Session Code CODR-912-BC-002

Module Basic

Teaching Unit Variables and Datatypes

Learning Outcome Concept of variable, rules of naming a

variable, data types: int, float, String;
Relational Operators;​ writing programs to
apply all the concept

Resources Teacher:
1. Laptop along with audio and video
exchange
2. Notebook and Pen(To note any
development from session)
Student Resources
1. Laptop along with audio and video
exchange
2. Notebook and Pen(To keep note of
important parts in the session)

Duration 50 Mins

Structure Warm-up 2 Mins

Pace-up Activity 5 Mins
Knowledge Transfer 10 Mins
Student Led Activity 20 Mins
Short Quiz 8 Mins
Heads up tip for next class 5 Mins

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 Step Say Perform

Warm up Hi s​ tudent name​, ​how are you? Try to make the

(2 Mins) Are you excited for the class? student speak.
Do you remember the last class? Engage with the
student in
conversation.

Interaction In the last class, we installed Python and coded

(5 Mins) in its IDLE.

We used the print function with escape

characters and also learned mathematical
operators.

Do you remember what the modulus operator

does?
Yes, it is used to find the remainder.

Do you remember what the double forward

slash does?
Yes, it is used to find the quotient.

Today we will learn about variables and Teacher Activity 1:

Datatypes. Repl.it

Teacher shares the screen and open Repl.it and maximize the console portion

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 Knowledge Variables are like containers which can be Give and ask for
Transfer used to store something. examples of
containers in
And that container is actually some part of the their real life.
computer's memory.

Thus, a variable is a unique memory location

Give the analogy
in the computer which holds the value we
of container and
provide it. its content, with
variable and its
Now, if we need the value of a variable for value.
some work, we have to tell the memory
location of the variable.

For that we give a name to the variable. Give the analogy

Example, if I write a=1 of using the same
container to store
Here, a is the ​variable name​ and 1 is the different objects.
value of the variable.

Now, if we want to store something else in the

variable we can very well do it
a=5

The value of the variable is changed to 5,now.

The word ​variable​ in english means which

can change.

Naming variables We can name the variable almost anything we Show different
like. examples.
E.g.
num=45 Prompt the
n3=98 student to
suggest variable
names
It can be a combination of letters and
numbers, but must start with a letter only.

Apart from letters and numbers we can

also have underscore in the variable name.

Apart from underscore we cannot have any

other special character in variable name not
even space

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 E.g.

number_3=890

Ok, those are some simple rules to follow Ask the student
while naming a variable, right? to repeat the
rules.
There is one more very important rule to keep
in mind.

We can’t use keywords as variable names.

Keywords ​are words which have some

special meaning to the computer.

These words are reserved to do some

particular thing only, so using them as
variable names will confuse the computer.

Let’s try to create a variable as: Prompt the

class=9 student to
And let’s print it. answer.

See you will get an error.

Show how python
throws error if we
This is because the word “class” holds special
use class as a
meaning to Python and we can’t use it as a
variable name.
variable.

So class is a keyword.
Data types Ok, now that we know the rules, ​now, let’s Tell them that in
create some variables. other languages,
b=10 and c=2 we first need to
declare a ​
The variables b and c are storing numbers and variable, i.e.
that too integers. telling the
So, the d
​ ata type​ of these variables is i​ nt computer what
kind of data, we
are going to store
in it.

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 Data type o ​ f a variable means the type of data Create different
that it is storing, variables to show
Here, i​ nt ​stands for integers. different data
types.
Let’s see what are the different data types we
can have:
int:​ like you know stands for integer numbers
Remind the kid
Then we have a float that stores the decimal that they have
number. come across the
Do you remember another word for decimal term floating
number?? point in the last
Yes it's a floating point number because of its class.
decimal point.

We can even store text in a variable, Remind the

Just keep in mind that it must be enclosed within student they used
either single or double quotes. single and double
E.g. quotes in the
t=”toppr” print function to
Now, the data type of t is S​ tring display text.

Great, so let’s revise whatever we learnt up till

now.

Ask the student to share their screen, and ask them to click on Student Activity 1

Now, you have to declare some variables. Student Activity 1:

Try solving these activities. Variables

Guide the student

to complete all
activity.

● Ask the student to stop screen sharing

● Share your screen and open repl.it

We will now do some operations on these Teacher Activity 2:

variables. Operations-on-Va
riables
Like you declared some variables, I have also
assigned some variables of my own.

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 Run the repl and
call all the
variable in the
console section

You can clear the

console using this
button on top
right corner:

We can use the print function to display the Show examples

value of the variables too. of the same.

So you can remember this as anything written a=90

within quotes in print function is displayed as it print(“a”)
is and for thing not written within quotes,its a
value is displayed (like variables) print(a)
90

Do you remember all the mathematical Show all the

operators we learnt in last class. operations that
can be done on
Let’s try them on variables of data type the variables.
int and float.

We can store the result of an operation in Show with

another variable also. different
examples how a
Use and show the use of all these operators: + ,- ,* variable can store
,/ ,// ,% results of an
operation.

We can even compare variables with operators Show how to

called Relational operators. compare two
Remember Relational operators tell the relation numbers using
between two things. these operators.
Greater than (>) or Less than(<) symbols are The results will be
used as operators two compare two numbers. True or False.

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 Other relational operators are, Explain each of
● Greater than or equal to: >= them.
● Smaller than or equal to: <=
● Equal to: ==
● Not equal to: !=

Notice the ​double equal to ​symbol​ ​is used to

compare​ if two things are equal.
While a ​single equal to s​ ymbol is used while
assigning value to a variable, ​so it is an
assignment operator.

● Stop sharing screen

● Ask the student to share the screen and click on Student Activity 2

Let’s solve these activities one by one. Student Activity 2:

Operation on
Variables

● Help the student through each activity

● Difference between quotient and result of division is using // and / operator
respectively

● Help the student to stop sharing the screen

Revision We learned so much in today’s class, right? Briefly describe

Let’s recall: each of these
● Variables
● Rules of naming Variables
● Keywords
● Data types: int, float, String
● Mathematical operation on variables of
Data type int and float
● Displaying variable using print function

Headup for next In the next class we will build upon this
class knowledge and will learn about different types
of operators and data types and will start a
project too. Student Activity 3:
Quiz
I am sharing a short quiz for your revision.
Practice whatever we have learned uptil now, in
the IDLE.

BID GOODBYE & END CLASS

Resources:

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 Activity Name Links

Teacher Activity 1 Repl link https://repl.it/@TopprCodr/ZanyMeanKeygens#

main.py

Student Activity 1 Variables https://repl.it/@TopprCodr/Variables

Teacher Activity 2 Operation on variables https://repl.it/@TopprCodr/Operations-on-Varia

bles

Student Activity 2 Operations on https://repl.it/@TopprCodr/Variable-Operation

Variables

Student Activity 3 Quiz https://forms.gle/WDVQw7niYiECnghU6

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