Code name: adventure.This puzzle “Puzzle solving” redirects here. For the concept in Thomas Kuhn's philosophy of science, see normal science. A puzzle is a problem or enigma that challenges ingenuity. has double the fun. ONE: Crack the code to figure out the surnames of 13 famous explorers. Write them on the dashed dash 1 v. dashed, dash·ing, dash·es v.tr. 1. To break or smash by striking violently. 2. To hurl, knock, or thrust with sudden violence. 3. lines, one letter per line. (We did one for you.) TWO: Two letters in each decoded name are numbered. Write those letters on the appropriate lines below to discover the name of a classic adventure novel. Hint: Two is a clue to the code! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANSWERS Code Name: Adventure To decode (1) To convert coded data back into its original form. Contrast with encode. (2) Same as decrypt. See cryptography. (cryptography) decode - To apply decryption. the names: Move two letters in the alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing, theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness. back for each letter given. At Y and Z, start the alphabet over again. Examples: E is the code for C; Y is the code for A. The names: (Leif) ERIKSSON, (Ib) BATUTA, [Vasco] DA GAMA Ga·ma , Vasco da 1460?-1524. Portuguese explorer and colonial administrator. The first European to sail to India (1497-1498), he opened the rich lands of the East to Portuguese trade and colonization. , (Amerigo) VESPUCCI, (Ferdinand) MAGELLAN, (Sir Martin] FROBISHER, (Henry) HUDSON, (Sir Alexander) MACKENZIE, [William] CLARK, [Meriwether] LEWIS, (Robert) PEARY, (Roald) AMUNDSEN, (Richard E.) BYRD Book title: Around the World in Eighty Boys (by Jules Verne] Bonus activities: (1) Divide explorer names among students [individually or in groups], and have students find out what made each explorer famous. (2) Encourage students to read and report on the Verne book. |
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