Code Cracking - Cyber/Data

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RESOURCE OVERVIEW:

This unit of six lessons introduces pupils to the history of computing and, in particular, how computers were used as code-cracking devices in World War II. Pupils learn about Alan Turing and become code crackers themselves. They then create their own movie about code cracking.

PUPIL OBJECTIVES:

• I can collaborate as part of a team, using logic and decomposition to solve code-cracking problems
• I can collaborate as a team to research, create and present a presentation about Alan Turing
• I can create a simple algorithm, in the form of a movie storyboard
• I can create the props, set and scripts for a movie
• I can tinker and use movie-making software and equipment to create a movie about code cracking
• I can present finished work to an audience and evaluate my own and others’ work using specified criteria

TEACHING ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

• Informal teacher assessment of progress during the lessons (for example - deciphered code), and formal, summative assessment of movies produced. Focus on: fact files and presentations, storyboard algorithms, movies and evaluation sheets
• Peer assessment of presentations and completed movies

LESSON TIMING: 6 x 60 min