This materials were created by open source AI for educational purpouses as to teach a class of introduction to programming. Serving to show the educational power of AI in our lives.

Exercises

1. Variable Declarations (3 questions)

Imagine you’re organizing a list of favorite foods. You want to store the name of your favorite food in a program.
Question: How would you declare a variable to store the name of your favorite food?
You're tracking how many books you've read this year in a reading app.
Question: How would you declare a variable to store the number of books you’ve read?
You’re creating a small program that asks for your age and displays it on the screen.
Question: How would you declare a variable to store your age? What data type would you use?

2. Everyday Events Linking to Variable Types (3 questions)

You’re building a budget app and want to store the exact price of a coffee you buy every day.
Question: What type of variable would you use to store the coffee price, and why?
Imagine you’re designing a game that keeps track of the player’s name, the number of points they score, and whether they have completed a level.
Question: What variable types would you use for the player's name, points scored, and level completion?
You’re working on a program to record whether you have completed a task for the day or not.
Question: What type of variable would you choose to store the completion status, and why?

3. Beginning Programming Logic (4 questions)

You want to write a program that helps you decide if you need an umbrella. The program asks, "Is it raining?"
Question: How would you use an if statement to display "Take an umbrella" if it’s raining?
You’re coding a game where the player needs at least 100 points to reach the next level.
Question: Write a simple logic statement to check if the player has enough points to advance.
A café owner wants to give a discount if a customer buys more than 3 items.
Question: How would you write a condition that checks if a customer should get the discount?
Imagine you’re planning an event and want to invite only people who are at least 18 years old. Write pseudocode to:
- Declare a variable for the person’s age.
- Check if the person’s age is 18 or older.
- Display "You’re invited!" if they meet the age requirement.

Educational Video

The AI tool InVideo AI was used to produce an educational video about the history line of programming.

Presentations

AI can also be used to make custom presentations by prompt instructions. It's the case of GammaApps that produced this simple (10 slides) presentation about Introduction to Programming.

Presentation link: https://gamma.app/docs/Introducao-a-Programacao-hc7pgbgvx24yoe5

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