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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the Greek alphabet and analyze the inscription on the Athens 2004 Olympic medals. They decipher and read the names of the Greek letters online, decipher the medal inscription, and write a two-line epinician verse transcribed into Greek. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the Rosetta Stone and asked to consider the difficulties of translating ancient texts. They write a message in hieroglyphics and translate each other's work. They evaluate their translations. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study a decade in history through its slang. They analyze a slang dictionary from the 1920's and read a primary source letter making use of the slang. They decipher the language and compare and contrast 1920's language with that of 1880's. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore codes, decode secret messages, and create codes of their own to use with their friends. They examine the use of gestures, letters, symbols and numbers in codes. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine a series of rules for deciphering a code. They create their own secret message using a code after watching video. They access a web site to practice their decoding skills. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students review ancient Egyptian civilization and its contributions to present day cultures. They access the importance of the Rosetta Stone's contribution to deciphering hieroglyphs. Students realize how to read and write in hieroglyphs. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students explore how to do modular math and use it to decipher enrypted messages. They are shown an easy way to calculate what time it will be in x number of hours is to divide x by the number of hours on the face of the clock (the mod), take the remainder, and count that far on the clock. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students become skillful readers by assessing phonemic awareness and deciphering the words and syllables that follow challenging sounds. This lesson emphasizes the correspondence dealing with the i=/i/ in written and spoken words. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students decipher a cyryptograph about Carl Sagan and then design their own word puzzle. Once they have solved the puzzle, they research other notable science figures and create a cryptograph of an important quote from their subject. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students work to decipher a cryptograph. They are introduced to cryptography and its rules for solving word puzzles. After completing a cryptograph related to the space exploration of John Glenn, individual students or student pairs research a space explorer and create a cryptogram based on a quote from their chosen explorer. Full Review »
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