SPY TECH - LEVEL 1
Vellcome to Spy-Tech. I am Miss Mite. I vill be teaching you today.
I am very sorry as my accent is very strong. Sometimes my 'w' sounds like a 'v' and my 'th' sounds like a 'z'. But don't vorry. You vill get used to it very quickly!
Anyvay, on vith the lessons.
Do not forget to write notes in your spy school notebook!
I am very sorry as my accent is very strong. Sometimes my 'w' sounds like a 'v' and my 'th' sounds like a 'z'. But don't vorry. You vill get used to it very quickly!
Anyvay, on vith the lessons.
Do not forget to write notes in your spy school notebook!
Level 1: Lesson One
BIOLOGY: Fingerprints
Sometimes zee spy school students need to identify zee intruders or Bald Eagle agents by zeer fingerprints. Fingerprints are zee patterns of ridges on our fingertips. No two people have zee same fingerprints. Here are three main patterns people can have on zeer fingerprints. There are other types of fingerprints too:
Sometimes zee spy school students need to identify zee intruders or Bald Eagle agents by zeer fingerprints. Fingerprints are zee patterns of ridges on our fingertips. No two people have zee same fingerprints. Here are three main patterns people can have on zeer fingerprints. There are other types of fingerprints too:
Loops
Zis is ven the ridges go up and down in a loop, like a loop on a shoelace.
Zis is ven the ridges go up and down in a loop, like a loop on a shoelace.
Whorls
Zis is ven ridges ring around a certain point on zee finger creating a swirl.
Zis is ven ridges ring around a certain point on zee finger creating a swirl.
Arches
Zis is ven zee ridges lie one on top of zee other like a hill. Arches are the rarest type of fingerprint.
Zis is ven zee ridges lie one on top of zee other like a hill. Arches are the rarest type of fingerprint.
(Platt, 2006)
Homework: See if you can identify vot fingerprint patterns you have on your fingers. Find a stamp pad unt ink your fingers. Zen print them on paper. Straight after, vosh your hands thoroughly to avoid getting ink stains on anything else! Zen come back and using a magnifying glass, see if you can find zeese patterns un your own fingerprints. Do zee same to a spy school friend. Get zem to sign up too.
Homework: See if you can identify vot fingerprint patterns you have on your fingers. Find a stamp pad unt ink your fingers. Zen print them on paper. Straight after, vosh your hands thoroughly to avoid getting ink stains on anything else! Zen come back and using a magnifying glass, see if you can find zeese patterns un your own fingerprints. Do zee same to a spy school friend. Get zem to sign up too.
Level 1: Lesson Two
CHEMISTRY: Invisible Ink
It is useful for spy cadets to know how to send invisible messages to uzzer agents. Zis is so Bald Eagle agents can't intercept zeer secret information. Zat would be terrible! Zeer are many different types of invisible ink. Below is a vay of making invisible ink using a lemon. Jawohl! A lemon.
Lemon Invisible Ink
Aim: To write a letter
What you need:
Homework: Send a lemon juice invisible ink message to yourself. It might be a good idea to mix zee lemon juice with water to make it less strong and more likely to look invisible! If you're brave enough, send one to a friend. Make sure zey know how to get zee message back safely.
Wunderbar!
It is useful for spy cadets to know how to send invisible messages to uzzer agents. Zis is so Bald Eagle agents can't intercept zeer secret information. Zat would be terrible! Zeer are many different types of invisible ink. Below is a vay of making invisible ink using a lemon. Jawohl! A lemon.
Lemon Invisible Ink
Aim: To write a letter
What you need:
- a pen
- a lemon
- a q tip or cotton wool bud or a fine paintbrush
- a blank sheet of paper
- Write a "fake" message using zee pen onto zee paper but leave big gaps between zee lines. The fake message could be about a holiday to Germany (my home country) or about school or about somezing fun you did - it doesn't matter, it's just to disguise zee invisible ink message. It vould be suspicious if you sent a blank piece of paper to someone. Zee Bald Eagles vould know immediately zat it was an invisible ink message!
- Cut zee lemon in half (get an adult to help you if necessary)
- Squeeze zee lemon juice into a cup
- Using zee q tip, cotton wool bud or a fine paintbrush, dip it into zee juice and write your message onto zee paper in zee blank spaces between zee uzzer lines of zee message
- Let zee paper dry
- Put it in an envelope and address it to your agent friend. Under zee stamp, be sure to write a coded message saying zee message is in invisible ink. Maybe use A=B code - See Codes Level 1
- Send it to your agent friend
- To get zee invisible message back your friend must first cut out zee stamp from zee envelope and let it soak in water until it comes off zee envelope so they can see your coded message telling zem zat zee message is in invisible ink
- Zen zey must used a warm iron to get zee message back - They must get an adult to do that for them as you do not want to set the paper on fire, or the house, or the agent! NEVER put the paper near any sort of naked flame, a gas or electric cooker, a gas fire or a radiant electric fire or a heater!
Homework: Send a lemon juice invisible ink message to yourself. It might be a good idea to mix zee lemon juice with water to make it less strong and more likely to look invisible! If you're brave enough, send one to a friend. Make sure zey know how to get zee message back safely.
Wunderbar!
Level 1: Lesson Three
ELECTRONICS: Building an electric circuit
It's vital for secret agents making spy gadgets to know about electronics. So many things use electrical circuits. Zee best way to start is to make an electric circuit yourself. You may need to buy zeese things from your local electronics shop.
It's vital for secret agents making spy gadgets to know about electronics. So many things use electrical circuits. Zee best way to start is to make an electric circuit yourself. You may need to buy zeese things from your local electronics shop.
Electric Circuits
You vill need:
You vill need:
- Two AA batteries
- A battery holder
- One black insulated wire - 20cm is enough
- One red insulated wire - 20 cm is enough
- A colored 3V LED - red, yellow, green, you choose
- Scissors
- You may need an adult to help you zee first time
- Put zee two batteries in zee battery holder - make sure the + and - signs on zee batteries match zee + and - signs in the battery holder
Put the batteries in the battery holder.
- Get an adult to help you, and using scissors, shave back zee ends of the 20cm red and black insulated wire a couple centimetres or 1/2 an inch so zat you can see zee wire underneath. Don't cut the end off! Just shave back the red or black rubber. Make sure an adult helps you with this.
Using scissors, carefully shave back the red and black rubber a couple centimetres or 1/2 an inch.
Here is the red wire with its red rubber ends shaved off.
- Twist one end of zee red wire to one end of zee red battery holder wire and zee other end to one end of zee LED. The LED has two metal sticks poking out of it. Just twist it to one stick. Do zee same with zee black wire but twist it around the other LED stick.
Twist the end of the red wire to the LED and the other end to the red battery holder wire. Do the same with the black wire.
Here is the circuit, all linked up.
- Flick zee switch on zee battery holder and zee LED light should come on
Flick on the switch and the LED light should come on. If not, untwist the LED and turn it around so you now twist the red and black wires onto the other metal stick that sticks out of the LED.
Homework: Try zee above experiment with an adult's help.