Section outline

    • Micro-Topic 4.1: Values and Data Types
      Goal: Understand that every piece of data (value) in Python has a specific type (e.g. number, text, boolean) and why that matters.

    • Micro-Topic 4.2: Variables and Assignment
      Goal: Learn how to create variables to label and store data, and understand how the assignment operator works.

    • Micro-Topic 4.3: Variable Naming Rules & Keywords
      Goal: Master the rules for naming Python variables and recognize keywords that you cannot use as variable names.

    • Micro-Topic 4.4: Type Conversion (Casting) between Types
      Goal: Learn how to convert values from one data type to another (e.g. string to int, int to float) to perform mixed-type operations without errors.