Python: "Haunted House Mission" (Grades 3-8) 

Students will write a Python game where the user walks into the different rooms of a haunted house. In each room, something spooky will happen. Each student will decide what happens when the user enters a room.  Each room will have a random educational question to solve, and if the user does not give the correct answer they lose and something spooky happens!

Python is easy to understand, even for students with no programming experience. It powers the world’s second-largest search engine: YouTube and Scientists use Python to work with large data sets. Software engineers build networks and artificial intelligence with this versatile language.

Programming languages are similar to spoken languages: students have to learn grammar and vocabulary, and this takes time. The only way to improve is by writing/reading a lot of code, and consistently practicing. As you take more Python classes, you will find certain parts of the language become second nature.

In this camp students will:

• Gain confidence using the Python interface
• Explore coding concepts
• Write your first lines of Python code
• Variables
• Types Lists
• Store and manipulate data to modify its type and appearance
• Present their project during the final session

Preparation: 

Step 1: Download Python 3.9.5 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/

Step 2: Download PyCharm Community here: https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

Prerequisites: None

Important note: our system will send you a link to join the class 30 minutes prior to the start time of the class.

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