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Thanks to the Raspberry Pi team for highlighting this one: an online challenge that is designed to fun, aiming to sharpen kids’ computational thinking. It’s organised by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivered in partnership with the University of Oxford.
Involving a series of interactive tasks, the challenge is aimed at students aged 6 to 19. The free-to-enter annual competition, includes a tailored version for students with severe sight impairments.
What does a UK Bebras question look like? Raspberry Pi writes:
“The questions are inspired by classic computing problems but are presented in a fun, age-appropriate way. For instance, a puzzle for 6- to 8-year-olds might involve guiding a hungry tortoise along the most efficient path across a lawn, while 16- to 19-year-olds could be asked to sort members for quiz teams based on who knows who — a challenging problem relating to graph theory.”
You can find out more about the competition online and register a school. Those who register will get access to the UK Bebras back catalogue of questions, allowing schools to create custom quizzes for their. These are designed to be self-marking, and the students’ results can be downloaded to keep track of progress.
Possible uses for the questions include enrichment activities, end-of-term quizzes, lesson starters, or as part of lessons to develop computational thinking skills.
Note that over 400,000 students participated in the Bebras Challenge in 2023.
