Encryption and Network Security Lesson Plans and Other Resources
Computer encryption is based on the science of cryptography, which has been used throughout history. Before the digital age, the biggest users of cryptography were governments, particularly for military purposes. The existence of coded messages has been verified as far back as the Roman Empire. But most forms of cryptography in use these days rely on computers, simply because a human-based code is too easy for a computer to crack.
- The Crypto Tutorial
- PBS Decoding Resources
- Cryptography & Network Security Lesson Plans - scroll down for junior high samples, such as this one, (Home Page)
- Codes and Ciphers Teaching Resources Website - from Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching and Bletchley Park National Codes Centre
- UK Cipher Challenge
- Lesson Plans - from The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University - scroll down for grades 6-12
- Breaking the Code
- Cryptography De-mystified
- Cryptolog - currently blocked by PSD filter
- Math, Codes & Quantum States - a conversation with Simon Singh, author of _The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography_
- How Encryption Works - from How Stuff Works
- Cryptography in High School Mathematics
- Yahoo's Directory for Security and Encryption
- National Cryptologic Museum - from the National Security Agency
- Public Key Cryptography - from Ask Dr. Math
- Review of Crypto, a book by Steven Levy
- Higher Level Outline of Topics