OVERVIEW

Activity Overview:

The teacher will introduce the topic of cybersecurity by asking students about any personal experience they have had with the topic. The teacher will display the cybersecurity slideshow and tell the students that they are each going to have their own slide in this slideshow to complete. Their topic will be randomly chosen, it will be a subtopic of cybersecurity. When all of the slides are complete, a presentation of the slideshow will be shown to the entire class.

Meta description

• Subject Area: Computer Science, Technology
• Grade Level : 3-5
• Computer Science Domains:
  • Networks and The Internet, Impacts of Computing
• Computer Science Principles:
  • Fostering an Inclusive Computing Culture, Collaborating Around Computing, Communicating About Computing
• Materials:
  • Website, A slideshow will be used: https://tinyurl.com/2p9fe688 Also, a rubric will be used and can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/23bkv3sc In addition, the teacher will use his/her computer and projection system. Students will use their own Chromebooks.
• Considerations:
  • Students will need access to Google Accounts/Google Drive in order to complete this lesson. However, the slideshow can be printed out and distributed to students in order to be completed in an unplugged format. (Research will still need to be completed online.)

Lesson Plan

Overview

The teacher will introduce the topic of cybersecurity by asking students about any personal experience they have had with the topic. The teacher will display the cybersecurity slideshow and tell the students that they are each going to have their own slide in this slideshow to complete. Their topic will be randomly chosen, it will be a subtopic of cybersecurity. When all of the slides are complete, a presentation of the slideshow will be shown to the entire class.

ASSESSMENT PRE/POST-TEST

What is meant by the term ‘cybersecurity’?’ ‘What are different types of cybersecurity issues?’ ‘What can you do at home and at school when you are online in order to protect yourself from different cybersecurity issues?’

OBJECTIVES

discuss with classmates/the teacher the meaning of cybersecurity in grade-level terms, elaborate on a subtopic of cybersecurity (via the slideshow), and describe ways they can keep themselves safe in an online community (via the slideshow).

CATCH/HOOK

Personal information can and will be stolen from you or someone you know in the future.’ ‘I’m sure that some of you may know someone who had their personal information stolen or shared on the internet when they did not want it to be.’ (Many students will probably want to share stories.)

ACTIVITY INSTRUCTIONS

The detailed procedure, step-by-step, is located in the uploaded PDF lesson plan document.

Supplements

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REVIEW

What can you do at home and at school while you are working or playing online in order to protect yourself from the cybersecurity issues we just learned about?’ Allow a discussion.

STANDARDS