Christmas Mystery Box Back to the calendar Christmas Mystery Box Back to Resources The precious map of Santa's journey is safely locked away. Say the magic word and the box will open! Unfortunately, Santa has memory problems! But don't worry the clever elves
Caesar Cipher Skill: Reason abstractly and quantitatively Resources: Caesar Cipher template and worksheet( see below) Activity: As an introduction, you can begin with writing on the board: “Today we will be encoding secret messages” but backwards (similar to Leonardo Da Vinci’s but not mirror backwards). Ask your students to decipher that sentence and
Skill:Place value Resources: Mayan number chart on activity template Activity: This activity explores the Mayan number system which used a combination of base 5 and base 20. We use a base 10 system. Show pupils the Mayan number chart on the activity template and explore how the numbers are represented. Use the questions below
