Python for Beginners

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Learn to code with Python! Perfect for beginners of all ages.

Learn to program in Python! This course is designed for students with no prior experience with text-based programming, and is perfect for beginners of all ages.

Students learn:

  • User Input
  • Branching
  • Iteration
  • Functions
  • Data Representation

Python for Beginners is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies for students in Grades 7 and above.

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This course is free for Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand users.

Module Progress
1.
Module 1: Write your first program!
View Hello, World! View The Hobbit View I repeat View Roses are red
2.
Module 2: Calculations and Turtle!
View Munda Biddi Trail View Bug fix: seconds to hours View Turtle triangle View Bug fix: Radical rhombus
3.
Module 3: Asking questions and making decisions!
4.
Module 4: Decisions with numbers and colourful turtles!
5.
Module 5: More decisions and modifying strings!
6.
Module 6: Loopy loops!
7.
Module 7: Data representation and indexing!
8.
Module 8: Functions, fills, and pizza!
9.
Module 9: More on functions
10.
Module 10: x- and y-coordinates and RGB colour!
1.
Module 1: Write your first program!
1.
View Hello, World!
Hello, World!
2.
View The Hobbit
The Hobbit
3.
View I repeat
I repeat
4.
View Roses are red
Roses are red
2.
Module 2: Calculations and Turtle!
1.
View Munda Biddi Trail
Munda Biddi Trail
2.
View Bug fix: seconds to hours
Bug fix: seconds to hours
3.
View Turtle triangle
Turtle triangle
4.
View Bug fix: Radical rhombus
Bug fix: Radical rhombus
3.
Module 3: Asking questions and making decisions!
4.
Module 4: Decisions with numbers and colourful turtles!
5.
Module 5: More decisions and modifying strings!
6.
Module 6: Loopy loops!
7.
Module 7: Data representation and indexing!
8.
Module 8: Functions, fills, and pizza!
9.
Module 9: More on functions
10.
Module 10: x- and y-coordinates and RGB colour!
1.
Module 1: Write your first program!
1. Introduction
2. Writing your first program
3. Python strings and variables
4. Congratulations!
2.
Module 2: Calculations and Turtle!
1. Module 2
2. Numbers
3. Turtle
4. Congratulations!
3.
Module 3: Asking questions and making decisions!
4.
Module 4: Decisions with numbers and colourful turtles!
5.
Module 5: More decisions and modifying strings!
6.
Module 6: Loopy loops!
7.
Module 7: Data representation and indexing!
8.
Module 8: Functions, fills, and pizza!
9.
Module 9: More on functions
10.
Module 10: x- and y-coordinates and RGB colour!