The Mystery of the Pirate's Treasure (16 page)

Periodic Table Code:

Reverse Alphabet Code:

Alphanumeric Code (2):

Hieroglyphics Code:

Chapter 1

Caesar's cipher:

I wonder if there's a pirate code?

Hidden Word Search Puzzle:

WHO WANTS TO VISIT THE CARMEL MISSION

WHERE PIRATES SEARCHED FOR TREASURE?

Chapter 2

Morse code:
DJ, ME

Backward code:
Monday

Orienteering code:

ca=camp, po=pond, st=stream, br=bridge, ro=road, ga=gate, be=bench, tr=trail, Au=gold, Ag=silver
Direction code:
Go northwest, 10 steps, turn right, make a U-turn, go left 90 degrees
.

Chapter 3

Orienteering symbol code:

1. Find your TENT and set up. 2. Gather at the beginning of the TRAIL. 3. As you walk, watch for hidden messages near each BENCH. 4. Gather at the GATE. 5. Keep an eye out for DANGER!

Chapter 4

Trail signs code:
Right; do not go this way; left; straight ahead; do not go this way; right; left
.

Trail riddle:
Pop Goes the Weasel

Chapter 5

Morse code:

1. Hi there!

2. Stop!

3. To cheat
.

4. Pirate flag. – (Jolly Roger actually means “pretty red,” and features a skull and crossbones.)

5. To speak. (Also to have a conversation or settle a dispute.)

6. Wow!

7. Pirate
.

8. Person on land. (One who does not belong at sea.)

9. Chicken eggs
.

10. Bottom of sea
.

Pig Latin:
We need to see that map!

Chapter 6

Finger spelling:
Stay here
.

Nursery rhyme code:
All
I can find
around
this place is the path made of
cobbler's
stone. There's a
bench
that's carved with the form of a
monkey
that I have
chased
until I've tired. The only friend a
weasel
who thinks I'm the one acting the
monkey
, but my own
thought
is, that soon it will I hope all be worth it.
In
fact, though not
fun
, I shall see
Pop
when the man
goes
with me into the mouth of the
weasel
.

All around the cobbler's bench the monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought it all in fun. Pop goes the weasel
.

Reverse alphabet code:
This is so fun!

I want to be a pirate!

Chapter 7

Semaphore code:
Cool
.

Phonetic alphabet code:
Look!

Where?

Them!

'Sup?

Morse code:
Did you find map?

Chapter 8

Morse code:
Found map. Head back
.

Text message translations:
“Are you sending code?” “No, thought you were.” “What's up?”

“I don't know. Something about a map.” “We'll check it out tomorrow. Later.”

Orienteering code:
flower garden, courtyard fountain, bell tower, stone wall, cemetery, school

Finger spelling:
Quiet

Listen

Follow her

Chapter 9

Marine flag code:
Help!

Morse code:
Careful

Chapter 10

Alphanumeric code:
Treasure at museum
.

Chapter 11

Mirror code:
Hold the code up to a mirror and read the message in the reflection:

Make new friends
,

But keep the old
.

One is silver
,

And the other gold
.

Chapter 12

Finger spelling:
How was your trip?

Egyptian hieroglyphics:
steganography

Finger Spelling:

Chapter Title Translations

Chapter 1
A Pirate in California

Chapter 2
M Is for Map

Chapter 3
Following Clues

Chapter 4
A Puzzle Within a Puzzle

Chapter 5
Mystery of the Mission

Chapter 6
Pop Goes the Puzzle

Chapter 7
Longbeard and Jolly

Chapter 8
A Flash in the Night

Chapter 9
The Lost Treasure

Chapter 10
Avast, Ye Sea Dogs!

Chapter 11
Who Is Chad Bour?

Chapter 12
The Code Is Cracked!

 

How to Make Your Own Invisible Ink

1.
Lemon Juice

Write your message with lemon juice using a cotton swab on plain white paper. Let it dry, then send it to a friend and have him or her hold it over a lightbulb. The message will be revealed!

2.
Milk

Instead of lemon juice, use milk. Follow the instructions above.

3.
Baking Soda

Mix a few spoonfuls of baking soda with water to make a paste. Use a cotton swab to write your message. To read the message, hold the paper over a lightbulb or dip a cotton swab in grape juice and rub it over the paper.

4.
White Crayon

Write a message on white paper with a white crayon. Have your friend color over the paper with a marker to see the secret message.

5.
Banana

Write a message on a banana peel with a toothpick. About an hour later, the message will magically appear.

Kids love codes. They will want to “solve” the codes in this novel before looking up the solutions. This means they will be practicing skills that are necessary to their class work in several courses, but in a non-pressured way.