Word scramble · Coding
Debugging like a pro word scramble with a secret word · Grade 7
Unscramble 12 words about debugging like a pro using the clues, then use the circled letters to find a bonus secret word. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 7 · ages 12 to 13
- Hard
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Bug Detective.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The scrambled words and clues
Directions: Unscramble the letters to make a word that matches the clue. Write one letter in each box. Then copy the circled letters, in number order, to find the secret word.
- Report showing which functions were running when it crashed
- A tool that lets you step through code line by line
- An unusual input at the limits, like an empty list
- An input with a known correct output
- Show a variable's value on screen to see what is happening
- Crash that happens while the program is running
- Make the bug happen again on purpose
- Code runs but gives the wrong answer
- Code broken by a typo, like a missing bracket
- Check that something is true and stop if it is not
- Your best guess about what causes a bug
- Mistake where a loop runs one time too many or too few
- Secret word
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Debugging”: find and fix errors in a program.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 7, ages 12 to 13
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Coding
- Level
- Hard for Grade 7
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the rules at the top together and try the first step side by side. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 7, best once the basics of the skill are secure.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Say the clue first; knowing the meaning makes unscrambling much easier.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Coding · Grade 7
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