Free Python in Pieces Lesson

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Explore text outputs and print statements with Lesson 1 from Python in Pieces; a coding platform designed to transitions your students from block-based coding to Python with guided lessons, open-ended activities and the ability to translate block-code to Python in both directions.

In this lesson students will learn:

What a 'string' is in Python
The use of the print block to print strings and numbers
How to add strings and how to multiply a string by a number
How to format text with line-breaks

At each stage of the lesson, students will learn discreet skills and in the final stage students will be introduced to the design elements of Python in Pieces, where they can learn some simple ways to control the elements on the screen.

The step-by-step lesson is designed to take 45 minutes, depending on the students abilities. There's no need to sign-up or register, simply click the "start your free coding lesson" button to begin.

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Python in Pieces is an interactive coding environment, designed to build student and teacher confidence in the text-based coding language of Python. With the ability to easily translate from block-code to Python, in BOTH directions, students will quickly become empowered to develop their learning from block-code to the text based language.

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