Coding For Kids: Python and Scratch

✍ Scribed by Mark Bennet

• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

CODING WITH SCRATCH
Note to Parents
Introduction
Welcome to Scratch
How Coding Works
Reasons for Coding
Coding Is Used Nearly Everywhere
Why Scratch?
What Is In This Book?
CHAPTER 1: Meet Scratch 3 – Your Digital Friend
What You Will Learn
Creating A Plan For Your Project
CHAPTER 2: Open The App
Add A Background
CHAPTER 3: Looks and Animation (Part I)
What You Will Learn
Costumes
Backdrops
Size
Show and Hide
Say and Think
CHAPTER 4: Looks and Animation (Part II)
What You Will Learn
Create Some New Looks
Combining Effects
Animating Effects
Layers
Activity – Tell a Story
CHAPTER 5: Practicing with Scratch
What You Will Learn
Tron
Space Invaders
Moon Landing
Solutions
CHAPTER 6: Coding Tips and Tricks
What You Will Learn
CHAPTER 7: Operators Connect Us All (Part I)
What You Will Learn
Operators
What is an Operator Anyway?
Math Operators
CHAPTER 8: Operators Connect Us All (Part II)
What You Will Learn
Conditional Operators
Logical Operators
Word Tricks
Activity
CHAPTER 9: Building Your First Game
What You Will Learn
CHAPTER 10: Let us Play Basketball
What You Will Learn
Conclusion
Glossary
CODING WITH PYTHON
Note to Parents
Introduction
Welcome to Python
Why Learn to Code?
Why Python?
What Is In This Book?
CHAPTER 1: Learning to Program
What You Will Learn
Python Basic (Get to Know Your Environment)
Installing Python (Windows - Mac - Ubuntu)
Once You Have Installed Python
Saving Your Program
Using IDLE (Guide A to Z)
Activity 1: Rock Paper Scissors
Activity 2: Guess!
Activity 3: Choose a Card
Activity 4: Random Number Generators: Mimic a Coin Flip
Activity 5: Coin Flip Game Algorithm
CHAPTER 2: Making Choices and Decisions
What You Will Learn
If-else Statement
Indentation
If-elif Statement
For-In Loops
While Loops
Continue
Break Statement
Input Texts (1)
Input Texts (2)
Pass Statement
Exercise: Traffic Light
Summary
Quiz
Activity 6: There’s A Loop For That!
Activity 7: Loop De Loop, Which Hula Hoop Loop?
Activity 8: Iffy Legs
Activity 9: Password-protected Secret Message
CHAPTER 3: Turtle Graphics
What You Will Learn
Bringing up the Screen
Turtle Setup
Drawing a Rectangle
Circle
Stars
Activity 11: Let’s Draw A Star!
Activity 12: Fortune-teller
Activity 13: Rainbow Turtles!
Activity 14: Circleception
Activity 15: Tooga’s House
CHAPTER 4: Variables in Python
What You Will Learn
Data Types and Variables
Activity 16: Introduce Yourself
Activity 17: To Quote A Quote
Activity 18: These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things
Activity 19: Shapeshifters
Activity 20: Random Factory
CHAPTER 5: Learning Games in Python
What You Will Learn
Activity 21: Rock Paper Scissors
Activity 22: Guessing Game
Activity 23: Drawing Game Boards
Activity 24: If This, Then That
Activity 25: Slicing And Dicing
Activity 26: To Change Or Not To Change
Activity 27: Choose Your Adventure
CHAPTER 6: Working with Python Functions
What You Will Learn
How To Define And Call Function?
Understanding Functions Better
Quiz
Activity 28: Super Function!
Activity 29: Funny Functions
Activity 30: What Time Is It Over There?
Activity 31: Factorial Function
Activity 32: Math Codes
Activity 33: Cupcakecookie
Conclusion
Glossary
Answer Key
Chapter 3: Making Choices and Decisions
Chapter 7: Working with Python Functions
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index