SGCA Year 5 — Mission Cards

🗺️ EXPLORE

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Welcome to Syntax Station

⭐ 80 XP | Beginner

Zone 1: FOR Loop Platform | Pages 5-8

🎯 Objectives

Explore all 5 zones of Syntax Station

Collect 5 discovery tokens

Review Year 3 loop knowledge

Nova: "Welcome to Syntax Station! Here loops become powerful and lists store everything!"

💡 CONCEPT

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Advanced FOR Loops

⭐ 110 XP | Intermediate

Zone 1: FOR Loop Platform | Pages 9-15

💡 Key Concept

range(1, 11) # 1 to 10 range(0, 10, 2) # 0,2,4,6,8 range(10, 0, -1) # 10,9,8...1

🎯 Objectives

Use range(start, stop, step)

Create triangle pattern

Chip: "range(10, 0, -1) counts DOWN! The -1 is the step!"

💡 CONCEPT

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FOR Loop with Accumulator

⭐ 120 XP | Intermediate

Zone 1: FOR Loop Platform | Pages 16-20

💡 Key Concept

total = 0 # Start at 0! for i in range(1, 6): total = total + i print(total) # 15

Nova: "Always initialise the accumulator BEFORE the loop!"

🔮 LOGIC

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Advanced WHILE Loops

⭐ 130 XP | Intermediate

Zone 2: WHILE Loop Platform | Pages 21-28

💡 Key Concept

power = 1 while power < 100: power = power * 2 print(power)

🎯 Objectives

Trace WHILE loop with doubling

Find first number divisible by 7 AND 11

Chip: "WHILE loops are perfect when you don't know how many times to repeat!"

💻 CODING

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break and continue

⭐ 140 XP | Intermediate

Zone 2: WHILE Loop Platform | Pages 29-33

💡 Key Concepts

break # EXIT loop immediately continue # SKIP this iteration

🎯 Objectives

Predict output of break code

Predict output of continue code

Chip: "break = stop completely. continue = skip this one, keep going."

💡 CONCEPT

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Lists — Store Multiple Values

⭐ 130 XP | Intermediate

Zone 3: Variable Vault | Pages 34-42

💡 Key Concept

planets = ["Syntax", "Alley"] print(planets[0]) # Syntax print(planets[-1]) # Alley print(len(planets)) # 2

Chip: "Index starts at 0! planets[0] is first, planets[-1] is last!"

🔮 LOGIC

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List Methods and Slicing

⭐ 140 XP | Intermediate

Zone 3: Variable Vault | Pages 43-50

💡 Key Concepts

data[2:5] # items 2,3,4 data[::-1] # reversed! data[::2] # every other

🎯 Objectives

Use list slicing correctly

Apply sort, reverse, count, index

Chip: "list[2:5] = items at index 2, 3, 4. Stop is NOT included!"

💻 CODING

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Nested Loops

⭐ 160 XP | Advanced

Zone 4: Nested Loop Garden | Pages 51-58

💡 Key Concept

for row in range(3): for col in range(3): print(row, col) # 9 total iterations!

Nova: "Total iterations = outer × inner. 5×5 grid = 25 iterations!"

💻 CODING

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Loops and Lists Together

⭐ 160 XP | Advanced

Zone 5: List City | Pages 59-65

💡 Key Skill

squares = [] for i in range(1, 6): squares.append(i * i) print(squares) # [1,4,9,16,25]

Chip: "Start with empty list [], then append() inside the loop!"

M10

🏆 FINAL QUEST

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FINAL QUEST — Power the Syntax Station!

⭐ 500 XP | Advanced

Academy Core | Pages 70-78

🏆 5-Part Challenge

Part 1: Fix nested loop power grid (100 XP)

Part 2: Use lists to track power (100 XP)

Part 3: Find low-power zones (100 XP)

Part 4: Create pattern generator (100 XP)

Part 5: Write master control loop (100 XP)

Nova: "SYNTAX STATION needs you! Use ALL your loop and list skills!"