What are loop cards?

Loop cards are a great game that can be played individually or as a class. They are perfect for review key vocabulary or questions at the end of a topic or when revising for an exam.

Instructions

  1. Cut out the cards from the paper horizontally (but don't cut them in half!) and then shuffle them.
  2. Now start joining each question on the right hand side of the card to the matching answer on the next card.
  3. Carry on until all the cards loop together and you have competed the game!

Hint: Make sure that you set your paper to portrait to print 4 cards per sheet of A4 paper.

Edit Vocab

A type of substitution cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is shifted a certain number of places down the alphabet.
Rail Fence Cipher
A type of transposition cipher in which the plaintext is written diagonally on a criss-cross pattern.
Transposition Cipher
A cipher that rearranges the letters or symbols of a message without changing them.
Vigenere Cipher
A polyalphabetic cipher that uses a keyword consisting of a repeating pattern of letters to encrypt a message.
Decryption
The process of converting coded or encrypted text or data back into plaintext.
Shift Value
The number of places by which each letter in the plaintext is shifted in the Caesar Cipher.
Substitution Cipher
A cipher in which each letter in the plaintext is replaced by another letter or symbol according to a predetermined pattern.
Cryptanalysis
The study of cryptographic systems in order to find weaknesses and break codes.
Plaintext
The original message before it is encrypted or coded.
Cipher
A secret or disguised way of writing; a code.
Caesar Cipher