● Introduce variables and data types (e.g., integers and floats) ● Teach basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and modulus) ● Walk through how to take user input and display output ● Guide students through building a calculator that takes user input and performs arithmetic operations Project: Build a temperature converter ● Introduce control structures (if/else statements) and operators (comparison) ● Walk through how to take user input and display output ● Guide students through building a program that converts temperature between Fahrenheit and Celsius Project: Build a guessing game ● Introduce loops (while and for loops) ● Walk through how to generate random numbers ● Guide students through building a game where the computer generates a random number and the user has to guess it Intermediate Concepts
Project: Analyze text data
● Introduce file I/O ● Walk through how to read and write files ● Guide students through building a program that reads in a text file and calculates the frequency of each word Project: Build a web scraper ● Introduce web scraping and libraries like Beautiful Soup ● Guide students through building a program that extracts information from a website Project: Build a weather app ● Introduce APIs and how to use them in Python ● Guide students through building a program that retrieves weather information from an API and displays it to the user Advanced Topics
Project: Build a game
● Introduce object-oriented programming (classes and objects) ● Walk through how to create a game loop ● Guide students through building a simple game, such as a platformer or maze game Project: Build a chatbot ● Introduce natural language processing and machine learning ● Walk through how to train a model and integrate it with Python ● Guide students through building a chatbot that can answer user questions or perform tasks Project: Build a web application ● Introduce web development frameworks like Flask or Django ● Walk through how to set up a server and connect to a database ● Guide students through building a simple web application, such as a blog or e- commerce site These projects can be adjusted based on the level of the students and the available time. Additionally, it's important to provide hands-on practice and opportunities for students to apply what they've learned in class.