Introduction to the marine biology case study (seminar session)

Abstract

A new case study for the AP curriculum, based on a marine biology simulation program will be released for the 2000-2001 academic year. The case study highlights linear and two-dimensional data structures, object interaction, objectoriented design, and discrete simulation. This seminar will introduce the new case study to AP teachers and other interested CS educators, and will discuss how it can be integrated into the AP (or CS 1 and CS 2) curricula.

Integrating a simulation case study into CS2

“…A survey of recent SIGCSE conferences showed very few papers that could be classified as true case studies. A notable exception is the Advanced Placement Marine Biology Case Study [2]. Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or cornmcrcial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page.…”