Programming Fundamentals with Python

In the first lesson of this interactive course, students learn about using functions in their code by creating their very own kingdom. They will start with a blank screen to add a background, castle and village images, and text while positioning them correctly on the page using X and Y coordinates.

In this lesson, students are tasked with creating a wanted poster to help the sheriff find a bandit. They learn about variables and how to concatenate strings together in this fundamental lesson on data types, along with converting numbers to strings.

In this lesson, students get an introduction to obtaining user input. Students will create a friendly chatbot that responds nicely to what the user inputs. This lesson heavily relies on the usage of variables, while learning new ways to combine strings.

In this lesson, students learn about conditional statements by locking a bank vault before a villain can steal the money. This project builds on previous concepts, such as user input, variables, f-strings, and functions, while delving into if-else conditional statements.

In this lesson, students learn how to perform arithmetic in their code including multiplication, addition, and subtraction. They do so by creating a candy shop that calculates customers’ orders and outputs the total cost in a user-friendly format.

In this lesson, students learn more about conditional statements by incorporating multiple conditions together to construct a magic calculator and help a wizard with their math homework. This further builds on arithmetic operators and teaches more about conditional programming.

In this lesson, to learn about avoiding repetition in code, students use a counter-controlled while loop to make some cars race on a track. They learn about ways to animate each car while using a loop to properly position them and generate random speeds.

In this lesson, we teach students how to store and obtain data inside lists. They do so by creating a pet adoption center where customers may choose from a set of available pets. This also allows them to incorporate conditional statements and a random generator into their program.

In this lesson, students take lists a bit further and become proficient in looping through their lists to obtain specific values and avoid repetition in their code. They lend a helping hand to the Dinosaur Café by constructing a list of food orders and handing these orders to the hungry dinosaurs.

In this lesson, multiple programming concepts are combined to help a lost astronaut find their way home to Earth. Students learn about combining multiple programming concepts to create a cohesive program. Primarily, they learn how loops and conditional statements work together to find a chosen value from a set of options.

In this lesson, students complete the first part of their final project which serves as a review of all concepts learned throughout the course. They create a two-part pirate ship battle game to help a group of sailors find the treasure island. Part one has students use functions, conditional statements, while loops, user input, and random values to add enemy pirate ships to avoid in the game.

In the final lesson of this interactive course, students finish their two-part treasure island game. This lesson will require students to add islands to their game with one being the treasure island they are trying to find. This project allows students to review essential concepts such as lists, loops, and conditional statements.