Day 1 AM Session Plan

This session introduces the students to Python.

Presentation Slides

Session Introduction

SLIDES 1 - 4
TEACHER LED
  • Start with the course overview on slides 1 & 2 that tells students what they will learn during the course.

    Then lead into the overview of the first day.

    What Are We Doing?

    Computer Overview
    Languages and Editors
    Using Variables and Commenting
    Project: Working with Variables

Computers and Programming

SLIDES 5 - 17
TEACHER LED


    Students will learn:

    The parts of a computer
    What programming is
    Where to write code
    Good programming practices

First Python Project

SLIDES 18 - 19
SELF-PACED
  • Students will:

    Create a new file and save it as learningVariables.py

    In the file create two new variables, one being a String and the other being an Integer.

    Print them out to the console in a full sentence.

    Write comments to explain what their code does.