The project itself is heavily scaffolded, but assumes prior experience with a graphics library, loops, and conditionals. The scaffolding is appropriate for students not able to independently divide a large program into parts, or need the project divided into checkpoints. The assignment includes a program template with function specifications, and in-template notes providing students with basic program structure. The assignment includes two demonstrable, intermediate checkpoints and a grading rubric.

The most re-usable parts of this assignment:

• The concept of a matching game for an engaging way for students to practice 2D arrays and functions.
• That http://game-icons.net/ provides professional-looking CC-BY-SA icons for the game.
• The provided grading rubric may be a useful guide for this type of assignment, even if it is heavily adapted.

Suggestions:

• This is not a good first exposure to any Python graphics library. It is recommended that students have drawn squares and lines and interacted with mouse clicks in some prior lab or assignment.
• Adapt the assignment to whatever graphics library your students have already used in class: it only needs to support drawing squares, showing images and interpreting click-interactions.
• Encourage student choice: let students select their own game colors and icons from http://game-icons.net/ to customize their games.
• You could adapt the assignment to teams or pair-programing.