Challenge 2013-08

Curriculum Challenge 2.2

1. Use the turtle to draw a 5 pointed star.
2. Use the turtle to write your name.

Basic Challenges

1. Write a program to count the words in a text file.
2. Write a simple binary number converter between decimal and binary numbers (both ways).
3. Write a simple code that takes an input and converts it to a code (numbers or text).
   The program should also be a able to decode a message.
4. Write a program to draw a backgammon board.
5. Write a program to calculate the sum of all whole numbers between 2 user input values.

Game Challenge

Write a DuckShoot game.

Interface Challenge

Write a fancy Game Opening screen for DuckShoot game – see above.

Maths Challenges

1. Write a Lissajous figures program.
2. Calculate and draw a histogram of the frequency of results for the sum of 5 random numbers between 1 and 100.
   Perhaps  10000 values.

Community Suggestion 1

By Nonki

1. Create a simple command prompt with dir (list directory) command and cd (change directory) command.
2. Draw a picture of color cube which has 216 web safe colors.

Community Suggestion 2

By Jibba Jabba

1. A calculator with some neat features.
   Using either Control Buttons or an Array Table to set out the buttons.
2. A visually appealing stop watch with Start, Stop, Reset, Lap and memory to file.
3. An improved clone of Curriculum 4.1’s See Saw exercise.
   A sample I did MPK879-0