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(depends on complexity of expressions and equations students are asked to create)
Standards: 7.EE.4, 6.EE.2, 6.EE.7
Description: Students change messages into codes using algebra, and then crack the code to find out what the message says. This a very basic introduction of how algebra enables the process of encryption. Students will utilize the concepts of substitution, algebraic expressions, and solving 1-Step, 2-step or multi-step Equations to accomplish this.