Workbook

How the Workbook works

Inside this workbook, you will find useful information, code snippets, and all the activities that you need to complete in this unit of work. Be sure to complete each activity in the order that they are shown in this book – don’t try and skip ahead until you have successfully completed each activity.

Help

If you are stuck on a problem that you just can’t solve yourself, try these strategies to find an answer:

  • Ask a friend sitting next to you (not on the other side of the room)
  • Research online (Google will quite often have the answer to your problem)
  • Ask your teacher (we're not scary)

Getting organised

Your files must be neatly organised on your computer. Setup the following folder structure inside your Year 7/CompSci folder (you should have this created already):

  • Tutorial Code – each time you watch a video tutorial, you will be required to follow along and make the same program in Python that the teacher makes. Once you have finished watching the video tutorial and writing your code, save it into this folder.

  • Activity Code – throughout this booklet, you will find a range of coding activities that you need to complete on your own. As you finish each activity, save the code into this folder with the specified name.
  • Assessment – any assessment work that you complete must be saved into this folder.
Each week, you will be required to check-in with your teacher to provide an update on how you are progressing. Your teacher will access the work from the above folders and tick off all the items that you have completed.  All work must be saved with appropriate and meaningful file names.

YouTube video tutorial links

The following videos should be watched before attempting to complete the associated activities in this workbook. They will show you how to perform a range of useful functions using Python’s Turtle module and will have you coding your own graphics in no time at all!