Python at Terrace
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School adopts Python across Grades 8–10 to meet curriculum milestones, using turtle graphics in Grade 8 for name drawing and functions, Grade 9 mixing App Inventor then Python, and Grade 10 building classes + SQLite projects like bank customer or RPG character creators that save and query data; assessment includes handwritten exams and a rule that any borrowed code must be explainable. Deployment works largely because Python is free and cross‑platform but BYOD causes LibreOffice/Java and asset path headaches, GUI toolkits and pygame install reliably frustrate, so the course favors IDLE only and pragmatic fixes.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:35What is Terrace
- 2:25Evolution
- 4:25Why Python
- 5:30Other problems
- 7:55Turtle Graphics
- 8:30Circle
- 8:50Assignment
- 10:55App Inventor
- 11:40Exam
- 12:35Classes
- 12:55Database
- 13:35Assessment
- 14:35Wizarding
- 15:05Why we took it out
- 16:35My experience
- 17:35Challenges
- 21:05PyCharm
- 21:50Raspberry Pi
- 23:25Big Data
- 25:15Google Forms
- 26:55Nate Low YouTube Channel
- 28:15Course Overview
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