🗂️Course Outline
📍 Week 1: Introduction to Python & Setup
Why Python? Real-world use cases
Installing Python & IDEs (Jupyter, VS Code, PyCharm)
Writing first script: print("Hello, Python!")
Variables, data types, and basic I/O
Comments and code readability
📍 Week 2: Control Flow
Conditional statements: if, elif, else
Comparison & logical operators
Nested conditions
Real-life examples (e.g., grade calculator)
📍 Week 3: Loops & Iteration
for and while loops
break, continue, and pass
Looping through strings, lists, dicts
Mini project: Number guessing game 🎮
📍 Week 4: Data Structures – Lists & Tuples
Lists: creating, indexing, slicing, updating
List methods (append, remove, sort, etc.)
Tuples: when and why to use
Unpacking and swapping
📍 Week 5: Data Structures – Dictionaries & Sets
Key-value pairs, dictionary methods
Iterating through dicts
Sets: uniqueness and operations (union, intersection)
Use case: Frequency counter or word cloud builder
📍 Week 6: Functions & Modules
Defining and calling functions
Parameters, return values
Default & keyword arguments
importing standard modules
Creating custom modules
📍 Week 7: Error Handling & File I/O
try, except, finally, raise
File handling: open, read, write, append
Working with .txt and .csv
Case Study: Mini log analyzer
📍 Week 8: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) – Part 1
Classes and objects
Constructors and instance variables
Methods and attributes
__init__() and self
📍 Week 9: OOP – Part 2
Inheritance, polymorphism
Method overriding
Encapsulation and private attributes
Real-life modeling: Employee & Manager classes
📍 Week 10: Python Libraries for Data Handling
math, datetime, random, os
Intro to NumPy: arrays, vectorization
Mini Lab: Random password generator or date calculator
📍 Week 11: Working with Pandas
Series & DataFrames
Reading/writing CSV, Excel
Data cleaning: handling nulls, duplicates
Data summarization (groupby, describe, etc.)
Visualization intro with matplotlib or seaborn
📍 Week 12: Project Week – Real-World Application
Students pick from:
o Budget tracker 💰
o Contact manager 📇
o Mini data analysis project 📊
o Quiz or game 🧠
Week 13: APIs & Web Requests
Using requests, JSON
Call a public API (e.g., weather or cryptocurrency)
Create a simple data-fetcher project
Week 14: Automation & Scripting
Automate boring stuff (e.g., renaming files, sending emails)
schedule, time, and os libraries
Final showcase projects + feedback
🗓️Week 1: Introduction to Python & Setup
🎯 Learning Objectives
By the end of this week, students should be able to:
Understand what Python is and where it's used.
Install Python and set up a development environment.
Write and run a basic Python script.
Use variables and understand basic data types.
Take input and display output.
Write readable code with comments.
🧩 1. Why Python? Real-world Use Cases
Slide Topics:
What is Python? (High-level, interpreted, open-source)
Python’s design philosophy: Simple, readable, elegant
Companies using Python: Google, Netflix, NASA, Instagram, Dropbox
Industries using Python:
o Data Science & AI 🤖
o Web Development 🌐
o Automation 🛠️
o Cybersecurity 🔐
o Finance & FinTech 💸
o Gaming 🎮
Activity:
Discuss in pairs: "Where do you think Python could be used in your career or field of study?"
⚙️2. Installing Python & IDEs
Slide Topics:
Python installation from python.org
Setting environment variables (optional)
IDE options:
o Jupyter Notebook: Best for data science
o VS Code: Lightweight and customizable
o PyCharm: Full-featured IDE for projects
Lab Activity:
Guide students to:
o Install Python
o Install VS Code or Jupyter (via Anaconda or pip)
o Run their first .py file
o Try out the Python interactive shell (python or python3 in terminal)
🐍 3. Writing Your First Script
python
print("Hello, Python!")
Slide Topics:
print() function
How Python executes scripts line-by-line
Saving and running .py files
Exercise:
Ask students to personalize their first script:
print("Hello, I am Younus and I love Python!")
📦 4. Variables, Data Types & Basic I/O
Key Concepts:
Variables: Naming rules, dynamic typing
python
name = "Ali"
age = 22
Data Types: int, float, str, bool
Type conversion: int(), float(), str()
Input/Output:
python
name = input("Enter your name: ")
print("Hello", name)
Lab Activity:
Mini challenge: Ask name and age, then print:
"Hello Ali! You are 22 years old."
💬 5. Comments & Code Readability
Topics:
Why write comments?
Single-line comments: #
Multi-line comments: ''' ''' or """ """
Naming conventions (PEP8): snake_case, meaningful names
Indentation: 4 spaces (not tabs!)
White space and line breaks
Example:
python
# This is a comment
''' This is a
multi-line comment '''
🗓️Week 2: Control Flow in Python
🎯 Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
Understand how decision-making works in programming.
Use if, elif, and else statements.
Apply comparison and logical operators in conditions.
Write nested conditions.
Create small decision-based programs.
🧠 Lesson Structure (60 Minutes)
Part 1: Warm-Up Discussion (5 Minutes)
Prompt:
Ask students:
"Can you think of a situation where you make a decision based on a condition? Like 'If I’m
hungry, I’ll eat.' How do we tell the computer to do this?"
Write a few real-life decision examples on the board and explain how they can be converted into
Python code.
Part 2: Conditional Statements (15 Minutes)
🔹 1. if Statement
python
temperature = 25
if temperature > 20:
print("It's warm outside!")
🔹 2. else Statement
python
temperature = 15
if temperature > 20:
print("It's warm")
else:
print("It's cold")
🔹 3. elif (Else If)
python
temp = 20
if temp > 30:
print("It's hot")
elif temp > 20:
print("It's warm")
else:
print("It's cold")
✅ Explain:
How Python checks conditions top-to-bottom.
Only the first True block runs.
Part 3: Comparison Operators (10 Minutes)
Operator Meaning Example (x = 5, y = 10)
== Equal to x == y → False
!= Not equal to x != y → True
> Greater than x > y → False
< Less than x < y → True
>= Greater or equal x >= 5 → True
<= Less than or equal x <= 5 → True
✅ Mini Practice:
Ask students:
python
x = 10
y = 20
# What will be the result of these?
print(x == y)
print(x < y)
Part 4: Logical Operators (10 Minutes)
Operator Meaning Example
and True if both conditions are true x > 5 and x < 15
or True if at least one is true x < 5 or x < 20
not Inverts the condition not(x > 10)
🔹 Example:
python
age = 25
if age >= 18 and age <= 60:
print("You can apply for the job.")
Part 5: Nested Conditions (10 Minutes)
🔹 Example:
python
age = int(input("Enter your age: "))
if age >= 18:
gender = input("Enter gender (M/F): ")
if gender == "F":
print("Eligible for women’s program.")
else:
print("Eligible for men’s program.")
else:
print("Not eligible.")
✅ Concepts Covered:
Using if inside another if.
Logical flow clarity.
Part 6: Practice Tasks (Hands-On Activity – 10 Minutes)
Give students 2 tasks to complete during class.
📝 Task 1: Grade Calculator
python
# Input: marks
# Output: Grade A/B/C/F
marks = int(input("Enter your marks: "))
# Write logic to print grade based on marks
Grading Logic (can be shown on screen):
A: 80–100
B: 70–79
C: 60–69
F: < 60
📝 Task 2: Number Checker
python
# Check if a number is positive, negative, or zero.
num = int(input("Enter a number: "))
