Cryptobabel: Coded Communication
Grades 4-6 75-90 minutes Computational Thinking Math
- Grade levels
- 4-6
- Duration
- 75-90 minutes
- Topics
- Computational Thinking, Math
- Standards
- 2 aligned
Students are presented with a top-secret scenario in which they must intercept a message from a spy.
Resources
Objectives:
- Explore and manipulate a variety of ciphers.
- Apply ciphers to decode and encode messages.
- Analyze a code in order to determine its cipher and craft an encoded reply.
Standards alignment
- Standards for Mathematical Practice
- Standards for Technological Literacy
