could build the tower. You could do 2 stacks of 50 which equals 2 weeks to complete, 5 stacks of 20 which takes 5 weeks to complete, or 4 stacks of 25 and takes 4 weeks to complete. 

The best way to complete the tower would be to make 2 stacks of 50 so that you are only using 2 weeks. 

Answer: It would take 2 weeks to finish the tower.