Age: 15 to 18

Goal:

The students analyze a rather simple computer game like Pac-Man according to the concepts of object-oriented programming (class, object, instance, method etc.).

What you need?:

• an online-version of the game (e.g. http://www.webpacman.com)
• enough computers for the groups

Proceedings:

1. Introduction

• Object-oriented programming concepts
• UML-diagrams

2. Pupils’ task

• Study the game (yes, this includes playing it!) and break it down into its basic components.
• Create a UML-diagram of the game.

3. Presentation

• Present and compare the results.

Idea by: Werner Müller

German description and  materials: http://www.naturwissenschaften-entdecken.de