Intermediate Python - Python Coding for Kids

Working with faculty at Cornell University, UCode developed a curriculum to teach two related disciplines: 1) Computational Thinking and 2) Coding.

Kids need to be able to do both to write good code.

 

This course Python Coding For Kids (2) continues to build coding skills in Python by transitioning students to coding in native Python using a IDE. It also continues developing advanced Computational Thinking skills through solving coding Challenges that are increasingly complex and require higher levels of logic.

 

Core concepts that were introduced in the previous Python For Kids Course are now formalized. These include Functions, Parameters, Lists, Variables, Conditional Statements, Loops, Strings and Operators. Concepts are introduced using worksheets and supported by exercises. These are the same concepts that are taught in our college level Python Fundamentals Course, but here we are introducing them in a age appropriate level. When students meet them again in later course work, they will have a basic understanding and so can progress more quickly.

 

Upon completion of Python Coding For Kids (2), students are eligible to progress to HTML/CSS where they will begin to understand the core technologies of web development in HTML/CSS.