Afrimaven Academy - Python Programming Masterclass For High School Kids

What you'll learn

Python Programming Masterclass For High School Kids

Embark on an exciting journey into the world of coding with our Python Programming Masterclass for High School Kids. This course is tailored for beginners and young enthusiasts who are eager to learn Python 3 and dive into the fundamentals of programming. Through engaging hands-on activities and fun projects, students will develop essential coding skills while exploring the creative possibilities of Python.

What You'll Learn:

Understanding the parts of a computer - RAM, CPU, and storage
Writing simple programs in Python
Handling input and output
Using variables to store data
Implementing loops for repetitive tasks
Applying logic and control to change program flow
Creating colorful 2D graphics with Turtle Graphics
Debugging code and generating random numbers
Utilizing functions for code reusability
Building an arcade-style space game

Course Features:

Over 10 hours of engaging video content
Hands-on examples and challenges
Accessible to kids as young as 5th grade
No prior programming experience required
Learn at your own pace

Who Should Take This Course:

This course is perfect for:

High school students interested in programming
Beginners curious about learning Python
Parents seeking educational resources for their kids

Unlock the potential of Python programming and embark on a rewarding learning journey with our Python Programming Masterclass for High School Kids!

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Course Content

1. Why choose this course

2. About Me

3. What Youll Learn

4. Optimizing Your Learning Experience

5. Downloading Python Software

6. Setting Up Our Python Editor - Thonny

7. Getting Familiar with Thonny

1. What is a computer

2. What is software

3. Quick Review of Hardware and Software

4. Hardware and Software Quiz

1. Introduction to Output

2. Example 1- Output with the print() function

3. Example 1 Continued - Adding Notes to Your Program

4. Example 2 - More Escape Characters for Text Formatting

5. Example 3 - Making Your Computer Speak

6. Programming Challenge 1 - Print Your Superheroes

6.1 ProgrammingChallenge1

7. Programming Challenge 1 - Solution

8. Programming Challenge 2 - Upside Down Triangle

8.1 ProgrammingChallenge2

9. Programming Challenge 2 - Solution

10. Programming Challenge 3 - Backslash and Tabs to Make a Rectangle

10.1 ProgrammingChallenge3

11. Programming Challenge 3 - Solution

12. Programming Challenge 4 - A Famous Quote

12.1 ProgrammingChallenge4

13. Programming Challenge 4 - Solution

14. Programming Challenge 5 - Poetic Python - Reciting Poetry

14.1 ProgrammingChallenge5

15. Programming Challenge 5 - Solution

Python Challenges Code

1. Introducing Variables

2. Example 4 - Creating Variables and Using the Debugger

3. Example 5 - Getting Keyboard Input

4. Example 5 Continued - Formatting Output with Variables

5. Example 6 - Replacing words in a sentence with user input

6. Example 7 - Making the Computer Speak our Sentence Built from User Input

7. Programming Challenge 6 - Creating a Simple Word Game

7.1 ProgrammingChallenge6

8. Programming Challenge 6 - Solution

8.1 PythonChallenge6

1. Introduction to Expressions and Operators

2. Hands On Practice with Math Expressions

3. The Modulus Operator

4. Using Operators with Strings

5. Operator Precedence Cheat Sheet

5.1 Expressions and Operators in Python

6. Example 8 - Computing the Area of a Rectangle

7. Example 9 - Computing the Area of a Triangle from User Input

8. Programming Challege 7 - Evaluating Math Expressions

8.1 Programming Challenge 7

9. Programming Challenge 7 - Solution

10. Programming Challenge 8 - Calculating Your Age in Dog Years

10.1 Programming Challenge 8

11. Programming Challenge 8 Solution

Python Challenges Solutions

1. Introduction - What is a List

2. Example 10 - Creating a List Variable

3. Example 11 - Accessing Individual Items in a List

4. Changing Individual Values in a List

5. Example 12 - Getting the Number of Items in a List

6. Example 13 - Adding Items to a List

7. Example 14 - Combining Lists to Make a New List

8. Example 15 - Multiplying a List

9. Example 16 - Remove an Item from a List using a Value

10. Example 17 - Remove an Item from a List by Position

11. Example 18 - Counting How Many Times an Item Appears in A List

12. What is a Tuple

13. Example 19 - Hands On with Tuples

14. Programming Challenge 9 - Heroes and Villains List Challenge

14.1 Programming Challenge 9

15. Programming Challenge 9 - Solution

15.1 Programming Challenge 9 Solution

16. Programming Challenge 10 - Heroes and Villains Tuples

16.1 Programming Challenge 10

17. Programming Challenge 10 - Solution

17.1 Programming Challenge 10 Solution

1. Introducing Turtle Graphics - Pixels and Coordinates

2. Example 20 - Drawing a Red Square with Goto

2.1 grid

3. Setting Your Turtle Speed

4. Programming Challenge 11 - Draw a Green Rectangle

4.1 grid

4.2 Programming Challenge 11

5. Programming Challenge 11 - Solution

5.1 grid

5.2 ProgrammingChallenge11-Solution

6. Example 21 - Forward, Backward, Left, and Right Functions

7. Programming Challenge 12 - Using Forward, Backward, Left, and Right

7.1 Programming Challenge 12

8. Programming Challenge 12 - Solution

8.1 grid

8.2 Programming Challenge 12 Solution

9. Example 22 - Drawing Circles

10. Example 23 - Filling Shapes with Color

11. Example 24 - Drawing Polygons and Irregular Shapes

12. Example 25 - Erasing Turtle Drawings and Setting the Window Background Color

13. Programming Challenge 13 - Draw Your Own Emoji

13.1 Challenge13

14. Programming Challenge 13 Solution - Drawing an Emoji

14.1 Challenge13

15. Programming Challenge 14 - Drawing Challenge

15.1 Challenge14

16. Programming Challenge 14 - Solution

16.1 Challenge14

17. Example 26 - Drawing Text

18. Programming Challenge 15 - Draw Your Name

18.1 Challenge15

19. Programming Challenge 15 - Solution

19.1 Challenge15

20. Example 27 - A Nicer Way to Get Input

21. Programming Challenge 16 - Practice with numinput() and textinput()

21.1 Challenge16

22. Programming Challenge 16 - Solution

22.1 Challenge16-Solution

23. Turtle Graphics Documentation

23.1 Turtle Graphics Documentation

1. Introduction - Booleans

2. Hands On with Comparison Operators

3. Example 28 Making decisions with the if statement

4. Example 28-2 Age Program in Turtle Graphics

5. Hands On - Writing expressions with AND and OR

6. Example 29 - Display Different Messages for Different Age Ranges

7. Example 30 - Park Admission Calculator

7.1 Example30

8. Programming Challenge 17 - Weather Alert

8.1 Programming Challenge 17

9. Programming Challenge 17 - Weather Alert - Solution

9.1 Challenge17

10. Programming Challenge 18 - Mood Graphics

10.1 Programming Challenge 18

11. Programming Challenge 18 - Mood Graphics - Solution

11.1 Challenge18-Solution

12. Example 31 - Enhancing the Weather Alert with Nested If

13. Programming Challenge 19 - Weather Alert 2.0

13.1 Challenge 19 Starter File

13.2 Example31

13.3 Programming Challenge 19

14. Programming Challenge 19 - Solution

14.1 Challenge 19 Solution

1. Introducing Loops

2. Example 32 - Making Python Count

2.1 Example 32

3. Example 33 - Using Input Variables to Control a For Loop

4. Programming Challenge 20 - Counting Practice 1

4.1 Programming Challenge 20

5. Programming Challenge 20 - Solution

5.1 Challenge 20-Solution

6. Programming Challenge 21 - Skip Counting

6.1 Programming Challenge 21

7. Programming Challenge 21 - Solution

7.1 Challenge 21 Solution

8. Programming Challenge 22 - Counting and User Input

8.1 Programming Challenge 22

9. Programming Challenge 22 - Solution

9.1 Challenge 22 Solution

10. Example 34 - The Fruit Loops

11. Programming Challenge 23 - The Color Loop Animation

11.1 Programming Challenge 23

12. Programming Challenge 23 - Solution

12.1 Challenge 23 Solution

13. Example 35 Part 1 - Counting with a While Loop

14. Example 35 Part 2 - More Counting with While Loops

15. Programming Challenge 24 - Skip Count with a While Loop

15.1 Programming Challenge 24

16. Programming Challenge 24 - Skip Count with a While Loop - Solution

16.1 Challenge 24 Solution

17. Example 36 - The Fruit Tuple While Loop

18. Programming Challenge 25 - The Color Loop Using a While Loop

18.1 Programming Challenge 25

19. Programming Challenge 25 - Solution

19.1 Challenge 25

20. Example 37 - Growing 5 Point Star

20.1 Example 37

21. Example 38 - For Loop Color Spiral

21.1 Example 38

22. Example 39 - Looping Fan

22.1 Example 39

23. Example 40 - Rows and Columns of Polka Dots

23.1 Example 40

24. Programming Challenge 26 - Rows and Columns of Squares

24.1 Programming Challenge 26

25. Programming Challenge 26 - Solution

25.1 Challenge 26

1. Introducing Functions - Making Code Reusable

2. Example 41 - Defining and Using Functions

3. Programming Challenge 27 - Write Your Own Greeting Function

3.1 Programming Challenge 27

4. Programming Challenge 27 - Solution

4.1 Challenge 27 Solution

5. Example 42 - Using a Function to Perform a Calculation

6. Challenge 28 - Create a Function to Calculate the Area of a Circle

6.1 Programming Challenge 28

7. Challenge 28 - Solution

7.1 Challenge 28 Solution

8. Example 43 - Variable Visibility (aka Scope)

9. Example 44 - Making One Function that can Draw Different Spirals

9.1 Example 44

10. Challenge 29 - Make a Function to Draw a Star with Turtle Graphics

10.1 Programming Challenge 29

11. Challenge 29 - Solution

11.1 Challenge 29 Solution

1. Introduction to Pseudo Random Numbers

2. Example 45 - Generating Random Numbers

3. Programming Challenge 30 - Write a Program to Generate a Random Number Sequence

3.1 Programming Challenge 30

4. Programming Challenge 30 - Solution

4.1 Challenge 30 Solution

5. Example 46 - Create a Program to Draw a Random Name from a List

6. Example 47 - Drawing Stars in Random Places

6.1 Example 47

7. Programming Challenge 31 - Drawing Stars at Random Locations with Random Colors

7.1 Programming Challenge 31

8. Programming Challenge 31 - Solution

8.1 Challenge 31 Solution

9. Example 48 - Crazy Turtle Scribbles

9.1 Example 48

1. Final Code Along Project

2. Space Game Step 1 - Setting the Window Background

3. Space Game Step 2 - Adding a Ship Graphic

4. Space Game Step 3 - Keyboard Events

5. Space Game Step 4 - Animating the Spaceship

6. Space Game Step 5 - Boundary Checking

7. Space Game Step 6 - Animating a Laser Blaster

8. Space Game Step 7 - Sound Effects

9. Space Game Step 8 - Animating Enemies

10. Space Game Step 9 - Detecting Collisions

11. Space Game Step 10 - Animating the Explosion

12. Space Game Step 11 - Adding a Score Counter

13. Space Game Step 12 - Adding a Game Over Message

Space Game Source Code

1. Continuing Your Programming Journey

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Enrolled5
Lectures56
LanguageEnglish
Duration4 - 8 months
CertificateYes
Pass Percentage70 %

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