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I think the .ipynb lesson files are a great addition to the curriculum. I did notice that one concept topic could be added. (Maybe it shows up later?) For example in 06_Variables_and_Functions.ipynb, there is a piece of code

print("Angle for ", sides, " sides is ", angle)

There is a lot going on here: "Angle for " is a string literal that literally prints out what is in the double quotes; 'sides' is a variable so it prints out the value stored in it; and the comma does string concatenation, or gluing strings together. Do these ideas show up in any lesson files?

On the page https://python-apprentice.jointheleague.org/about.html, presenting the Modules and PCEP Alignment (with all that technical jargon) could be very intimidating to a novice programmer. I question why they even need to see this alignment info before starting on their coding journey. (As a way of perhaps putting yourself in their shoes, imagine if you were reading it in Norwegian or Japanese!)

Maybe just have a hyperlink to a separate page with the alignment info. So someone optionally interested in seeing the info could click on it.

This looks like a popular course for ideas we could incorporate.

https://www.udemy.com/course/100-days-of-code/

When I open the codespaces, it loads forever, and doesn't show the modules.

Location: lessons/00_Turtles/08a_More_Turtle_Programs.ipynb

Issue: in the 3 lessons after instructions are to copy the cells into the .py file. The copied cells bring in a lot of non code as well which need to be either commented out or deleted.

Solution: Cut and paste the code portion into a cell just under the other instructions and info.

• In 04_Check_In_Your_Code.ipynb, maybe add a note about how to exit the CodeSpace (besides just letting it time out).
• In 01_Getting_Started.ipynb, I had trouble sliding over the ‘Simple Browser’ tab. Maybe it was operator error on my part? On the top right of that browser window, after I clicked on the icon “split editor right”, it worked.

Location: lessons/00_Turtles/12_Color_Lines.py

Issue: tina.done() at the bottom of the file produces an error.

Solution: replace tina with turtle

In 01_Get_Started.ipynb, there is a cell with the following code:

import datetime
date = datetime.date.today().strftime("%B %d, %Y")
s = F"Hello 👋 World 🌎 ! Today is {date}"
print(s)

To a novice, that would probably look very intimidating. Why not have just the following (which is pretty intuitive even to a novice):

s = “Hello World!”
print(s)

Functions

Issue:
We can make another more improvement in our program; by grouping
the comands to create a shape into a function. Here is an example of a function:

Solution:
Remove "more" / Add an "m" to "commands".

Location:
lessons/00_Turtles/06a_Variables_and_Functions.ipynb

There are a few typos in lessons/00_Turtles/04_Check_In_Your_Code.ipynb where it says "accecss" instead of access.
Also, I think we should add hints to some of the lessons like lessons/00_Turtles/03b_Turtle_Tricks.py to help them. For example, you can give them the code for tina.circle(radius) and how to use it.