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Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote Informatics (Computer Science, or Computing) and computational thinking among school students at all ... Skiptomaincontent About Organizingthecontest Tasks Contacts InternationalChallengeonInformaticsandComputationalThinking InsupportofUkraineagainsttheongoingaggressionbyRussia,theInternationalBebrasCommunityhasdecidedtosuspendRussiaandBelarusasmembers.Moredetailsonthiscanbefoundhere. WhatisBebras           WhatisBebras   BebrasisaninternationalinitiativeaimingtopromoteInformatics(ComputerScience,orComputing)andcomputationalthinkingamongschoolstudentsatallages.ParticipantsareusuallysupervisedbyteacherswhomayintegratetheBebraschallengeintheirteachingactivities.Thechallengeisperformedatschoolsusingcomputersormobiledevices.   WhatdoesComputationalThinkinginvolve?   Computationalthinkinginvolvesusingasetofproblem-solvingskillsandtechniquesthatsoftwareengineersusetowriteprogramsandapps.TheBebraschallengepromotesproblemsolvingskillsandInformaticsconceptsincludingtheabilitytobreakdowncomplextasksintosimplercomponents,algorithmdesign,patternrecognition,patterngeneralisationandabstraction.Moreaboutcomputationalthinking.   Dates   ThesecondweekofNovemberisdeclaredasWorld-WideBEBRASweekforsolvingtasks.Somecountriesextendedittotwoweeks.Manycountriesrunall-year-roundBebrasactivitieslikeparticipantsawardingevents,secondroundofthechallenge,summercampus,teacherworkshops,collectingstatisticsandwritingresearchpapers. Readmore...       Tryit! Everyonecandoit.TheBebraschallengesaremadeofasetofshortproblemscalledBebrastasksandaredeliveredonline.Thetasksarefun,engagingandbasedonproblemsthatcomputerscientistsoftenmeetandenjoysolving.Thetaskscanbesolvedwithoutpriorknowledgebutinsteadrequirelogicalthinking.Theaimistosolveasmanyasyoucanintheallottedtime. MoreinformationWhatisaBebrastask.             Participation   Checkifyourcountryisamemberoranobserver:listishere. JoiningtheBebrasinitiativeforacountryconsistsmainlyintwoparts:organisingthenationalchallengeinthecountryandparticipatingtotheInternationalTaskWorkshop.MoreinformationonJoinus.   Resources   PreviousBebrastasksyoucanfindinmanycountries’websitesastheBebrasbrochures. Somepreviouschallengesareavailabletotrywithoutregisteringorloggingin.Itdependsonlanguagedoyouknow.Examples:Finland,Sweden,UK.     Awards   Weemphasiseparticipationbutalsorecognisetopperformingstudents.Allcountriesprovidesdifferenttypesofcertificatesavailabletostudentsineachagegroup,forexample,CertificateofParticipation,CertificationofMerit,CertificateofDistinction,andetc.   Organisedby