2025-09-12 –, Ballroom 3
Shock horror! Banana, the beloved science class Python has been released! But how? And more importantly... who did it? The clues are hidden in a collection of spreadsheets, but we’ll need something a little more powerful than VLOOKUP to solve this slippery case.
Using Python in Excel (or Jupyter notebooks if you prefer!) will help us close the book on the tale of the missing snake while sneaking in real-world coding, logic, and data wrangling. Learn about the mystery I’ve crafted and how you can get your own students coding with this (or your own) data adventure!
For new coders jumping into an IDE might seem like a big step, but could the familiar sight of a spreadsheet help learners get on board?
In this session, I’ll share a snake-themed who-dunnit puzzle I created to help learners become confident data detectives. You’ll get a look at the dataset, the step-by-step activity, and the Python concepts it covers. Whether you’re teaching teenagers, professionals, or coding-curious adults, this activity is all about making Python fun, relevant, and just a little bit dramatic.
Take home my data set or get some tips to make up your own so you too can sneak a snake into the sheets for your own class.
Renee Noble spends her time bringing together tech, teaching, and community in as many ways as possible.
As a Cloud Developer Advocate on the Python Advocacy team at Microsoft, she spends her time teaching the community through global events, creating Python learning resources, and local workshops for students and professionals. Renee is also the CEO and Co-Founder or Tech Inclusion, best known for Girls’ Programming Network workshops that run around Australia. On top of this, Renee started her own Business, ConnectEd Code, bringing tech education opportunities to schools
Well known for her work in tech education and the advancement of women, Renee was most recently awarded as Champion of Change 2025 by Women Leading Tech.