Codebreaker: How to Solve and Create Cryptograms
Joseph Constantine
Average rating:4.5Number of reviews:(154)
This course, which meets twice weekly over four weeks, will teach you how to solve cryptograms and other word puzzles that involve solving codes and also how to create your own puzzles.
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
We will meet twice a week for four weeks. Here is a breakdown of each week and what we will cover, and how class time will be spent:
Week 1: Introduction & Brief History; Types of Cryptogram Puzzles; And Strategies for Solving such Puzzles
Class A- Brief History; Five Types of Cryptograms; Solving Strategies
Class B-In class Review of Homework (class A); Group Work Solving Puzzles
Week 2: Advanced Strategies for Solving Puzzles; Challenging Puzzles
Class...Homework Offered
Homework assignments will be assigned during the first meeting of each week. They will be due the following class that same week. Assigned homework will involve creating puzzles in addition to solving them.2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Grades Offered
1 file available upon enrollmentPlenty of the following: pencils, erasers, scrap paper, notebooks, and index cards. All puzzles and cheatsheets will be provided by the instructor. Each student will receive a pdf Handbook for Code Breaking. The handbook will summarize the main learning points and will be useful to have as you continue to solve puzzles throughout your life.
Average rating:4.5Number of reviews:(154)
I am a friendly, articulate, professional, college-educated teacher, and artist versed in a variety of disciplines, a "Renaissance Man" at heart. As Ben Franklin was quoted: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest". I'm very patient and...
Group Class
$180
for 10 classes2x per week, 5 weeks
60 min
Completed by 14 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
3-18 learners per class
