Friday Fun: Morse Code Day

SproutEd Team
Apr 27, 2023
1 min read

Morse Code Day pays tribute to the traditional form of communication, so named.

This incredible and concise way of transmitting information by encoding text characters in a sequence of dots and dashes is one of the most influential telecommunications breakthroughs in history.

Learn more about it and how it changed the world!

Dive a Little Deeper

Morse Code Day is not only an excellent opportunity to learn about more about the history of communication; it opens up great opportunities to add an unusual & interesting method of communicating to your repertoire.

You might like to:

Create & share coded messages with friends.

Learn more about Morse Code (or Samuel Morse).

Visit a museum that has old technology, explore & wonder!

Make your own Morse Code machine or game.

Some ready-made fun:

Morse Code Unit Study from Curiosity Untamed.

Morse & the Telegraph free unit.

DIY Science's Morse Code Experiment or Morse Code Machine STEM.

An article about Samuel Morse from National Geographic.

Nat Geo Kids Crack the Code Game.

How it Works Morse Code - YouTube.