ALEX Classroom Resource

  

Creating a Code

  Classroom Resource Information  

Title:

Creating a Code

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ng09.math.algebra.pat.codes/creating-a-code/

Content Source:

PBS
Type: Audio/Video

Overview:

As both Hacker and the CyberSquad go off in search of a giant cyber-slug, the kids realize that Hacker has a listening device that taps into their communications system. The kids decide to devise a secret code so they can send messages back and forth without hackers understanding what they are saying. The code involves numbers, which are associated with pictures, and it's used to send messages explaining where the CyberSquad should travel to find the cyber-slug. This video can be played during a lesson on encryption.

Content Standard(s):
Digital Literacy and Computer Science
DLIT (2018)
Grade: 3
1) Use numbers or letters to represent information in another form.

Examples: Secret codes/encryption, Roman numerals, or abbreviations.

Unpacked Content
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students will:
  • use numbers and letters to represent information in another form.
Teacher Vocabulary:
  • encryption
  • secret codes
Knowledge:
Students know:
  • techniques for understanding how to representing information in another way using numbers or letters.
Skills:
Students are able to:
  • use letters or numbers to represent information in another form.
  • use a secret code to determine information represented in letters and/or numbers.
Understanding:
Students understand that:
  • numbers and/or letters can represent information in another way.
Tags: decrypt, encryption, secret code
License Type: Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/help/terms-of-use/
For full descriptions of license types and a guide to usage, visit :
https://creativecommons.org/licenses
AccessibilityVideo resources: includes closed captioning or subtitles
Comments

PBS Learningmedia is a free resource for educators. Educators can create an account to save resources to their dashboard and assign resources to students.

  This resource provided by:  
Author: Stephanie Carver
Alabama State Department of Education