Morse Code by torch light
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Description
sending a morse code message by torch at night across an area
Resources
torches
morse code decipher sheets
pens/pencils
Something to lean on to write
Choose your outcome:
# Lockable boxes containing sweets:
- 1 box per group with a code set
- Sweets
# Send a message
- Give the sending team an encrypted message
- Transmit the message and decode it
- To avoid them guessing words, don't give the decoder sheet until after they've got all the letters
Instructions
Send a message across the area using torch light and morse code.
Team to interpret signal by letter and using another code transfer the letter to a number.
Choose your outcome:
# Lockable Boxes containing Sweets
When 6 letters have been send by morse code and changed into numbers, the team should be able to open the locked box using the number code to win some sweets!
# Send a Message
1. Give each group a cut-out message and a Decoding Sheet
2. Transmit the message from one half of the group to the other
To avoid them guessing letters (and make the activity take a bit longer) separate the Decoding Table from the Decoding Sheet and only give it to them once they've decoded.
Filler:
If a group finishes really early, or you want to carry the activity on - have them compose their own message to send. Or to try having a conversation!
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Badge Links
- Air Activities - Morse code
- Communicator - Code
- Communicator - Message