I can be a code breaker
Codes
The investigative nature of the project can be promoted by getting pupils to look at different types of codes.
http://youthonline.ca/spykids/
Pupils will be able to pass on secret messages to each other using an online encoder/decoder – http://www.thunk.com/index.cgi
From codes to foreign languages
Write your name in Mandarin Chinese – http://www.mandarintools.com/chinesename.html
Help your pupils to write their name in a range of different languages – http://www.omniglot.com/links/yournamein.htm
Have a go at transliterating your name into the Russian Cyrillic alphabet – http://stevemorse.org/russian/eng2rus.html
You can use an online translator to send secret messages. For older pupils this activity could lead to a discussion about the merits of online translation.
http://www.ilovelanguages.com/index.php?category=Languages%7CFree+Translation