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Description: On this project we need to decipher clues in order to find Ms.Trans missing cows. We will use the deciphering code that we found in class in order to decrypt it. Once we have deciphered the clue, then we will send her the answer and she will give us the next clue. This process will continue until we have finished all five clues.
Clues:
Clue #1: Vb. Cajw oxdwm jw xynw pjcn. Bqn rb yjwrltrwp knljdbn qna lxf qjb pxwn vrbbrwp!
Answer: Ms. Tran found an open gate. She is panicking because her cow has gone missing!
Clue #2: Tcwn uckf jg ucy vjg eqy jcpikpi qwv ykvj LJ mkfu kp vjg Ewg Swcf gcvkpi okpv ecpfa.
Answer: Raul said he saw the cow hanging out with JH kids in the Cue Quad eating mint candy.
Clue #3: Tz. Ayhu yljhssz zllpun Tz. Rpun huk Tz. Zhujolg lhapun aol zhtl tpua jhukf.
Answer: Ms. Tran recalls seeing Ms. King and Ms. Sanchez eating the same mint candy.
Clue #4: Awumwvm nwcvl i kivlg ezixxmz eqbp “Kitt um” ezqbbmv vmfb bw i vcujmz: 650806….
Answer: Someone found a candy wrapper with “Call me” written next to a number: 650806….
Clue #5:me cuf swbjs cgwfpmy aa sdeo gx goa fv. So otn zbuqe iz. Pb batkkm aw Rs. Yjpjpke’a uohpkk tw mnv pox nabxtpbk svait.
Answer: The cow loves candies as much as you do. No one stole it. It walked to Ms. Sanchez’s office to get his favorite snack.
Procedure: We used the code that we had written in previous classes to solve the mystery. We would plug the encrypted clue provided by Ms. Tran, and then the code would go through 26 possible keys and print them. We would then look for which one formed a legible sentence, and then we would send that to Ms. Tran. Once we got the next clue, we would repeat the process until the fourth clue was finished. The final clue was slightly different from the rest because the key we got from clue four didn't work if we tried to decipher it using our pre-made function. Clue four hinted that the key was a phone number, so we plugged in four different numbers and found that adding an extra nine to the sequence would display some words. Then we plugged in 2, and it showed the words 'no one', which meant we were on the right track. Then we continued, plugged in seven and eight which ended up deciphering the code as: 'The cow loves candies as much as you do. No one stole it. It walked to Ms. Sanchez’s office to get his favorite snack.'
Soul Reflection:
S - (strength): I think our strength was that we had great teamwork, coordination, and we were very efficient in completing the clues. We were one of the first groups to finish. Although we didn't win the prize, we were barely second.
O - (opportunities): If we realized that the fourth clue said it was a phone number, then we probably would've completed it first.
U - (Understanding): In order to solve the last clue, we needed to know how the loop worked. We also learned how to encrypt and decrypt single digit keys using code that we wrote, and later we also learned decrypt multi digit keys.
L - (Limitations): We were sent the wrong clue at first which delayed our progress by quite a bit. We also didn't write a code that decrypted the last four digits of the phone number which means we had to individually solve every new number.
WISCR:
The two qualities that I think I showed during this project are I - (Insightful and critical thinker) and C - (Clear communicator). We were insightful and critical thinkers because when we ran into a problem, for example, the phone number, we still tried to work our way around it. Also, the code never had any errors, which showed that we were very precise and accurate. We were both clear communicators because we would help each other decipher the code. When the other ran into a problem, we would communicate and try to solve it together as a team.
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