DT Challenge - 7/8 Python - Biology Extension

Learn additional programming concepts like lists and file input/output to further develop your skills and create a more advanced version of the biology classifier.

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

Additional details

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

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

ACTDIP026

Analyse and visualise data using a range of software to create information, and use structured data to model objects or events

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

Technologies & Programming Language​s Python
Keywords Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interactions, Australian Computing Academy, Python, DT Challenge
Organisation

Australian Computing Academy

Copyright

University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0.