Python Coding Apprentice Certification Prep

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore the history of computer science and are introduced to the Python language.

Topics covered:

History of Computers Timeline

Python Introduction

Standard alignment:

2-IC-20, 3B-IC-25, 3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-26, 3A-IC-24

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore the history of computer science and are introduced to the Python language.

Topics covered:

Computer Parts & Pieces

Python Variables

Standard alignment:

3B-CS-02, 3B-CS-01, 3A-CS-01, 2-CS-03, 2-CS-02, 3A-CS-02

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore what makes up an input and what makes an output. They practice adding input statments into their code.

Topics covered:

Inputs/Outputs

Standard alignment:

3B-AP-24, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13, 2-AP-11

Learning Outcomes:

Students will participate in a spectrum activity to conceptualize inputs and outputs. They will create artistic representations of inputs and outputs.

Topics covered:

Inputs and Outputs Spectrum

Inputs and Outputs Craft

Standard alignment:

2-CS-02, 2-CS-03

Learning Outcomes:

Students review inputs/outputs and use a creative activity to demonstrate how the inputs and outputs can vary. They learn about the different variable types available in Python.

Topics covered:

Inputs/Outputs

Variable Types

Standard alignment:

3B-CS-02, 2-CS-03, 2-CS-02, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students will analyze how technology affects the way people treat each other. They will learn to create and use variable types in Python.

Topics covered:

Digital Citizenship

Technology Treatment

Variable Types

Standard alignment:

2-NI-05, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-IC-26, 3B-IC-25, 3B-IC-27

Learning Outcomes:

Students discover how the internet works and learn about the different parts that make up a network. They learn how to use numbers in the Python language.

Topics covered:

How the Internet works

Numbers

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-17, 2-NI-04, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn how internet packets work and how data gets transferred across the internet. They learn how to convert between data types in their code.

Topics covered:

Internet Packets

Converting

Standard alignment:

2-NI-04, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn about different internet topologies and the pros and cons of each. They learn how to concatenate strings together in Python.

Topics covered:

Internet Topologies

Python Concatenation

Standard alignment:

3A-NI-04, 3B-NI-03, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore different strategies to safe in a digital environment. They explore options that Python provides in math.

Topics covered:

Digital Safety

Python Math

Standard alignment:

3B-AP-18, 3B-NI-04, 3A-NI-08, 3A-NI-07, 3A-NI-06, 3A-NI-05, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss how technology affects the world around them and how computer innovations affect various aspects of their lives. They learn how the modulus works.

Topics covered:

Computers and Your World

Modulus

Standard alignment:

3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-26, 3B-IC-25, 3A-IC-28, 3B-IC-28, 3A-AP-20, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20

Learning Outcomes:

Students examine how technology affects their mental health and discuss possible boundaries they might want to implement in their lives. They learn more about Python strings.

Topics covered:

Computer Boundaries

Strings

Standard alignment:

2-IC-20, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-11, 3A-IC-24, 3B-IC-26, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn what a digital footprint is and explore how permanent information on the internet really is. They learn about various methods to manipulate strings in Python.

Topics covered:

Digital Footprint

String Methods

Standard alignment:

2-AP-11, 2-IC-20, 3B-IC-26, 3B-IC-25, 3A-IC-24, 2-AP-17, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss different ways that people and computers communicate. They explore further methods available in Python for strings.

Topics covered:

Communication Styles

String Methods Continued

Standard alignment:

3A-IC-26, 2-IC-20, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-11, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore different strategies for effective and creative problem solving. They learn how to check strings for information.

Topics covered:

Problem Solving

Checking Strings

Standard alignment:

3B-NI-04, 3B-AP-18, 3A-NI-08, 3A-NI-07, 3A-NI-06, 3A-NI-05, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-11, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students practice creative problem solving as they work together to make it through an unplugged minefield activity. They learn how to use concatenation for numbers in Python.

Topics covered:

Problem Solving

Concatenating Numbers

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students exercise further problem solving skills as they work together in teams to create skits to perform for the class. They learn more approaches to concatenating with numbers in Python.

Topics covered:

Problem Solving

Concatenating Numbers Continued

Standard alignment:

2-AP-17, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-11, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Student learn some strategies for taking large projects and breaking them down into more manageable tasks. They learn how to create lists in Python

Topics covered:

Break Down Big Projects

Lists

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students practice breaking down a big project (planning a party) into smaller, more manageable tasks. They learn how to add an If statement to their Python code.

Topics covered:

Break Down Big Projects

If Statements

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 3A-NI-05, 3A-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students will build flow charts to visualize different algorithms.

Topics covered:

Flow Charts PowerPoint

Flow Charts Activity

Standard alignment:

2-AP-10, 2-AP-11, 3A-AP-13 , 3A-AP-16 , 3A-AP-17 , 3A-AP-18 , 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11 , 3B-AP-14 , 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22 , 3A-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore the role and effect social media has in their life. They discuss ways to mitigate the effects of social media. They learn how to add conditionals to their Python code.

Topics covered:

Social Media

Python Conditionals

Standard alignment:

2-IC-20, 3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-26, 3B-IC-25, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-11, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students will practice their problem solving tips and tricks as they work through the curveballs that come from planning a family vacation. They will build a simple calculator with Python.

Topics covered:

Family Vacation Planning

Python Project: Simple Calculator

Standard alignment:

2-AP-11, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20

Learning Outcomes:

Students discover different careers in computer science and examine how they feel about various career paths. They learn how to add else if statements to their Python code.

Topics covered:

Careers in Computing

Python Else If Statements

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-17, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students dive further into different careers and contemlate the possibilities of their own life paths. They learn to add for loops into their Python code.

Topics covered:

Careers in Computing

Python For Loops

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-12, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20, 3B-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students analyze how technology advances affect the world around them, from job opportunities to social structures.

Topics covered:

Technology Shifts

Standard alignment:

2-AP-16, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students analyze the role of machine learning and artificial intelligence in modern society. They debate the ethics of striving for true AI. They learn to add an if statement into their for loops in Python.

Topics covered:

Artificial Intelligence

If Statement in a For Loop

Standard alignment:

3B-AP-08, 3B-AP-16, 3B-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-12, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20

Learning Outcomes:

Students will practice creating a machine learning program.

Topics covered:

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-IC-20, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore the binary numbering system and create messages using binary.

Topics covered:

Binary

Standard alignment:

3A-DA-09, 2-DA-07, 2-NI-06

Learning Outcomes:

Students will explore how to gather information from a population through market research. They will learn to use Google Forms to conduct their own market research.

Topics covered:

Market Research Demonstration

Google Forms

Do Your Own Market Research

Standard alignment:

2-DA-08, 2-AP-15, 2-IC-22

Learning Outcomes:

Students will analyze different approaches to storing data and ways to optimize memory space.

Topics covered:

Data Storage Presentation

Standard alignment:

2-DA-07, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore different methods of communication through an unplugged activity. They learn how to access items within a list in Python.

Topics covered:

Communication Styles

Accessing Items in a List

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20

Learning Outcomes:

Students discuss different strategies for using social media in a healthy, constructive way. They learn to use integers that are inside a list in Python.

Topics covered:

Social Media

Using Integers from a list.

Standard alignment:

3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-25, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-IC-24, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-19

Learning Outcomes:

Students examine how to make technology accessible to people of all ability levels. They learn to add items to a list in Python.

Topics covered:

Digital Accessibility

Adding to Lists

Standard alignment:

2-IC-21, 2-IC-20, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-11, 2-CS-01, 3A-IC-25, 3A-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-10, 3A-AP-18, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students debate on the ethics of creating self driving cars. They learn how to remove from lists in Python.

Topics covered:

Ethics

Removing from Lists

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-CS-01, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-20, 2-IC-21

Learning Outcomes:

Students examine issues that happen in access technology and the Digital Divide. They learn further concepts about Python lists.

Topics covered:

Digital Equity

Lists Continued

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-21, 3A-IC-25, 2-CS-01, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-21, 2-IC-20, 3B-IC-27, 3B-IC-26, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn the basics of troubleshooting various computer problems. They learn how to add while loops to their Python code.

Topics covered:

Troubleshooting

Python While Loops

Standard alignment:

3A-CS-03, 3A-AP-14, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-CS-03, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 3B-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students practice troubleshooting techniques in different posed scenarios. They learn to add functions to their Python code.

Topics covered:

Troubleshooting

Python Functions

Standard alignment:

3B-AP-12, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-CS-03, 2-CS-03, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 3A-AP-15

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn some strategies for debugging their code faster and with less frustration. They learn to add parameters to their Python functions.

Topics covered:

Debugging

Python Function Parameters

Standard alignment:

2-CS-03, 3B-AP-12, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-15, 3A-CS-03, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore how binary code works and how different characters are represented using only 0's and 1's. They learn to add multiple paramters in their Python functions.

Topics covered:

Binary

Multiple Parameters in Python Functions

Standard alignment:

3A-DA-09, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-15, 2-DA-07, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students will practice decoding an encrypted message through the pig pen cipher approach. They will practice Python conditionals challenges.

Topics covered:

Pig Pen Cipher Activity

Python Conditionals Challenges

Standard alignment:

2-DA-07, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-NI-06

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore different ways that data is organized into specific structures in programming. They learn how to access random in their Python code.

Topics covered:

Data Structures

Python Random

Standard alignment:

3B-AP-14, 3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3A-DA-10, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 2-DA-07, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17

Learning Outcomes:

Students will discover what kinds of personal data they generate every day and assess how they feel about big companies using that data.

Topics covered:

Unseen Market Research Presentation

Python For Loops Challenges

Standard alignment:

2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-IC-23

Learning Outcomes:

Students form teams and make a plan for a collaborative team project. Instructions and expectations are given for each team member and the project.

Topics covered:

Team Project

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-14, 3A-AP-15, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-17, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-22, 3A-IC-27, 3B-AP-20, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-15, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-18

Learning Outcomes:

Teams get to know each other and discover how to leveredge their strengths through an unplugged challenge. They have time to collaborate on their project.

Topics covered:

Team Project

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-22, 3A-IC-27, 3B-AP-17, 3B-AP-20, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-18, 3A-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Teams have this time to really dive into building out their code project. They work together to solve their problems, bugs, or questions.

Topics covered:

Team Project

Standard alignment:

3A-AP-13, 3A-AP-16, 3A-AP-17, 3A-AP-18, 3B-AP-10, 3B-AP-11, 3B-AP-14, 3B-AP-19, 3B-AP-21, 3B-AP-22, 3A-AP-22, 3A-IC-27, 3B-AP-17, 3B-AP-20, 3B-AP-23, 3A-AP-19, 2-AP-11, 2-AP-13, 2-AP-15, 2-AP-17, 2-AP-18

Learning Outcomes:

Teams have this opportunity to show off their projects they created together in presentations for the class.

Topics covered:

Team Presentations

Standard alignment:

2-AP-18, 3A-AP-23

Learning Outcomes:

Students will review various Python concepts they learned in the course. They will reflect on all the concepts they have learned in the course.

Topics covered:

Concept Review Demonstration

How Much Have You Learned Activity

Standard alignment:

2-AP-11, 2-AP-13

Learning Outcomes:

Students review the course and discuss why learning computer science is important for them now and in the future.

Topics covered:

Reflections

Standard alignment:

3B-IC-25, 2-IC-20