Morse Code - what is it, why did they use it, and how is it transmitted?
We learned how to spell our names with the help of a very geeky (but actually very catchy) Morse code song.
Isaac found for us a cooool website which translates any message into a Morse one. Awesome! Click here to be taken to it. Imagine how good you'd have to be at Morse Code before you could interpret it!
It would be like learning another language.
We also added in the International Aviator's Alphabet (just for fun, you know) and learned how to say our names.
Here is a very interesting and rather emotional true story about how the Colombian police department used Morse Code to send a message to 16 hostages, who had all been in the armed forces and all knew Morse Code as part of their training. We spent some time talking about this story, the situation in Colombia, listening to the song, and paying attention to the translated English lyrics.
If you had been trained in Morse Code, I think the pattern would stand out for you just like hearing English lyrics suddenly in amongst Spanish ones. What a clever plan!
Click here to read the whole article.
We also spent a little bit of time looking at the very famous poem "In Flanders' Fields". We talked about the parts of the poem we liked the most, and why. I wonder why this poem is so famous?
Stacey found out a little bit about the poet for us - Major John McRae. Sadly he did not survive the War.
