Lesson+Plan

=Lesson Plan / Content=

List of topics in order from simplest to most complex: Feel free to ask about any one of these subjects during the meetings.


 * animations - 1 week**
 * motion
 * shape
 * coordinates - 1 week**
 * concept of Cartesian plane


 * variables - 2 weeks**
 * number
 * string
 * boolean
 * if statements - 3 weeks**
 * if, else, if else
 * multiple conditions
 * nested statements


 * switch case - 2 weeks**
 * alternative to if statements


 * for loops - 3 weeks**
 * managing arrays
 * properties of movie clips - 2 weeks**
 * _rotation, _x, _y, _xscale, _yscale, _alpha


 * attaching and deleting movie clips - 1 week**
 * attach
 * delete


 * collision testing of movie clips - 2 weeks**
 * hitTest
 * advanced tests
 * math functions, trigonometry and radians - 5 weeks**
 * sin, cos, tan
 * asin, acos, atan1, atan2
 * degrees and radians
 * methods/procedures/functions - 2 weeks**
 * functions