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Welcome to the Python Coding Workshop!

The Curriculum

This Coding Workshop covers the fundamentals of the Python Programming Language, and is ideally taught over 3 Days with 2 Hours of Lessons per day. The topics are as follows:

S/N	Topic	Sub-Topic
1	Intro to Python and IDLE	Using print and input functions
		Accessing IDLE
2	Operations	Basic Arithmetic (+, -, *, /, //, %, **)
		Order and Operations (BODMAS/PEMDAS)
3	Variables & Assignment	Box Analogy
		Assignment Statements (=, +=, -=, *=, /= …)
4	Types	int, float, bool, str, None
		Type Casting
5	Conditionals	if Statement
		else Statement
		elif Statement and Control Flow
6	Loops	for Loop
		while Loop
7	Functions	Defining Functions
		return Statement and lambda Functions
		Functions as Objects (e.g. map, filter, etc.)
8	Arrays / Lists	Storage, Append and Remove
		Indexing (and String Indexing)
9	External Libraries	math Library
		random Library
10	Exceptions and Error Handling	Exceptions
		try, except, else and finally Statements
11	External Systems	Accessing the Command Line
		pip
		PyPI and numpy
		Docs (+ Debugger)

Session Details

Our sessions will take place from 16th to 18th March on Zoom or Teams. The current curriculum plan is as follows:

Day	Date	Duration	Topics Covered
Day 1	16th March	2 Hours	Topics 1 - 4
Day 2	17th March	2 Hours	Topics 5 - 8
Day 3	18th March	2 Hours	Topics 9 - 11

We have yet to trial run this curriculum, so we will require a lot more time to confirm this schedule.

Lesson Plan

Lesson 1

In lesson 1, we will be covering the following topics: 1. Intro to Python and IDLE (Expected Time: 15 minutes) 2. Operations (Expected Time: 15 minutes) 3. Variables and Assignments (Expected Time: 30 minutes) 4. Types (Expected Time: 50 minutes)

Activities in Chapter 1

Lesson 2

1. Conditionals (Expected Time: 25 minutes)
2. Functions (Expected Time: 30 minutes)
3. Loops (Expected Time: 20 minutes)
4. Arrays and Lists (Expected Time: 25 minutes)

Lesson 3

1. Modules and Packages (Expected Time: 30 minutes)
2. Exceptions (Expected Time: 25 minutes)
3. External Systems - Going Forward (Expected Time: 55 minutes)