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 Languages | 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. |
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