Your student will learn how to code with Python, one of the world's most popular coding languages.  The goal of this class is for students to move from beginner to intermediate Python developers. We will work on some projects like a Ceaser cipher, an interactive graph for representing real-world data, a music predictor using machine learning, and a real-time weather application. All the students in the last 3 weeks will work on their own Python project and complete a 5-minute presentation to the class. ***Students should already have a very good understanding of variables, functions, conditional statements, and loops before starting this class. Please, see parental guidance for more information***

Week 1
Review Conditional Statements, Functions, Loops
Python Error Handling 
Python Try/ Except
Python Try/ Except/ Else
Try/Except/ Else/ Finally
Ceaser Cipher Project Introduction
Ceaser Cipher Background
Ceaser Cipher Project

Week 2 

Finish Ceaser Cipher Porject
Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming 
Introduction to Python Classes
Student Enrollment Projectn Mini-Project
Organizing Our Code

Week 3
Introduction to APIs 
APIs and Data Sources
Creating Graphical User Interfaces with Python
Tkinter for Applications
Start Real-Time Weather Application Project

Week 4
Real-Time Weather Application Project
Working with APIs
Testing Applications

Week 5

Working with Lists 
List Comprehensions
Working with Data Part 2
Introduction to NumPy
Introduction to Pandas Library
CSV files and Data Structure

Week 6

Introduction to Matplotlib
Python Pandas Exercises
Python Interactive Graphing Project
What is Data Science?
Introduction to Student Project

Week 7
Lambda Functions
Python Default Functions
*Args and **Kwargs
Introduction to Machine learning 
Planning Code Projects

Week 8

Scikit Learn and Python
Machine Learning Project - Music Prediction
Student Project Presentations

Week 9 
Web apps with Python
Flask Web Apps

Week 10 
Finish Python Web APP
Student Project Presentation

Build Fun Games, Applications, and Projects with Python 

Over the course, students will complete 5 projects with Python. These projects include:

Ceaser Cipher
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Student Enrollment Mini-Project
Interactive Data Science Graph Project
Machine Learning Exam Grade Prediction

Student Project Project Presentation

These projects allow students to apply what they have learned with Python while building fun projects! 

Interactive Groups

Every student is strongly encouraged to post questions, sample code, and their projects every step of the way. This gives students the chance to learn from each other and start practicing reading code.