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Decoding Nazi Secrets
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Related NOVA Resources
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The following resources from the companion Web site accompany this program:
Crack the Ciphers
Cryptanalyst Jim Gillogly offers three World War II-style ciphers of different levels of difficulty for users to try to break. Students can see how people in the contest fared and try the ciphers themselves. (Grades 9-12)
A Simple Cipher (Hot Science)
Learn some of the tricks codebreakers use to solve ciphers, then use your new talents to make sense of what looks like a bunch of gibberish. (Shockwave plug-in required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Send a Coded Message (Hot Science)
Manipulate an online version of an Enigma-like machine to encode your own message, then e-mail that message to a friend with instructions on how to decode it using a secret key. (Shockwave plug-in required.) (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Are Web Transactions Safe?
Secret codes are not just for spies; they protect online credit-card transactions, for instance. Find out why credit-card transactions on the Internet are even safer than they are over the telephone. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
Mind of a Codebreaker
Find out the details of the basic weapons used by codebreakers in this excerpt from the book Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park. (Grades 9-12)
How the Enigma Works
Learn exactly how the Enigma works in this article. (Grades 6-8, 9-12)
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Program Transcript
Complete narration for the TV program.
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