This project could be worked on for three days.
OK – now this may sound a little wacky.
Spy Math: a cryptology project?
Divide your students into teams and have each team devise a mathematically based encryption scheme.
Discuss real-life application of cryptology (MATH!).
Provide some examples at the beginning – from simple to a bit more complex. Something like an algebraic function that will translate letters into numeric code.
Simple example:
In the formula, let any letter be represented by A.
Let each letter have a number (e.g. a = 1, b = 2 and so on)
Simple encryption algorithm: A = A + 1
Give the teams a day or so to devise their algorithm, create a silly message and then the "opposing" teams have to try and break their code!
7-16-16-5 10-5-6-2?
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OK – now this may sound a little wacky.
Spy Math: a cryptology project?
Divide your students into teams and have each team devise a mathematically based encryption scheme.
Discuss real-life application of cryptology (MATH!).
Provide some examples at the beginning – from simple to a bit more complex. Something like an algebraic function that will translate letters into numeric code.
Simple example:
In the formula, let any letter be represented by A.
Let each letter have a number (e.g. a = 1, b = 2 and so on)
Simple encryption algorithm: A = A + 1
Give the teams a day or so to devise their algorithm, create a silly message and then the "opposing" teams have to try and break their code!
7-16-16-5 10-5-6-2?
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