Disease Epidemic - Python

Short Course

Technologies

Python

Topics

Programming

Get a taste for programming!

Disease Epidemic - Python

This activity is designed to give students their first experience programming, and has been specially designed for the Hour of Code.

Students will use Python to model a disease outbreak. Can they solve the curious case of the glowing nose?

Students will be introduced to the following concepts:

printing output to the screen
getting input from the user
storing data in variables
integers and strings as different data types
mathematical manipulation of integers
making decisions using if statements

Australian Curriculum v9 Content Descriptions

This course is designed to support your lesson planning. While comprehensive, individual resources may not cover every aspect of a content description. We recommend reviewing each resource to determine how it best fits your teaching objectives.

AC9TDI8P09

What's Next?

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		Module	Progress	Achievement
1.		The curious case of the glowing nose	View Printing a warning View A name for the cat! View Rate of "Green Glow" Spread View Are all the cats glowing? View How many tablets for each cat?

The curious case of the glowing nose

1.	View Printing a warning	Printing a warning You have not made any submissions.
2.	View A name for the cat!	A name for the cat! You have not made any submissions.
3.	View Rate of "Green Glow" Spread	Rate of "Green Glow" Spread You have not made any submissions.
4.	View Are all the cats glowing?	Are all the cats glowing? You have not made any submissions.
5.	View How many tablets for each cat?	How many tablets for each cat? You have not made any submissions.

The curious case of the glowing nose

1.	The curious case of the glowing cat nose
2.	Suggesting a name for the cat
3.	How long until all the cats glow?
4.	Making decisions about cats
5.	Finding a cure!
6.	Summary