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Communication at Sea

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Explores:

Various ways of communicating at sea.  

Activities include:

Morse Code

Semaphore Flags

International Code

Concept Builder:

Code-mmunication is a concept builder that develops an understanding of the links between Morse Code and more modern forms of communication, especially digital and SMS.  This activity was produced by the Maritime Museum's Education Officer.

Links:

Boatswain's Whistle (different signals & their meanings, with audio)

Marine Institute (choose from 24 topics designed for teachers & students)

Maritime Signal Flares (invention)

Maritime Information Gateway (great starting point for researching all things maritime!)

Morse Code (includes a translator - text/code & code/text, with audio)

Navajo Code Talkers of WW2 (audio of the code, timeline, photogallery and dictionary)

Patterns of Communication (a web-based activity for grades 5-6)

Phonetic Alphabet (this code was initially used by the Navy to clarify communications)

Pyrates Code (use the decoder machine to print out a message for a friend to decode)

Semaphore Flags (translate)

Semaphore Flags (alphabet and information)

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