Academics · Grades 6–8

Python 2: Hands-On Projects

Python put to work on ciphers, DNA, music, and games.

Course overview

  • Homework: 60 minutes a week
  • Prerequisite: Python Level 1, or instructor placement.
BeforePython 1: Intro to Programming
AfterPython 3: Algorithms

What you’ll learn

Python, applied everywhere

  • Cryptography: character codes, letter shifts, and the Caesar cipher — encrypting and breaking it
  • Text analysis: word counts, synonym lookups, vowel ratios, full frequency analysis
  • Recursion arrives: factorial, Fibonacci, and strings, written the recursive way
  • Bioinformatics for real: generate DNA strands, process sequences, find short tandem repeats
  • Build a chatbot; compose music in code; draw with Turtle graphics
  • Classes and objects — your first object-oriented programs
  • Game logic — bowling scores, 2D snowflake grids, guess-the-number — and a presented final project

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