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In this activity, "write" a secret message in genetic code as beads on a string.

$1 - $5 per student Ages 11 - 18 30 to 45 minutes
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Computers store drawings, photographs, and other pictures using only numbers. Through this activity, learners decode numbers to create pictures using the same process that computers use.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 14 45 to 60 minutes
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In this activity, learners use mirrors to write secret messages to a friend. Use this activity to explore letters, optics, and/or symmetry.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 6 - 11 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners make their own binary code bracelets by translating their initials into 0s and 1s represented by beads of 2 different colors.

1 cent - $1 per student Ages 8 - 18 10 to 30 minutes
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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 online activity, learners crack the special code imprinted on envelopes to help the U.S. Postal Service deliver the mail.

free Ages 8 - 14 5 to 10 minutes
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In this activity, learners work in partners to create and exchange messages written in Braille. Learners use a Braille key and thumbtacks to write their messages in Braille.

free Ages 8 - 14 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