Bring Python programming to life with World Cup Dream Manager, an interactive, 12-mission coding journey where students build their own football management game from scratch.
Designed around the PRIMM pedagogy, this scheme of work replaces dry syntax drills with an exciting, tactile building experience. Students choose their country, recruit a squad, manage training points, simulate matches, and code a live penalty shootout!
What’s Included:12 progressive missions complete with Instruction Sheets and Interactive Exercise Labs (Starter Code):
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Step 01: Choose Your Dream Country | Input & Output
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Step 02: Choose Women or Men | Selection (if, elif, else)
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Step 03: Build a Country Rating | Arithmetic & Int Conversion
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Step 04: Pick a Starting Squad | Lists, Arrays & .append()
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Step 05: Training Points | Floor Division (//) & Modulo (%)
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Step 06: Play a Friendly Match | Random Simulation (random.randint)
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Step 07: Goal Difference Matters | Accumulators & Tournament Math
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Step 08: Build a Group Table | 2D Lists (Lists of Lists)
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Step 09: Penalty Shootout | For Loops & Iteration
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Step 10: Draw the Dream Stadium | Turtle Graphics & Coordinates
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Step 11: Load Country Data | CSV File Parsing & Data Handling
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Step 12: Build Your World Cup | Full Scenario Integration
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Built for PRIMM: Every step scaffolds student learning through Predict, Run, Investigate, Modify, and Make.
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Built-in Scaffolding: Includes syntax hints, common student errors exposed, and ready-to-use teacher prompts to debug coding logic safely.
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