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The Caesar Shift Cipher and Pattern Detection

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

The Caesar Shift Cipher and Pattern Detection

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Content Source:

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CipherChallenge.org

Type:

Learning Activity

Overview:

Students will create a Caesar cipher wheel, explore word patterns, and decrypt a message using a Caesar cipher tool.

Content Standard(s):

Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 4

1) Construct a basic system of numbers, letters, or symbols to represent information as a cipher.

Examples: Combine data from multiple sources, sorting multi-level.

Unpacked Content

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students will:

construct a basic system of numbers, letters, or symbols to represent information as a cipher.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Knowledge:

Students know:

a basic system of numbers, letters, or symbols can represent information as a cipher.

Skills:

Students are able to:

construct a basic system of numbers, letters, or symbols to represent information as a cipher.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

a basic system of numbers, letters, or symbols can represent information as a cipher.

Tags:

cipher, decrypt, encrypt, patterns

License Type:

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
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Author:

Aimee Bates