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DT Challenge - 5/6 Blockly - Space Invaders

Enlist now to command an alien space fleet to save your home planet from global catastrophe. Build a fleet of drone ships using advanced top-secret technologies, like algorithms, sequence, iteration and branching. On your journey to Earth, meet the Doctor, slingshot around a black hole, land on distant moons and mine for valuable resources. Your mission is to outsmart Earth’s Global Defense System in your quest for precious water.

We are counting on you, Commander! Long live the Zargan Empire.

Watch the mission briefing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tq8UuUpXw

To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.

Additional details

Year band(s)	5-6
Content type	Tools for learning, Student challenges
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Implementation (programming), Computational thinking
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDI6K03 Explain how digital systems represent all data using numbers AC9TDI6P01 Define problems with given or co developed design criteria and by creating user stories AC9TDI6P03 Design a user interface for a digital system AC9TDI6P04 Generate, modify, communicate and evaluate designs AC9TDI6P02 Design algorithms involving multiple alternatives (branching) and iteration AC9TDI6P05 Implement algorithms as visual programs involving control structures, variables and input AC9TDI6P06 Evaluate existing and student solutions against the design criteria and user stories and their broader community impact AC9TDI6P07 Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions AC9TDI6P08 Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to share content online, plan tasks and collaborate on projects, demonstrating agreed behaviours
Technologies & Programming Languages	other programming languages
Keywords	Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Adaptations, Science, Branching, Interaction, Input, Output, Australian Computing Academy, Blockly
Organisation	Australian Computing Academy
Copyright	University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.