Summary
Hacker is sending secret coded messages to spoil Father's Day in Tikiville, and the CyberSquad has to crack the code to stop him. A playful look at how codes use patterns to hide — and reveal — a message.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Cracking Hacker's plan means cracking his code.
- How does a code turn a message into something secret?
- What pattern did the team look for to break Hacker's code?
- Can you invent a simple code of your own?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: code, pattern, decode.
Try it: Make a code that shifts each letter by one and write a short word for a partner to decode.