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Project Based Python Coding for High School (Level 3)

In this advanced Python course, students tackle project-based lessons covering APIs, data analysis, socket connections, and file systems. Using tkinter for graphical projects, they’ll learn recursion, encryption, and multithreading.
AI Code Academy
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10 live meetings
10 in-class hours
Projects
2-4 hours per week. Projects are not mandatory but we strongly encourage students to complete them.
Assessment
included
Certificate of Completion
1 after class completion

Class Experience

In this advanced 10-day Python programming course, students develop skills necessary for working with APIs, data analysis, socket connections, and file systems through fun and challenging project-based lessons. The tkinter library is taught to allow students to create more complex projects with graphical elements. Students are introduced to the concepts of recursion, encryption, data persistence, server-client connections, and multithreading. Projects completed in this course reinforce object-oriented design principles and demonstrate useful applications for students’ newly acquired Python skills. All students will be asked to apply what they’ve learned to create a final project of their own design which will be presented on the last day of class. There will be some reinforcement quizzes for students to complete after lessons, along with review games that will be played in the final class meetings to ensure students remember material and are prepared to take the next steps in their programming adventures. Upon completion of this course, students are prepared to take Machine Learning in Python with Big Data.

For a week to week program, check out the syllabus.
Learning Goals
In this 10-day Python course, students explore APIs, data analysis, socket connections, and tkinter for graphical projects.
They tackle recursion, encryption, server-client connections, and multithreading, culminating in a final project presentation and preparation for advanced Python studies like Machine Learning with Big Data.
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Syllabus

10 Lessons
over 10 Weeks
Lesson 1:
GUI with Tkinter
 Students learn to use Tkinter to produce more professional and advanced user interfaces for future projects.
Skills learned:
○	Use the tkinter library to create GUI applications with widgets
○	Create a basic text editor program
○	Read and write text files in python 
60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Tic-Tac-Toe
 Students learn to make the game of Tic-Tac-Toe in Tkinter.
Skills learned:
○	Create tk buttons and assign button commands
○	Store and access data from a two dimensional grid represented as nested python lists
○	Use functions and flow controls to handle a turn based-game
○	Apply lambda functions 
○	Understand how to use the destroy() function of tkinter
○	Check win states using compound conditional statements 
60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Cipher App
 Students learn about cryptography and use tkinter to make a simple cipher solver app.
Skills learned:
○	Encrypt and decrypt messages with simple alphabetic ciphers
○	Understand the modulo operator
○	Design a Python class to save the state of widgets in a tkinter application
○	Save data about a Python object as a .json file
○	Read data from a .json file into a Python object to load the saved state of an application 
60 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Directory Manipulation and Recursion
 Students learn to write a python script that organizes all files in a directory into labeled folders, and use recursion to further organize files within folders and subfolders.
Skills learned:
○	Make directories and move files using the os module
○	Use the os module to check if items are files or directories
○	Sort files based on their file type extension
○	Apply recursion to solve problems
○	Understand the termination condition of a recursive program 
60 mins online live lesson

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At AI Code Academy, we specialize in project-based STEM coding, AI, and mathematics programs for young learners. We are one of the few organizations that offer AI and machine learning courses tailored for kids. Our comprehensive curriculum spans from basic computer skills and Scratch coding to more advanced Python, Java, web design, game development, and AI machine learning projects.

Our unique focus is on introducing students to AI early, helping them grasp complex concepts like machine learning, data analysis, and smart devices, while also reinforcing mathematics skills, essential for their success in STEM fields.

With a team of passionate instructors—college students and recent graduates with degrees in Engineering and Computer Science—we provide hands-on, real-world projects that prepare students for future careers in AI, coding, robotics, and mathematics.

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weekly or $249 for 10 classes
1x per week, 10 weeks
60 min

Completed by 62 learners
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Ages: 14-18
4-10 learners per class

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