Python for high school students
Are you a parent interested in getting your teenager to learn programming, while at the same time understand that your son or daughter doesn’t have any spare time with all their extra-curricular activities and time needed to study school subjects?
I can emphasise with teenagers that moan and groan about getting home after over 8 hours of school time, only then to have to study even more. Time is precious, and needs to be maximised so that they can get good grades at school without being overwhelmed. As parents often want their kids to do other extra-curricular activities, such as sports or languages — when do they have time to learn how to code?
Aligning your school subjects with programming is a great way to reinforce each subjects learning objectives, and at the same time, make the most of the limited time that high school students have available. This article will describe some basic Python programming ideas that can supplement their school subject’s content, to be carried out whilst they are doing their homework. The overall aim is for programming to become a tool that seamlessly integrates into their study time and techniques.
Mathematics
One of the easiest ways to begin using Python is as a technological resource for the subject of Mathematics. Activities can be planned to reinforce topics that…
