Cryptobabel: Coded Communication

Duration: 75-90 minutes

Grade Levels: 4-6

Students are presented with a top-secret scenario in which they must intercept a message from a spy.

Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

Grade Levels: 4–6

Duration: 75–90 minutes

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.