Hi!
In class we've been learning about something called Cipher Wheels. This relates to our topic theme, which is Pirates.
Cipher wheels are something that Pirates used, and still do use sometimes. Pirates are actually still around today, and use Cipher Wheels.
Since we were learning about Cipher Wheels, we got the chance to make our own Cipher Wheels. With our Cipher Wheels, we had to come up with a code. We had to be in pairs, and once we've made our code. We'd get a Crunchie bar each, and hide it. For your Cipher Wheel code, we made the code where to go to find the Crunchie bars.
The actual use of these Cipher Wheels are for using when you need to mail someone something. Like a lock, but a bit more complicated. People/Pirates would make their code, and make the code that. They'd mail away the Cipher wheel with the box and the item inside it. Once the other person would receive the box with the Cipher wheel code, there would also be the code that they had to translate to the real code.
How the Cipher wheel works, is you'd have to choose one letter, and a number (Not J or Q). For example, my number thing was M15. With that number letter thing, you would have to put M and 15 together. Then, with the random numbers for the code, you would find that number and look at the letter above it. Then, you should have the letter of your sentence. Also, normally for people/Pirates that actually use Cipher codes, both each use that secret number letter thing every time. And they don't tell anyone except for each other.
After you'd complete the code, you would put the code that you figured out in. Then, the box would open and you'd get the letter/item inside the box.
The people/Pirates mainly used the Cipher wheels, so no one knew what was inside the box/what the letter said.
Here is my Cipher wheel if you wanna know what it looks like!:
After you'd complete the code, you would put the code that you figured out in. Then, the box would open and you'd get the letter/item inside the box.
The people/Pirates mainly used the Cipher wheels, so no one knew what was inside the box/what the letter said.
Here is my Cipher wheel if you wanna know what it looks like!:
What I found easy: I found it easy to creat the Cipher wheel, because it was fun. And we got to be creative with it.
What I found hard: I found it hard to create the code and figure out how to create one, because I did the code the wrong way 2 times. So it was a bit confusing.
