diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index bee48d5a0..24ee9e134 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -56,32 +56,70 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 1,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 1,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
     "  # Your code here\n",
-    "\n",
+    "  # Remove spaces and convert to lowercase\n",
+    "  str1 = word_a.replace(\" \", \"\").lower()    #remove spaces in the string to clean it, will not matter if using a single word string. But this way it will work for phrases too.\n",
+    "  str2 = word_b.replace(\" \", \"\").lower()\n",
+    "  \n",
+    "  # Sort the characters of both strings and compare\n",
+    "  return sorted(str1) == sorted(str2)\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 2,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -97,12 +135,33 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 4,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
-    "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "    # Remove spaces but don't put into lowercase yet\n",
+    "    str1 = word_a.replace(\" \", \"\")\n",
+    "    str2 = word_b.replace(\" \", \"\")\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "    #lower case only if case_sensitive is False\n",
+    "    if is_case_sensitive == False:         \n",
+    "        str1 = str1.lower() \n",
+    "        str2 = str2.lower()\n",
+    "    \n",
+    "    # Sort the characters of both strings and compare\n",
+    "    return sorted(str1) == sorted(str2)\n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
@@ -110,9 +169,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -130,7 +200,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "jmp_model_env",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +214,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.10.17"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,