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ACSL Elementary Contest 4

$660.00

Division:  Grades 3-6

Time:  Sept 11 2022- May 14 2023, 10:30-12:00pm PT,  contest 1-4,  32 weeks in total, 1.5 hours / week.

For Final contest, you need to get the invitation from the ACSL officially ( depends on the score the student achieved) , normally 70% -80% of the students can get into final contest.

BayCodingClub Contest Date is as below, please mark your calendar : * Thanks giving no class : Nov 20-26. Christmas no class : Dec 25 and  New Year, Jan 1st 2023. no class.*

Please aware our classes time may or may not adjusted accordingly, Please make sure the first Priority of ACSL test when you register your kids. Otherwise, for the whole team concern, Please do not register. thank you!

CONTEST DATE: 

6-Nov Contest 1. warm up 20mins with the coach, before the competition starts
15-Jan Contest 2. warm up 20mins with the coach, before the competition starts
5-Feb Contest 3. warm up 20mins with the coach, before the competition starts
14-May Contest 4. warm up 20mins with the coach, before the competition starts
Zoom ID and Class instruction will be sent by email.
Please write the student’s name/Grade/students email in the notes when you check out, we will send you information to the email. Be sure to check that email. 

※ I agree that I will complete the ACSL tests independently. I will not consult/copy code from any source including a website, book, or friend/colleague to complete these tests, though I may reference language documentation or use an IDE that has code completion features.
If I was disqualified by the ACSL due to violation of the anti-plagiarism rules, Bay Coding Club shall hold no responsibility.
※ I agree that after signing up, I will keep participating through all the season contests and the Finals, unless due to force majeure where I have communicated the circumstance to Bay Coding Club and taken all appropriate action to mitigate that event. Force majeure will include, but not be limited to, earthquake, typhoon, flood, fire, and war or any other unforeseen and uncontrollable event.
※ As a parent, I agree to the above on behalf of my child when I register for this course.

 

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There is a regular season of FOUR competitions/contests. The Final Test depends on the Contest 1-4 scores.  If your kid was invited by the ACSL ( depends on the 4 contest scores) finals, you need to attend another final contest training classes after Contest 4, it will be a separate payment. 

ACSL official contest schedule 2022-23: 

  • Contest #1: available Oct. 31, 2022; closes Sunday January 15, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST
  • Contest #2: available Dec. 26, 2022; closes Sunday March 5, 2023 @ 11:59pm EST
  • Contest #3: available Jan. 30, 2023; closes Sunday April 9, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT
  • Contest #4: available March 6, 2023; closes Sunday May 14, 2023 @ 11:59pm EDT

Based on the scores during the regular season, top students in all divisions will be invited to participate in an online Finals competition:

  • Invitations E-mailed: May 1, 2023 through May 16, 2023
  • Invitational Finals: Saturday, May 27, 2023 (Memorial Day weekend in the United States)

There is a $25 per-student registration fee to participate in the Finals.

More details are available in the Finals page of ACSL.ORG.

 

  • There will be no class meeting over winter break.

Session 1: Number systems, bases -8 weeks

      • Introduce the concept of bases. Specifically, bases 2, 8, 10, and 16. Practice converting between base 10 and other bases.
      • Practice problems involving converting to/from base 10. Specifically, challenge/contest problems.
      • Learn about math in different bases. Practice this math.
      • Practice problems involving math in different bases/ Specifically, challenge/contest problems. Mix in some problems that involve converting to/from base 10.
      • Learn about grouping bits into different digits (i.e. the motivation behind octal/hex), and the RGB color system.
      • Practice problems involving RGB and bit groupings. Specifically, challenge/contest problems. Test taking strategies.
      • Test taking strategies. Mixed problem review.
      • Full practice tests.

Session 2: Prefix/Infix/Postfix math notation (i.e. representing math in the form). Students need to understand order of operations -8 weeks 

        • Review / debrief the first exam. Discuss the problems, and any challenges people had. Introduce the concept of prefix / postfix / infix notation. How to evaluate. Practice evaluating.
        • More practice evaluating prefix / postfix / infix.
        • Review order of operations. Work on translating between different ways of expressing expressions.
        • Continue to practice translating between different expressions.
        • Practice problems.
        • Full practice tests.

Session 3: Boolean algebra  -8 weeks 

        • Review / debrief the second exam. Discuss the problems, and any challenges people had. Introduce and, or not. Introduce truth tables. Practice making truth tables.
        • More practice with truth tables, and evaluating expressions.
        • Introduce simplifying boolean expressions, and DeMorgan’s law. Practice this.
        • Continue to practice simplifying, and DeMorgan’s law.
        • Practice problems.
        • Full practice tests.

Session 4: Graph theory -8 weeks 

        • Discuss / debrief contest 3. Introduce graphs, complete graphs. Begin to discuss paths, simple paths, and loops. Practice this.
        • Practice problems involving topics learned the previous week
        • Degree, traversability.
        • Practice problems.
        • Full practice tests.

Final Contest :  8 Classes .  From May 15-May 26 , time and date TBD by the Coach and Final contesters. so please leave   May 15-May 26 after school time as open. 

 

 

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