DT Challenge - 7/8 Javascript - 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) 7-8
Content type Student challenges, Tools for learning
Format Interactive
Core and overarching concepts Implementation (programming), Computational thinking
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)
ACTDIK024

Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data in binary

ACTDIP027

Define and decompose real-world problems taking into account functional requirements and economic, environmental, social, technical and usability constraints

ACTDIP028

Design the user experience of a digital system, generating, evaluating and communicating alternative designs

ACTDIP029

Design algorithms represented diagrammatically and in English, and trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors

ACTDIP030

Implement and modify programs with user interfaces involving branching, iteration and functions in a general-purpose programming language

ACTDIP031

Evaluate how student solutions and existing information systems meet needs, are innovative, and take account of future risks and sustainability

ACTDIP032

Plan and manage projects that create and communicate ideas and information collaboratively online, taking safety and social contexts into account

Technologies & Programming Language​s JavaScript JS
Keywords Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Adaptations, Science, Branching, Interaction, Input, Output, Australian Computing Academy, JavaScript
Organisation

Australian Computing Academy

Copyright

University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.