PYTHON FUNCTIONS AND PROCEDURES TEACHING PACK

Everything you need to introduce students to functions and procedures in Python.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED

• Editing and running Python code
• Assigning variables
• Print statements

SKILLS COVERED

• Understanding the benefits of using functions and procedures
• Defining simple functions and procedures in Python
• Using return values from functions
• Understanding function arguments/parameters

PACK CONTENTS

• Lesson plan
• Presentation on functions and procedures with Python
• Student worksheet for working with functions and procedures in Python
• Python solutions for programming activities as .py files

CROSS-CURRICULA LINKS

There are some opportunities here for more able students to use functions to practice concepts from Maths such as calculating areas of shapes. Some suggested activities are given in the student worksheet.