Course Title: Python 2

Curriculum Description: This twenty-lesson module is a continuation of Python 1. Students advance their learning to include functions, events, and basic elements of game design.

Prerequisites: Python 1

Course Content:

This twenty-lesson module is a continuation of Python 1. Python 2 uses the same single-lesson project model as Python 1 to engage and motivate all students as it builds on the core concepts of programming. Topics include: indexing, algorithms, string manipulation, while loops, events, booleans, program design, and game mechanics. Students create a final project at course completion.

Assessment Tools

• Auto graded lessons
• Multiple Choice - Formative Assessments
• Project work graded by rubric
• Final project

Standards addressed in all lessons:

Each lesson includes components that address these standards.  

Skill Building:

• CSTA 2-AP-11: Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values.

• CSTA 2-AP-13: Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs.

Debugging:

• CSTA 2-AP-17: Systematically test and refine programs using a range of test cases.

Create Projects:

• CSTA 2-AP-15: Seek and incorporate feedback from team members and users to refine a solution that meets user needs.

Student Activities: How is learning demonstrated?

Lessons are based on a differentiated instruction model with multiple exit points:

Skill Build – Learn new concepts to create a project following a step-by-step approach.

Modify – Apply learned concepts to modify and add to the existing project.

Create – Show mastery by building a real-world relevant project on their own or as part of a team.

Lesson 1 - All Mixed Up

Use list indexes to set the stage background and customize a sprite.

Create Project: Generate random band names from lists of words.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

Learning Targets:

• Use a list to store a collection of strings.

• Use a variable to name and store a list.

• Choose the first item in a list using a 0 index.

• Access individual items from a list using the index.

Lesson 2 - Password Generator

Generate unique passwords using user input, indexes and list commands.

Create Project: Create a custom password generating algorithm and create it using code.

Standards:

2-NI-05: Protect  Information

2-AP-10: Flowcharts & Pseudocode

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-13: Decomposition

Learning Targets:

• Access individual items from a list or string using the index.

• Choose the last item in a list or string using a negative index.

• Create an algorithm.

• Understand an algorithm.

Lesson 3 - Play Again

Use a while loop, click event, and for loop to create a game that increases the difficulty with every level.

Create Project: Make a game or animation program that repeats until the user breaks the loop.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

Learning Targets

• Use while loops to iterate an indeterminate number of times.

• Identify and change the condition of a while loop.

• Prevent an infinite loop error.

Lesson 4 - Word Solve

Use nested loops, membership operators, lists, and indexes to create a game that lets users guess a word letter by letter.

Create Project: Use string methods to create a string manipulation program; i.e. leet or sTiCkYcApS.

Standards:

2-DA-08: Data Visualization

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

Learning Targets:

• Use the math operator * to duplicate a string a specified number of times.

• Find the position of a value in a list using .index()

• Use the membership operator in to test if specific values are in a list.

• Use while loops to iterate an indeterminate number of times.

• Identify and change the condition of a while loop.

• Prevent an infinite loop error.

• Use break and continue statements in loops.

Lesson 5 - Changing Scenes

Set the scenes of a story by using functions and calling them at the right times.

Create Project: Use functions to show information on countries around the world.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Create and name a  function and add commands.

• Follow the rules and naming conventions for functions.

• Understand that code within a function does not run until the function is called.

• Understand that whitespace / indentation defines what is inside of a function.

   

Lesson 6 - Dance Moves

Choreograph a dance routine by calling functions in order.

Create Project: Apply actions to functions to simulate athletes playing a sport.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Create and name a  function and add commands.

• Follow the rules and naming conventions for functions.

• Understand that code within a function does not run until the function is called.

• Understand that whitespace / indentation defines what is inside of a function.

• Use functions to shorten their programs and avoid repetition.

Lesson 7 - Dance Off

Control a dance routine by using key events to perform dance moves.

Create Project: Make an Etch-a-Sketch toy controlled by key events.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Create an event and event handler.

• Identify the signal that runs an event.

• Add commands to events

• Assign a specific key to signal an event

• Trigger events using keys on the keyboard

Lesson 8 - Math Machine

Allow users to choose a math operation and supply numbers to the program to calculate the results.

Create Project: Code a custom choose-your-own adventure.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Use the Python pass keyword to define an empty function without syntax errors.
• Use basic math operators to add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Store the results of a mathematical formula in a variable.
• Use conditionals to call functions.
• Use the math operator modulo % to calculate remainders.

Lesson 9 - Refactoring 1

Review various types of loops and functions and how they can be used to make programs more readable and efficient.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Understand the meaning and usefulness of refactoring.

• Use different types of loops to eliminate repetitive code.

• Use functions to make programs more efficient and readable.
• Use functions and loops together to create code that is concise and easy to edit.
• Evaluate and edit another programmer's code.

Lesson 10 - Party Invitation

Fill out party invitations by calling functions with parameters.

Create Project: Make an e-card for any occasion.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Define a function with parameters.

• Call a function with parameter values.
• Call a function with parameters more than once, using different parameter values each time.

Lesson 11 - Around the Solar System

Calculate weights on different planets using functions with return statements.

Create Project: Convert between two sets of measurements using functions and returns.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Define a function with a parameter and return.

• Use a return statement to pass a value from a function back to the main program.

• Use a return variable to store the return value from a function call.

• Use math operations inside a function to return a numeric result.

• Use variable displays and to display and update variable values.

Lesson 12 - Secret Code

Translate words into coded Pig Latin using a function with a return statement.

Create Project: Design and create an encryption program.

Standards:

2-NI-06: Encryption

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Define a function with a parameter and return.

• Use a return variable to store the return value from a function call.

• Use a return variable to store the return value from a function call
• Use list() to cast a string to a list
• Access individual items from a list using the index
• Use a loop to concatenate a list of string values into one string

Lesson 13 - Stick Figures

Draw stick figures using a function, then animate the stick figures using another function.

Create Project: Design an animated logo.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Define a function with a parameter and return.
• Use a list to store a collection of sprites.
• Call a function with parameters more than once, using different parameter values each time.
• Pass the return value of one function into another function as the parameter.
• Assign actions to all sprites stored in a list using a loop.

Lesson 14 - Leap Year

Calculate if a year is a leap year or not using logical operators and Boolean values.

Create Project: Build playlists using lists and boolean expressions to choose the correct playlist.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Use and identify the Boolean data type.
• Output variables and variable data types to the console.
• Combine logical statements with logical operators.
• Use the math operator modulo % to calculate remainders.

Lesson 15 - Refactoring 2

Review various types of loops and functions and how they can be used to make programs more readable and efficient.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Understand the meaning and usefulness of refactoring.
• Use different types of loops to eliminate repetitive code.

• Use functions and loops together to create code that is concise and easy to edit.

• Use functions with parameters and returns to make programs more efficient and readable.
• Evaluate and edit another programmer's code.

Lesson 16 - Astronaut Rescue

Build a game using collision events to detect objects to avoid or collect.

Create Project: Design a maze game that ends when the user hits an obstacle or the goal.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Define a sprite as hazard or goal.

• Use if statements to define actions after a collision.

• Use an event handler to assign an event to a particular sprite.

Lesson 17 - Save the Moon!

Build a game with a global variable to keep track of the score.

Create Project: Design a falling object game with scoring.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Use the global keyword to change the scope of a variable.

• Use stage physics and an interval event to establish a goal object.

• Change timing for an interval event. 

• Add value to a variable to keep score.

Lesson 18 - Wizard Duel

Build a game where a wizard duels an evil wizard by calling multiple functions and passing return values through multiple functions.

Create Project: Design a new spell for the dueling wizards.

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Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Call functions from within other functions.
• Pass information through multiple functions using parameters.
• Return information through multiple functions using returns.
• Evaluate and edit another programmer's code.

Lesson 19 - Concept Review

Practice the coding skills and concepts learned in the previous lessons by completing a series of puzzles and activities.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• All prior learning targets.

Lesson 20a - Final: Brick Breaker

Practice making a Brick Breaker game before making one's own.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Initialize an empty list.

• Use a list to store a collection of sprites.

• Use nested loops to create an array of sprites on the stage.

• Use an event to make the program interactive.

• Use if statements to define actions after a collision.

• Use conditionals to produce different results depending on different input.

Lesson 20a - Final: YOUR Brick Breaker

Design a Brick Breaker game using concepts covered in previous lessons.

Standards:

2-AP-11: Use Variables

2-AP-12: Control Structures

2-AP-13: Decomposition

2-AP-14: Functions

Learning Targets:

• Initialize an empty list.

• Use a list to store a collection of sprites.

• Use nested loops to create an array of sprites on the stage.

• Use an event to make the program interactive.

• Use if statements to define actions after a collision.

• Use conditionals to produce different results depending on different input.