This document provides information about a Python Fundamentals course for ages 12 and older. The course will introduce students to Python programming through project-based learning. It will focus on teaching coding skills and principles like documenting code, avoiding repetition, and keeping code simple. Students will work towards creating a Snake game using Python. The course is hybrid online/in-person and will take about a month. It costs $150 and requires a computer with Python installed. The instructor's name is Richard Guerra.

1. Python Fundamentals for ages 12
and older
Instructor: Richard Guerra

2. Introduction to Python
• We focus on teaching coding skills and introduce students to different
programming languages appropriate for their age and experience level which we
will start with Python.
• Python has been considered as a beginner level to learn programming
• Python requires patience and practice
• It will be a hybrid of online and Instruction led
• Coding ages approximately 6 to 13 to start with

3. Programming Principles to follow:
• The first principle is document your code in order
for your audience to make python easier to
understand
• Second principle is don’t repeat yourself too much
• Willing to be a life-long learner
• Third principle is keep your python code simple
• This is a project oriented course
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4. Rules
• Be respectful at all times
• Don’t interrupt when your peers or teachers are
speaking
• Diversity and Inclusion are celebrated especially
kids with autism
• Ask any questions you have in mind

5. What to do with students who are ahead or
slow
• First, the students who are ahead can do
some extra credit projects. For example,
make a rock paper scissors game.
• Second, the student can tutor other
peers on their free time if they’re having
issues with a certain project or hw
• If there’s a student who’s having
difficulty they can contact me or their
peers for extra help.
• Additional videos could also be
beneficial to students who are struggling
to understand the course.

6. What are we trying to
accomplish
• We are trying to make sure all students can make snake game using the python
programming language with creativity, insightfulness, excitement, and also be detailed-
oriented
• We also hope students can show their non programming friends to python if they’re willing
to learn coding.
• It will take approximately a month to finish understanding python and making a snake game
• We have a zoom meeting at least once a week but can be flexible for more than one.
• The total price could be $150 for this class
• The prerequisites for the course are a computer, python SDK installed and an IDE(pycharm,
visual studio code, etc) as well as a python for kids digital book

7. Richard Guerra
Instructor
Meet the instructor