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Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Daisy Cybersecurity Basics badge requirements.

Info Needed for the badge requirements: A computer by itself cannot talk to other computers, search the internet, or download information. Computers are connected to each other through a computer network. The basic connections are made with wires. A wire can connect one computer to another, and all the communication and information goes through the wire.

Wireless connections are also common. Our voice travels through the air on sound waves we can’t see, but our ears can receive the sound, and we hear what someone else says. Information (or data) is sent through the air on specific waves we can’t see or hear, but a computer can have a receiver that “hears” or detects the information (or data). A wire connection needs a wire connected between computer 1 and computer 2 so they can send and receive data. A wireless connection needs a receiving device in both computer 1 and computer 2 so they can send and receive data.

Items needed

• VTK Computer Connect by GSUSA (one for each scout)
• Markers or crayons

Instructions

1. Give each scout a Computer Connect handout.
2. Have scouts draw a picture of their family in the middle of the page.
3. In the connected computer boxes, ask scouts to draw other people in their family, like aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents.
4. Next, invite scouts to draw friends or other important people in their life, such as teachers, babysitters, or neighbors.
5. Explain how scouts are connected to other people, just like computers are connected. Discuss with the group:
6. Share with the group that computers are similar to people in that they are connected to other computers. These connections allow computers to “talk” or communicate with one another.