Printable Loopcards | Topic 4—Computational thinking, problem-solving and programming (45 hours) | IB Computer Science

What are loop cards?

Loop cards are a great game that can be played individually or as a class. They are perfect for review key vocabulary or questions at the end of a topic or when revising for an exam.

Instructions

  1. Cut out the cards from the paper horizontally (but don't cut them in half!) and then shuffle them.
  2. Now start joining each question on the right hand side of the card to the matching answer on the next card.
  3. Carry on until all the cards loop together and you have competed the game!

Hint: Make sure that you set your paper to portrait to print 4 cards per sheet of A4 paper.

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Class
A blueprint or template for creating objects that define the properties and behaviors that those objects will have.
Algorithm
A step-by-step procedure or formula used to solve a problem.
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Set
A collection that is unordered and does not allow duplicates.
Linear search algorithm
A searching algorithm that traverses a list of elements from start to end, comparing each element with the target value until a match is found.
List
A collection that is ordered and allows duplicates. Every element in the list has an index.
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Variable
A named storage location in memory whose value can be changed during program execution.
Time complexity
The amount of time it takes for an algorithm to run, as a function of the size of its input.
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