This activity mixes some basic programming, little or no prior experience required and a series of questions that lead into a mathematical inquiry. Students explore the popular hailstone problem manually, leading to the desire to work more efficiently and hence the construction of a quick program. After the initial investigation, students launch into their own inquiry relating to Hail Stone numbers.

Two popular word games in one activity. Students use a program to extract letter frequencies from text and uses the data to analyse two of the most popular word games: Scrabble and Wordle. Students develop strategies for the second game and test them using the program: TIgram.