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<h1><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi all,
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<h3><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:125%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Australia's largest student computational thinking challenge returns March 14-25. Over 22,000 Australian students have participated in Bebras since 2014.</span></h3>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">Details:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dates:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> 14-25 March,
2016 </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Location/cost: online,</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
free</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Register:</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
<a href="http://digitalcareers.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a6e6c17fc5061cd5687c82f0&id=2f92108e6b&e=e6ae4ac27c" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#F6653C; text-decoration:none">www.bebras.edu.au</span></a> (register prior to challenge week)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Suitable for:
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">all students Years 3-12</span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">What is the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bebras is a challenge to promote Computational Thinking among primary and secondary students (years 3-12). The purpose
is to expose students to computer science and logic concepts without the need for prior digital technology/coding knowledge.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">To solve the tasks, students are required to think about logic, digital technologies, discrete structures, computation,
data processing, and algorithmic concepts. Students can work in teams and find solving the problems very rewarding. </span></li></ul>
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<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">What does Bebras look like?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bebras is free for schools and is delivered online and in class within one school hour (45-60 min) </span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teachers choose when their students participate in the challenge (between 14-25 March)</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students from Year 3-12, participate in age categories</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Teachers are supported with webinars prior to the challenge period as well as teaching notes explaining the concepts
behind each of the questions</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">No prior computing/ICT knowledge is required</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bebras is a feeder challenge for other activities such as coding, robotics or engineering clubs</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sample tasks are available:
<a href="http://digitalcareers.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8a6e6c17fc5061cd5687c82f0&id=a0cd02e627&e=e6ae4ac27c">
<span style="color:#F6653C; text-decoration:none">www.bebras.edu.au</span></a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:150%; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Specifically designed certificates of participation will be presented to each student who complete the challenge, these
will include student's names, achievement level and score. </span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; font-weight:normal">Register:
<a href="http://digitalcareers.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8a6e6c17fc5061cd5687c82f0&id=7c9c6d0acf&e=e6ae4ac27c">
<b><span style="color:#F6653C; text-decoration:none">www.bebras.edu.au</span></b></a></span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#6CB23E">Regards,
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