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10 seats reserved for students from Sierra Vista, Jeffrey Trail, Solon, Mason Middle School, and others. Teachers can reserve seats for their students by obtaining a free code at sciovirtual.org/teams.
Breakdown
Learn about different forms of encryption such as Caesar Cipher, Vigenère Cipher, Affine Cipher, Baconian Cipher, Hill Cipher, Morse, Xenocrypt, and more. Develop skills on how to encrypt and decrypt codes effeciently. Higher levels of the course are designed as preparation for the Codebusters Science Olympiad event.
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No prior knowledge is required, basic math skills are recommended.
Logistics
This course is meant for high-achieving students looking to perform well in competitions such as Science Olympiad, AMC, Brain Bee, FIRST Robotics, etc. Level 1 is for students brand-new or fairly unfamiliar with the subject. Students will learn the general facts they need to understand and advance in the subject. Level 2 is fast-paced learning for experienced students. This course builds off of already present knowledge to help students prepare for a competitive setting.
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Student to Teacher Ratio
Level 1: 1/12-3/30, Wednesday 7-8 PM ET
Level 1: 1/12-3/30, Wednesday 7-8 PM ET
Level 2: 1/9-3/27, Sunday 10-11 AM ET
Instructors
Gabriele Glusauskas
Biomaterials Researcher @ Case Western Reserve University
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Farhaan Ahmed
Medalled in Codebusters
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William Lee
Bioengineering @ UC Berkeley
Catherine Byrne
Codebusters State Champion
