Critical Infrastructure 1

Students will be able to explain what Critical Infrastructure is, what are common components that belong to critical infrastructure, and what could happen if components of Critical Infrastructure are damaged/ destroyed. Cyber security and cyber warfare will be an important part of this because I believe that is not thought of as much as physical issues (hurricanes, bombings, etc)

Author: Timothy Grier
Subjects: Cybersecurity, Science
Grade Level: 9-12
CS Domains: Computing Systems, Networks and The Internet, Algorithms and Programming, Impacts of Computing
CS Principles: Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture, Collaborating Around Computing, Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems, Communicating About Computing
Standards: FL EPRS
Materials: Website, micro:bit
Tags: Cybersecurity, GenCyber, micro:bit

OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

Students will be able to explain what Critical Infrastructure is, what are common components that belong to critical infrastructure, and what could happen if components of Critical Infrastructure are damaged/ destroyed. Cyber security and cyber warfare will be an important part of this because I believe that is not thought of as much as physical issues (hurricanes, bombings, etc)

Meta description

  • Grade Level : 9-12
  • Subject Area: Emergency Planning and Response Sciences
  • Cybersecurity Concept:
    • Defense in Depth, Think Like an Adversary
  • Computer Science Domains:
    • Computing Systems, Networks and The Internet, Algorithms and Programming, Impacts of Computing
  • Computer Science Principles:
    • Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture, Collaborating Around Computing, Recognizing and Defining Computational Problems, Communicating About Computing
  • Materials:
    • Website, micro:bit
  • Considerations:
    • N/A

Lesson Plan

Overview

Students will be able to explain what Critical Infrastructure is, what are common components that belong to critical infrastructure, and what could happen if components of Critical Infrastructure are damaged/ destroyed. Cyber security and cyber warfare will be an important part of this because I believe that is not thought of as much as physical issues (hurricanes, bombings, etc)

PRE/POST-TEST

  1. How comfortable are you giving a public brief?
  2. What do you think the effects of an attack and/ or destruction of CI would effect the public?
  3. What would you do to improve a defense in depth for CI?

OBJECTIVES

  1. Give a well-thought, developed, and researched brief on their chosen subject
  2. Be able to describe how Critical Infrastructure can be vulnerable, effects of an attack, etc. (Cybersecurity and Cyber warfare are included)
  3. Provide recommendations on how to provide better protections, etc

CATCH/HOOK

This will be included in our full mission rehearsal using our emergency board

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

Tasks ● Lecture “Introduction to Critical Infrastructure” ● Explain and assign projects to students. Students will start giving their presentations (1) week from the date the project was assigned

Learning Check ● Each student will give a 5 minute presentation on a component of Critical infrastructure to include: ○ What is it and how is it a resource? ○ How is it vulnerable? ○ How is it protected? ○ What are the short and long term effects if this CI is compromised (damaged or destroyed)? ○ How can some of these effects be mitigated?

REVIEW

Feedback in accordance with rubric

STANDARDS

FL EPRS FL