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18th May

18th May: Code-Making and Code-Breaking

Students of all Post-Primary levels need to have an understanding of statistics and probability. These activities in code-making and code-breaking provide a real life application of many of the aspects of this strand, one which your students will find engaging.

Many thanks to Simon Singh for providing permission to upload worksheets and activities directly to scoilnet on this occasion. These worksheets reference the interactive CD-ROM but can also be easily used with the Black Chamber website linked below.

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Cryptography Resources

https://www.singingbanana.com/teachers/ Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Project / Reference

Dr James Grime's, from the Enigma Project, website with cryptography activites and links.

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Suggestions for use: Bar Charts, Tallies, Frequency Tables, Common Factors, History of Maths, Problem Solving, Probability, Permutations and combinations

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Frequency Analysis for Codebreaking

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33029/32773.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

Student activities and teaching notes for lesson on using simple statistics to break codes

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Strand: 5. Statistics and Probability

Suggestions for use: Bar Charts, Tallies, Frequency Tables, Common Factors, History of Maths, Problem Solving

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Suggestions for use: Bar Charts, Tallies, Frequency Tables, Common Factors, History of Maths, Problem Solving, Probability, Permutations and combinations

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Introduction to Code Breaking

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33030/32774.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

Cryptography Code Making Code Breaking Statistics Probability Problem Solving

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Suggestions for use: Bar Charts, Tallies, Frequency Tables, Common Factors, History of Maths, Problem Solving

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Affine Cipher

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33031/32775.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

An introduction to Polyalphabetic Substitution
Cryptography Code Making Code Breaking Statistics Probability Problem Solving

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Introduction to the Enigma Code

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33033/32777.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Guide/notes / Lesson Plan / Worksheet / Activity

Exploring the Maths behind the WWII Enigma Code used by the German Forces.

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More Code Breaking Activities

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33034/32778.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Worksheet / Activity

Four extra activities for all levels

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Suggestions for use: Problem Solving Probability Statistics

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Suggestions for use: Problem Solving Probability Statistics

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Activites and Resources for Crytography

https://www.scoilnet.ieuploads/resources/33035/32779.doc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type:

Even more activities and resources to explore cryptography

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Caesar Shift Video

https://youtu.be/sMOZf4GN3oc Added: 15 May 2020 Contributor: PDST Resource type: Audio / Video

A description of the Caesar Shift code

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