Stay safe online: layers and messages

Find out how you use technology and what it can do, build layers of security like a castle, bring real-life safety rules online, and send messages across a pretend internet. Covers all five steps of the Brownie Cybersecurity 1: Basics badge.

Time: About 60 minutes, in two or three short sittings
Steps: 5 badge steps, 1 with a pretend network to try on the page
You need: A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed.

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$5 for one scout: every step, the Network Simulator activities that check the work, the printable lesson, and the certificate with a page of the scout's own work.

Badge requirements: the 5 steps

1Find out how you use technologyRead and quizTechnology is any tool people made to help them. Today we mean the ones with a screen or a chip inside.
2Discover what your technology can doRead and quizTechnology can do amazing things. It can also see and save more than you might think.
3Find out how to create layers of securityRead and quizA castle has a wall, a moat, a gate and guards. If one fails, the next one keeps the castle safe. Your devices need layers too.
4Find out how to use real-life safety rules when you go onlineInvestigateYou already know safety rules for the real world. The same rules work online.
5Find out how messages travel on the internetTry it hereWhen you open a website, your computer sends little messages across the internet and gets answers back. Watch them travel on this pretend network.

Work on a computer. The apps need a keyboard and a bigger screen than a phone: a laptop, desktop or Chromebook. You can pay here and open the emailed link on the computer.

One scout

Unlock the kit, $5

All 5 steps, worked on screen, with a lesson you can print if you like paper
Network Simulator activities that check the work as it is done
A numbered certificate with a page of the scout's own work: your technology list, your layers and your notes

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Leaders: unlock it for the whole troop

One payment and one code. Each scout types the code to unlock the kit on their own computer, and gets their own certificate at the end. Your pack page shows who has started and finished.

See a sample certificate (PDF) · Already paid? Find your link

Questions

What are the requirements for the Girl Scout Brownie Cybersecurity 1: Basics badge?

The badge has 5 steps: 1. Find out how you use technology; 2. Discover what your technology can do; 3. Find out how to create layers of security; 4. Find out how to use real-life safety rules when you go online; 5. Find out how messages travel on the internet. This kit covers all 5, with activities that check the work as it is done.

Is there a printable version?

Yes. Once unlocked, the whole lesson prints, one step at a time, for a meeting or a table. Printing is optional: every step also works on screen, and a sample certificate PDF is on this page.

What does a scout need?

A computer, Chromebook or tablet. Printing is optional: every step works on screen. No account needed. About 60 minutes, in two or three short sittings.

Can a troop leader get it for the whole troop?

Yes. A troop pack is one payment and one code: up to 12 scouts for $20, or up to 30 scouts for $35. Each scout types the code on their own computer and gets their own certificate, and the leader's pack page shows who has started and finished.

Is this an official Girl Scouts product?

No. MYTEK Lab makes the kit, and Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. The troop leader awards the badge; the certificate shows the scout did the work, with a number the leader can check.

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Girl Scouts badge names and steps are used with permission of Girl Scouts of the USA. This kit is made by MYTEK Lab; the badge is awarded by the troop.