ICT
THE BEBRAS INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE 2021 ROUND 1
Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote Informatics and Computational Thinking among students.
At McKinnon, students in 10ICT and 10ISy are entered into this challenge and given the opportunity to practice their problem-solving beforehand with the extensive materials (past challenge questions and solutions) made available by the CSIRO through their Bebras 365 website.
During the 45 minutes students were given to complete the challenge, they were tasked with solving 15 questions of increasing difficulty. Allowed nothing more than their brains, students applied logic to solve puzzles, calculate the fastest route from train station to train station and help beavers cross ditches. Congratulations to all who competed, in particular the following students who achieved a Merit Certificate in the Year 9 and 10 level:
Prarthana AGARWAL
Korben BROUGH
Ryan KAMINSKY
Elliot LOVELL
Atahan OZCAGLI
James WILLIAMS
Maggie ZHOU
Prarthana AGARWAL
Korben BROUGH
Ryan KAMINSKY
Elliot LOVELL
Atahan OZCAGLI
James WILLIAMS
Maggie ZHOU
- Prarthana AGARWAL
- Korben BROUGH
- Ryan KAMINSKY
- Elliot LOVELL
- Atahan OZCAGLI
- James WILLIAMS
- Maggie ZHOU
Student comments:
“I found Bebras itself rather fun ... I particularly enjoyed the "Tree Sudoku" challenge ... because it was challenging.” Atahan Ozcagli
“The Bebras challenge was really difficult but I enjoyed doing it.” Sunny Gollen
“The Bebras Challenge exerts the problem solving skills that are needed for everyday use which made for a very challenging but also enjoyable experience to tackle during ICT!” Esteban Queiros
“A good brain stretcher activity”. Joshua Jo
“I found the Bebras Challenge to be quite challenging. There were quite a lot of questions that I didn't know the answer to, however I enjoyed doing it.” James Williams
“Bebras is a really fun test that is challenging and gets your brain thinking however it is really difficult.” Sai Kovuru
“I thought the Bebras competition was interesting yet quite challenging.” Aimee Plaksin
“The recent Bebras competition has been a tough challenge. Though it has been challenging, the competition has somewhat improved my problem solving skills. Overall it was fun and difficult to complete.” Mohith Tondepu
The second round of this competition runs between Monday 23 August and Sunday 5 September this year. It is free to enter and offers different levels: 7 & 8, 9 & 10, 11 & 12.
Anyone who is interested in competing who is not enrolled in 10ICT or 10ISy can ask Ms Hatch or Mr Russo for more details and how to access the practice materials.
Ms Hatch
Timetabler and ICT Teacher
