Battleship!
Download the Battleship [PDF] which provides useful guidance and support that explains suggested key steps to solve the task. In this task students practice functions and loops.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Student challenges |
| Format | Web page |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Computational thinking |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8P05
Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI8P06
Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Python |
| Keywords | Computer science, Coding, Programming, Computational Thinking, Python, Programming language |
| Organisation | EngageCSEdu |
| Copyright | John C. Lusth. Creative Commons BY. |
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