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Cryptography is a great way to get your students immersed in math, problem-solving, critical thinking, and even history and language artswithout them realizing how much they’re learning.
Middle-Grade
afterschool Project
Cryptography & Mathematics
UCHICAGOSTEM EDUCATION
In a Cr yptoClub...Students enjoy working together to apply mathematics to make and break secret codes. The mystery of the subject engages them and the afterschool environment lets them learn at their own pace.
• Encrypting and decrypting • Messages to crack• Cryptography games • Website activities
• Resources for teachers to create activities for their students
Visit CryptoClub.org, a website where students can learn
and apply cryptography in a playful way.
The CryptoClub Project is funded by the National Science Foundation, Grants #0840313 (AISL), #1311977 (ITEST), and #1724481 (AISL).
Contact us:[email protected]
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• Team work• Self confidence• Mathematical thinking• Computational thinking
• A sense of accomplishment as math skills grow
These activities promote:
Program features:
Explore the ‘M’ in STEM in afterschool!
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
Immerse your students in cryptography an exciting hook for learning mathematics.
For more information about the project, visit
CryptoClubProject.uchicago.edu
Summer Teacher Training Workshops too!
The CryptoClub materials teach cryptography as an application of mathematics from the middle-grade curriculum. For more information, see math.uic.edu/cryptoclubproject
CryptoClub.org is a website where students can learn and apply cryptography. It includes tools for encrypting and decrypting, messages to crack, games to enjoy, comics to read, and more. There are also tools for teachers to create activities for their students.
CIPHERHANDBOOK
VERSION 3.1
Janet Beissinger • Bonnie Saunders
University of Illinois at Chicago
The CryptoClub Cipher Handbook is the centerpiece of the CryptoClub curriculum. It is a student reference and workbook that is recommended for use in informal learning environments such as afterschool and enrichment programs. It introduces ciphers in a way that encourages problem solving and reasoning, and provides engaging messages to encrypt, decrypt, and crack. The Cipher Handbook can be used with whole-class instruction or with self-paced work in small groups. 88 pages. $12. Authors: Janet Beissinger and Bonnie Saunders. Available only through the Bookstore of the University of Illinois at Chicago, uicbookstore.org/c-57-crypto-club.aspx
LeaderManual
VERSION 3.1
Janet Beissinger • Bonnie Saunders
University of Illinois at Chicago
The CryptoClub Leader Manual accompanies the CryptoClub Cipher Handbook and helps teachers lead a CryptoClub program. It provides suggestions for teaching, along with an answer key, and discusses connections to middle-grade mathematics. It also describes games and activities that provide students with additional practice in an engaging, informal way. 142 pages. $31. Available only through the Bookstore of the University of Illinois at Chicago, www.uicbookstore.org/c-57-crypto-club.aspx
Primary funding for the CryptoClub Project has been provided by the National Science Foundation
The Cryptoclub: Using Mathematics to Make and Break Secret Codes follows the story of the Cryptokids as they teach themselves about cryptography and mathematics. This book is well-suited for use by independent learners and homeschoolers. In addition to the six ciphers covered in the CryptoClub Cipher Handbook, it includes a chapter on the widely-used RSA cipher. It has additional chapters on modular arithmetic, factorization, and exponents, and describes historical connections to cryptography. 200 pages. $43. Available at the Bookstore of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and other places where books are sold.
Books and Resources
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