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In this Cyberchase activity, learners make decoders to send and receive secret messages. Learners make the device out of two 8-ounce cups and two code strips.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity about encryption, learners cut out a secret decoder badge from a handout and use it to encode messages to each other.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 30 to 45 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own encrypted code to pass along secret messages using a printable cipher wheel.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 8 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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This is a lesson plan for an activity in which learners, playing the role of archeologists, use math concepts about number bases to decipher the Dresden Codex, an ancient Mayan document.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - adult 2 to 4 hours
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Whether it's the genetic code, an ancient language, or patterns of light in a distant galaxy, scientists often have to play the role of decoder.

1 cent - $1 per group Ages 8 - 11 10 to 30 minutes
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In this activity, learners use a soda can to decode a secret message. Learners wrap scytale (pronounced ski-tally) code around a can and challenge friends to see if they can crack the codes.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 10 to 30 minutes