Objectives:         Students use a guide to translate written messages into Morse code and to translate coded messages into written form.

 

• About Morse Code = Introduction to morse code

• Video = Watch the alphabet in morse code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT9zM_-2S6g

• What you're listening for is a combination of dots and dashes (also referred to as dits and dahs). A dit is a short beep, while a dah is a longer beep (three times longer). Every letter is separated by a short pause, and every word is separated by a longer pause (three times longer).

• Morse Code Alphabet. 

• Practice code with taps, claps, dit/dahs, lights, writing

• Activity 1 = students complete worksheet to decipher morse code messages.

• Activity 2 = groups play a game - scavenger hunt around the classroom using morse code clues developed by other groups.

• Activity 3 =  Partner work = students write their own sentence in code and have their partner decipher the message.

• Fun resource = Morse Code music:  http://www.philtulga.com/morse.html

 

Differentiation:   Allow extra time for students.  Mixed groupings to collaborate understandings.  VAK strategies.

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Assessment:  Observations.  Completion of worksheets.