{"id":241,"date":"2021-03-17T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T16:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/?p=241"},"modified":"2021-09-29T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:26:17","slug":"bebras-computational-thinking-challenge-for-teaching-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/2021\/03\/17\/bebras-computational-thinking-challenge-for-teaching-problem-solving\/","title":{"rendered":"BEBRAS COMPUTATIONAL THINKING CHALLENGE &#8211; TEACHING PROBLEM SOLVING"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_11-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/challenge.bebras.uk\/index.php?action=welcome\">The Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge<\/a> is a great resource<span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;\"> to develop your learners logical reasoning and pattern spotting skills for computational thinking and problem solving. Not only are those skills useful for computing science and maths, but also cyber security. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem;\">You can have a go at previous years&#8217; challenges (no signup required) or you can register for their annual competition in November. The questions are in the form of engaging puzzles that start off relatively easy &#8211; so every student can have a go and should get something out of the competition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/challenge.bebras.uk\/index.php?action=user_competitions\">Try out previous year&#8217;s challenges here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_1461\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_1461-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>We know lots of schools in Scotland engage with Bebras every year and some have shared their story with us Get in touch with us 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