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In EasyCode Pillars, students learn key elements of coding in Python through interactive coding challenges and by building interactive projects and games. In this lesson, students will write functions and call them, focusing on the order in which functions are called.

Teacher-Facing Resources

Type:Activity

Estimated Time:90 minutes

Grades:6-10

Score Type:Manually Graded

Available Language: English

Vocabulary: coding, debugging, for loop, function, programming

Objectives:

Students will write functions.
Students will call functions separate from their definitions.
Students will understand that a function does not run unless it is called.
Student will understand that functions can be called in any order.
Student will understand that code inside a function is indented 4 spaces.

Subjects:

Abstract Classes

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Algorithm Development

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Algorithms

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Basic Techniques

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Class Hierarchy

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Conditional Statements

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Creativity and Innovation

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Data Analysis

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Data Structures and Syntax

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Experimentation

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Functional Decomposition

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Functions

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General / Basic Concepts of

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Iterations such as Nested Loops, Do-While Loops

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Keyboard Use / Input, Output Devices / Proficiency of use

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Libraries (Code)

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Parallel Processing

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Program Execution

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Programming

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Programming / Code Development

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Python

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Subroutines

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Variables

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Visual Block

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Vocabulary

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ISTE

S.4.d	Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.
S.5.a	Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.
S.5.b	Students collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.
S.5.c	Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
S.5.d	Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.

CSTA

2-AP-10	Use flowcharts and/or pseudocode to address complex problems as algorithms. (P4.4, P4.1)
2-AP-11	Create clearly named variables that represent different data types and perform operations on their values. (P5.1, P5.2)
2-AP-12	Design and iteratively develop programs that combine control structures, including nested loops and compound conditionals. (P5.1, P5.2)
2-AP-13	Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation, and review of programs. (P3.2)
2-AP-16	Incorporate existing code, media, and libraries into original programs, and give attribution. (P4.2, P5.2, P7.3)
3A-AP-13	Create prototypes that use algorithms to solve computational problems by leveraging prior student knowledge and personal interests. (P5.2)
3A-AP-17	Decompose problems into smaller components through systematic analysis, using constructs such as procedures, modules, and/or objects. (P3.2)

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