Intermediate Python

In the Intermediate Python workshops, students will revisit (and expand upon) all the concepts they’ve seen in the Beginner Python workshops, this time by developing their own visual & interactive games, animations, graphics, and art, using Python’s Turtle library!

Target age range: 9 - 19 years old

Prerequisites: Beginner Python or equivalent experience

Continuation: Java

Concepts Covered:

• Python syntax

• Variables

• Data types (strings, integers, lists, booleans, etc.)

• Conditional statements & Inequalities

• Loops

• Objects (properties, methods)

• Functions

• Simple geometry (shapes, angles, coordinate systems)

• Importing software libraries

• Turtle graphics, animations, & game design

• And more!

Projects You’ll Make:

• Generative art & animations (random art generator, drawing and coloring different shapes, objects, etc.)

• Interactive Turtle game where you control your Turtle through keyboard commands

• Security system game where your program can send out “intruder alerts”, “self-destruct”, and grant the user access to “top-secret info”

• And much more!