diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index bd82b6b8b..d706f8a86 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,13 +56,31 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 35,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 35,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
+    "\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
-    "  # Your code here\n",
+    " # convert both words to lowercase\n",
+    " \n",
+    " word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    " word_b = word_b.lower()\n",
+    "\n",
+    " # compare and sort the letters in each word\n",
+    " return sorted(word_a) == sorted(word_b)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -70,22 +88,84 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 8,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 8,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 9,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 9,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 22,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 22,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker(\"dormitory\", \"dirty room\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 36,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "anagram_checker(\"Race\", \"Care\")"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -97,12 +177,30 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 32,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 32,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
+    "\n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "  if not is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "    word_a = word_a.lower()\n",
+    "    word_b = word_b.lower() \n",
+    "\n",
+    "  # Compare the sorted versions of the words\n",
+    "  return sorted(word_a) == sorted(word_b)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
@@ -110,9 +208,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 30,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 30,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -130,7 +239,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "dsi_participant",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +253,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.9.7"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,