Fulfills Step 3 of GSUSA Brownie Cybersecurity Basics badge requirements.
Items Needed
- Poster boards (one for each team)
- Colored pens and markers
- Optional supplies: stencils, stick-on letters, decorative stickers, magazines for cutting photos, scissors
- Whiteboard or large poster board displaying these cybersecurity rules:
- Don’t talk to strangers.
- Stop and think about your actions.
- Don’t believe everything you see or that people tell you.
Instructions
- Split scouts into three teams, and assign each team one of the three cybersecurity rules.
- Go over the three rules together as a group. Help scouts understand how the rules apply to using computers:
- Rule 1: Don’t talk to strangers online or respond to unknown messages. Always tell a trusted adult.
- Rule 2: Stop and think before clicking links or sharing private information. Be cautious to avoid harmful actions online.
- Rule 3: Be aware that things on the internet might not always be real. People may try to trick you.
- Each team designs a poster to illustrate their assigned rule. Encourage creativity with drawings, cut-out pictures, or decorations.
- Teams present their posters to the group, explaining why their rule is important for online safety. As a group, talk about real-life rules that also apply to computers, such as staying in safe places, not going online without permission, treating borrowed devices responsibly, and being kind online.
- Ask scouts where their posters could be displayed to teach others about cybersecurity (e.g., school, library, computer lab). They do not need to display it unless it’s possible – but brainstorm ideas of where it could be useful to have.
See Online Safety for more details on safety rules.
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