Crossword puzzle · Coding
Debugging like a pro crossword · Grade 8
Solve a crossword of up to 15 words about debugging like a pro from short definition clues. Builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning.
- Grade 8 · ages 13 to 14
- 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 crossword clues
Directions: Read each clue and write the answer in the grid, one letter in each box.
- Across
- 1 A tool that lets you step through code line by line
- 5 Mistake where a loop runs one time too many or too few (3, 2, 3)
- 9 Run just the next line
- 10 Show a variable's value on screen to see what is happening
- 11 Check that something is true and stop if it is not
- 12 Code broken by a typo, like a missing bracket (6, 5)
- 13 An unusual input at the limits, like an empty list (4, 4)
- Down
- 2 Crash that happens while the program is running (7, 5)
- 3 Your best guess about what causes a bug
- 4 Code runs but gives the wrong answer (5, 5)
- 6 Make the bug happen again on purpose
- 7 Report showing which functions were running when it crashed (5, 5)
- 8 A marker that pauses the program at a chosen line
What your child practices
Your child builds vocabulary, spelling and reading for meaning. The skill is “Debugging”: find and fix errors in a program.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 8, ages 13 to 14
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Coding
- Level
- Hard for Grade 8
- 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 first across clue together so the format is clear. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is one of the harder sheets for Grade 8, 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: Use the letter count after each clue and any crossing letters when a clue gets stuck.
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 8
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