Week 1
Lesson 1
Introduction to Python
Intro to Python and programming, compiling our first program. We will get you programming right in the middle of the very first lesson.
 Week 2
Lesson 2
Digging Deeper
Designing programs, using algorithms to organize your thoughts and create well-defined solutions. Given a problem, we will break it down into steps, then use that to create our programs.
 Week 3
Lesson 3
String Datatype
The String datatype has a lot of functionality built into it. With string functions we can determine the length of a string, look for things within a string, and create substrings.
 Week 4
Lesson 4
If statements
Our first look at a flow control statement, one that allows the program to 'make decisions'. We will look at the If statement, If/Else, Compound If and Nested if. We will see how each form of the If statement is useful for solving problems.
 Week 5
Lesson 5
Random Numbers
Most programming languages provide a way to generate random numbers, which come in handy when writing games or anything modeling things that happen in nature. In this lesson we will see how Python generates random numbers and end up writing a fun number guessing game.
 Week 6
Lesson 6
While loops, Part 1
Another type of flow-control, the while loop allows your program to repeat a chunk of code or action.
 Week 7
Lesson 7
While loops, Part 2
We dig deeper into the power of the while loop as we look at different forms and 'add in' statements that make while loops even more flexible!