Getting Started

Encoding and Decoding

  1. On a sheet of paper, make up a message to send to a partner. Invent some way of encoding the message, then send the encoded message to your partner.
  2. When you get your partner's encoded message, try to decode it. What strategies are you using to decode the message?
  3. Get together with another pair of students and compare the methods you used to encode your messages. Was anyone able to decode their message? How did they do it?