Introduction

Before beginning

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This is a short interactive programming activity where you’ll learn how to create plots using Python, in a real-life programming environment known as a Jupyter notebook. The session should run 60-90 minutes total.

General guidance and tips

  • Take your time and read all the instructions on this page and the following pages - if you skip forward you may miss important information that can help you later
  • You’ll be copying and pasting bits of code into the notebook to see what they do:
    • To copy: highlight the code and press ‘ctrl’ + ‘C’ on your keyboard
    • To paste: use ‘ctrl’ + ‘V’

Running the code

Below is an example code block for you to try. To copy the code, you can either:

  • Highlight it and copy as described above, or
  • Hover over the block and click the 📋 clipboard icon that appears to the right.

Try copying the code block below.

Code 
print("I am a Python code block.")
I am a Python code block.

Once you’ve copied the code, switch to your Jupyter notebook (which you should have open in another tab). Paste the code into a code cell, then run the cell by either:

  • Clicking the ▶️ play button (see image below), or
  • Pressing Shift + Enter on your keyboard.