Riley and Adam's ..-. ..- -. Morse Code Adventure #1

Yesterday, we tried to make a machine that could send messages using radio.  But we couldn't get it to work.

So instead, we made a machine with a button.  The button is a press switch.  You press the button and it makes a beeping sound and turns on a light.

We can use the machine to send Morse code messages.  More codes uses long and short sounds to make letters.  This is the Morse code alphabet:

If we want to figure out what a Morse code message means, we can use the tree below to find out.  If you hear a short sound ("dit"), you go to the left.  If you hear a long sound ("dah") you go to the right.  When you go to the left, then hear a long sound, follow the long line down to the right.  So if you hear "dit dah dit," you follow the tree and see that makes the letter R.

We wrote some messages using Morse code.  See if you can figure out what these codes mean.  There is a space between each letter and a slash between each word.  Hint:  Use the tree above.

1. .. / .-.. --- ...- . / -.-. ..- - . / .--. . - ...
2. -... . ... - / -.. .- -.-- / . ...- . .-.
3. .. / .-.. --- ...- . / -. .- .-. -. .. .-

You can try writing a Morse code message to me!