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Teach Your Kids to Code: Learn to Program Python at Any Age! by Udemy
Short, colorful apps and games you can use to teach and learn programming at any age! Chromebook, PC, Mac and Linux!
Course Highlights
- Teach students to code apps and games in Python 3.9 for Chromebook, PC, Mac, or Linux
- Draw colorful spirals and shapes with Turtle graphics in Python
- Create fun, playable games like War, Yahtzee, and Rock-Paper-Scissors
- Code interactive apps that respond to user input and mouse clicks
- Master variables, loops and functions to prepare for more advanced programming courses (and a brighter future)!
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
13 Topics
Welcome and Introduction
Installing Python and Getting Started
NEW: Installing Python 3.6 and Getting Started
Update: Installing Python 3.6 on Windows PC's
Update Video: Using Python 3.5 on Windows
Writing Your First Program in Python
Running and Modifying Programs in Python
Extra App: NiceHexSpiral.py
Coding Python on Chromebook!
What You Can Do Now
Programming Challenges - Practice What You've Learned
Section 1 Programming Challenges: MadLibs 1 & 2!
Step-by-Step Python 3 Setup for PC Mac or Linux (with Screenshots)
12 Topics
Intro to Turtle Graphics in Python
SquareSpiral: Our First Turtle Program
Turtle on a Roll: Building A Winding Spiral
Loop the Loop: Creating a Circle Spiral
Adding Color to Your Turtle Drawings
Painting a Four-Color Spiral
Changing Background Colors
One Variable to Rule Them All...
Section 2 Programming Challenges
S2P1 Programming Challenge Solution: 10-color spiral!
S2P2 Programming Challenge Solution: How Many Sides?
S2P3 Programming Challenge Solution: Rubber Band Ball
14 Topics
Intro to Variables: Where we keep our stuff
Numbers and Math in Python
Python Numbers and Operators
Math in the Python Shell
Syntax Errors: What did you say?
Variables in the Python Shell
Programming with Operators
Strings: The real characters in Python
Improving Our Color Spiral with Strings
Lists in Python
Python Math App: Python does your math homework!
Section 3 Programming Challenges
S3P1 Programming Challenge Solution: Circle Spiral Input!
S3P2 Programming Challenge Solution: Color Me Spiralled
12 Topics
Loops are Fun: You can say that again!
Building Your Own FOR Loops
Using a FOR Loop to Draw a Rosette
Modifying a FOR Loop
Adding User Input in Turtle: Rosette Gone Wild!
Special Guest Lesson: Alex's Colorful Rosette Loop
The WHILE Loop: 'Til it ain't so!
A Family Spiral
Multi-Spiral: Spiral goes viral!
Section 4 Programming Challenges
S4P1 Programming Challenge Solution: Spiral Rosettes!
S4P2 Programming Challenge Solution: Viral Family Spiral!
14 Topics
Intro to Conditions: What If?
If Statements
Comparison Operators
If Example: Old Enough
Else Statements
Polygons or Rosettes
Even or Odd
Elif Statements
Complex Conditions: And's Or's & Not's
Secret Messages: The Caesar Cipher
Encoder Decoder Program
Section 5 Programming Challenges
S5P1 Programming Challenge Solution: Rosettes and Spirals!
S5P2 Programming Challenge Solution: Encoder Decoder Key!
18 Topics
Intro to Random Numbers and More in Python
A Guessing Game
Colorful Random Spirals
Canvas Size and Coordinates in Turtle Graphics
The Random Spiral Program
Rock-Paper-Scissors
Dealing Cards
Comparing Cards
The Game Loop to Keep It Going
Our Finished High-Card Game
Rolling Dice
Testing for a Yahtzee!
Our Finished Five Dice Game
A Colorful Kaleidoscope
Section 6 Programming Challenges
S6P1 Programming Challenge Solution: Kaleidoscope v2.0
S6P2 Programming Challenge Solution: Kaleidoscope v3.0
S6P3 Programming Challenge Solution: WAR!
20 Topics
Intro to Functions in Python
Putting Code Together with Functions
Creating a Random Spiral Function
Parameters: Feeding our pet function...
Smileys at Random Locations
Our Random Smiley App
Return: It's what you give back that counts...
Using Return Values in a Program
Handling Events: Turtle Draw
Special Guest Lesson: Max's Turtle Draw App
Keyboard Events: Arrow Draw
Events with Parameters: ClickSpiral
Click and Smile
Click Kaleidoscope
EXTRA: Taking Screenshots on Mac and PC
Section 7 Programming Challenges
S7P1 Programming Challenge Solution: Mirrored Smileys!
S7P2 Programming Challenge Solution: PingPong Calc 2.0
S7P3 Programming Challenge Solution: Click+Arrow Draw!
EXTRA APP: ClickRandomDots.py!
5 Topics
Where to Go Next
Dr. Payne's TEDx Talk on Coding and Cyber as the New Literacy
SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE: Rainbow Rosettes with Guest Star Alex Payne!
O'Reilly Media LIVE Webcast: "Teach Your Kids to Code" - slides
DojoLIVE! Presentation (November 4 2015)
7 Topics
April Turtle Gallery BONUS VIDEO: Roy G. Biv Spiral!!!
October Turtle Gallery: ClickFlowers.py by Max Payne
November Turtle Gallery: moveturtle.py by Mr. Bryan Fagan
December Turtle Gallery: Star.py from Mr. Reese's class at LCHS
January Turtle Gallery: SGTriangle.py by Miss Shannon G.
Holiday Turtle Gallery: Tannenbaum.py from Mrs. Memler's class Athens Academy
Bonus: Max's Tie-Dye Rainbow Spiky Spiral
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