[Year 12 IT Apps] Rosalind

[Savage, John L]

That looks fantastic Jackson. I'm going to copy the links to Edmodo and set my kids onto it over the break. I'm sure one or two will dig into it straight away.

Laurie

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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Jackson Bates
Sent: Tuesday, 11 December 2012 9:10 AM
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] Rosalind

Hi All,

If you would like a fun challenge over the holidays to help keep your mind sharp and learn a new skill, read on...or if you just want something to tell really bright students about then this may also be for you...

Rosalind is a new platform designed to help people learn about bioinformatics by solving computational problems, for example the first one just gets you to count the occurrences of A, T, G, and C in a 1000 character DNA sequence, but they get trickier and more scientifically useful as you progress.

If you know some programming, you can get started at: http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/

If you know no programming, you should start here: http://rosalind.info/problems/list-view/?location=python-village

This is a lot like Project Euler: http://projecteuler.net ...

...but a lot easier to get started with.

If you have considered Project Euler before, but not wanted to learn the programming aspect, I recommend visiting the Rosalind Python village and then trying Euler again. Rosalind has put together what I think is the best introduction to Python I've seen on the internet. They tell you just enough to get started with Rosalind and Euler without overwhelming you.

Happy holidays!

Jackson Bates
Waverley Christian College

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