The Badge Archive

Protect Your Treasure

Fulfills Step 2 of GSUSA Daisy Cybersecurity Basics badge requirements.

Info Needed for the badge requirements: Protecting means keeping something safe from harm or danger. We have things, like safety rules, to keep ourselves safe from harm. Computers also have things to keep them from harm. Computers store and use information for us, the users. Other users might want use our information that we keep private, or harm our information. Virus and Malware are things that can make a computer hurt and not work properly. To protect computers, there are:

  • Software, called Firewalls, can protect communication between devices.
  • Anti-virus software to keep the device safe from viruses and malware.
  • Guards or the user who can physically protect the device.

Items needed

  • Plastic crystal beads (optional: a small toy, coin, or something the scout can think of as “treasure”), one for each scout
  • One box, large enough for all scouts to place their treasures inside
  • Materials to wrap the box: wrapping paper, bubble wrap, duct tape, regular tape, rope, or string
  • Crayons and markers
  • Decorating materials: stickers, glitter, or anything creative

Instructions

  1. Each scout selects a “treasure” to place inside the box.
  2. Once all treasures are placed in the box, scouts work together to decorate the box using markers, crayons, stickers, glitter, or other materials provided.
  3. Scouts discuss how to protect their treasure box and look at the available materials to wrap it up. Encourage them to use more than one material for added protection, such as wrapping paper combined with bubble wrap, or duct tape and string.
  4. While wrapping the box, talk about ways people protect themselves in different situations, like:
    • Using an umbrella or raincoat when it’s raining.
    • Wearing sunscreen or a hat to avoid sunburn.
    • Bundling up with sweaters, gloves, hats, jackets, socks, and boots when it’s cold.
  5. After wrapping, scouts reflect on what materials they used to protect the box and whether using more than one method helped.
Tia Kennard