Codebreaker: How to Solve and Create Cryptograms

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.

Joseph Constantine

130 total reviews for this teacher

5 reviews for this class

Completed by 14 learners

60 minutes

per class

Twice per week

over 5 weeks

10-15

year olds

3-12

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

How Outschool Works

Available Times

Pacific Time

Sat Jun 4

Jun 4 - Jul 4 (5 weeks)

Fr, Su
1am - 2am

Outside 6am-10pm in your local time.

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Description

Class Experience

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 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.

  1 file available upon enrollment
Plenty 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.

2 hours per week in class, and an estimated 2 - 4 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Joseph Constantine

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Innovative & Passionate Multi-Subject Teacher

130 total reviews

70 completed classes

About Me

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...