Cryptography Teaching Materials for Primary School

Materials developed by Maria Cristina Carrisi, Michael Lodi, and Simone Martini

Snap! playgrounds

Encryption with Caesar Cipher
Frequency attack on Caesar Cipher

Interactive simulation of a block cipher

Spreadsheet. Make a copy of the sheet to edit.

Assessment

Assessment test

Research papers

Michael Lodi, Maria Cristina Carrisi, and Simone Martini. 2024. Big Ideas of Cryptography in Primary School. In Proceedings of the 29th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education Vol 1 (ITiCSE 2024), July 5–10, 2024, Milano, Italy. ACM. Open Access.