Day 2 Station 1
Rail Fence Cipher
Student Directions:
Rail Fence Cipher Video 2
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Use the links below to view the Rail Fence Cipher videos.
Rail Fence Cipher Video 2
- Use the graph paper provided to complete as many of the self-checking cards as you need to for practice. When you understand the cipher and believe you can correctly use it, you may move on to the Crypto-Practice sheet. You and your partner can work together to solve the riddles on the front of the cards and then check your solution with the correct answer located on the back of the card. If you do not get the right answer, see if you can figure out your mistake. If you need to, ask for help! Mrs. Heiniger is nearby to help! To decipher your riddles, use the graph paper provided at your station.
- Use the graph paper to complete the Rail Fence Cipher in the station. The Rail Frence Cipher sheet will offer you a clue to the identity of an object hidden in the room. Once you have deciphered the clue, write the plaintext for your guess about the identity of the secret object. Then you will use graph paper to encipher your guess.
- Complete the Frayer Method sheet in the station by explaining the vocabulary word on it with your partner.
- In your crypto-journal, write 2 positive aspects and 2 negative aspects of the Rail Fence Cipher.
- Put your Crypto-practice form and your Frayer method sheet in the completed papers folder and move to the next station on your station card.
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