Students closely examine several of Hammurabi's laws and compare them to laws and/or values we use today. They consider how laws are made and enforced and complete several worksheets during their investigations.

In this spelling learning exercise, students use the key to decode 20 spelling words. Students decipher the words and write them on the lines.

Students role-play as soldiers rescuing lost mountain climbers. Working in teams, they interpret maps to locate the climbers and use flashlights to send and receive coded messages about the rescue. Their goal is to complete the task in...

What would Ben do? Jumping off from the pseudonymous letters Ben Franklin fooled his older brother into publishing when he was still a teenager, young literary lovers dive into acting, writing, and addressing a local issue with wit and...

A bit optional. How do computers transmit in the real world? Pupils research a device that is used in transmitting bits, then individuals create a poster that presents the information they have learned about their device. 

Binary graphing ... bit by bit. Pairs work together to develop a protocol in order to send the points of a graph. One partner sends the points and the other receives them and tries to recreate the graph. The pupils use the rubric to...

All you need is a zero and a one. Build pupils' understanding of binary values and number systems to gain familiarity with binary numbers. Using a hands-on activity and technology, scholars learn how the binary system works and its...

A thorough and engaging slideshow presentation discusses all things computer, from artificial intelligence programs to text messaging lingo. Computer science students will get a kick out of the examples for ELIZA, Otto Jesperson's...

Pupils try to solve codes mathematically. The use of a code needs a key. Students try to decipher a code with a mathematical key. This requires focus and higher order thinking skills like analysis.

Young scholars examine and discuss the Morse Code. In small groups they develop messages using Morse code and take turns decipering the messages.

In this ciphers worksheet, students cipher the message given to them with a cipher code. Students complete 1 message total.

Students discover the meaning of a Norse runic message as they study a Vikings unit. In this Norse alphabet instructional activity, students decode a runic message as a part of a study about Vikings. Students earn the letters to decode...

In this finding the mean worksheet, students find the mean of a group of numbers and then crack the letter code according to the answers. Students complete 9 problems.

In this math worksheet, students subtract the fractions using unlike denominators. The answers are used for the coded message at the bottom of the page.

In this math worksheet, students find the solutions to the problems using addition for the mixed numbers. The answers are used to complete the coded message.

Students explore the concept of animal welfare. In this wild animal habitats activity, students discover the work of wild animals in sustaining their habitats as they participate in a classroom simulation. Students discuss how wildlife...

In this addition and subtraction worksheet, students solve for problems to complete the riddle about George Washington.  Students solve 20 two digit problems of addition and subtraction with some regrouping necessary.

In this cell instructional activity, students use the code to find out the other name for a nerve cell. Students write the letter that matches the pictures in the space above each picture.

In this letter and number recognition worksheet, students use a secret code box to help them spell 20 short Ee words.

Students study British dress codes by examining pictures of people in the UK in a variety of situations. They use appropriate vocabulary to describe the situations by leaving messages at message board. They participate in role play...

For this word puzzle worksheet, students use the picture-letter code to decode the hidden Valentine's Day message. The message says, "Be My Valentine."

In this division worksheet, 4th graders solve the 11 division equations and then match each number in the message with the division quotients. Students determine the message.

In this multiplication worksheet, 4th graders solve the 18 multiplication equations and use their answers to determine the code for the secret message.

A bite of bits. The first lesson in a unit of 15 introduces the class to the byte. Pupils learn about other standard units for measuring file sizes, develop an understanding of relative sizes and the kind of units used to measure...