Students will read a passage about Sarah and Thomas and underline any use of technology in the passage. They will then write “AP” for appropriate or “IN” for inappropriate above any use of technology.5.9  The student will evaluate and solve problems that relate to inappropriate use of computing devices and networks.

These printable CS Discussion Cards use Essential Questions from the CS SOL Curriculum Framework.

In this lesson, students will review the development of the Constitution.  To experience what this might be like,  students will work together to create a set of rules, procedures, rights, and responsibilities needed to safely use computing devices and networks in our school. When they have finished they will compare their list to the school’s Acceptable Use Policy.

This is an introductory lesson on encryption and decryption. It includes a discussion about the importance of protecting data when communicating across a network. The data is protected through a process of encryption and decryption.Students are asked to decrypt a message (in this case, a scientific fact to reinforce knowledge ) using the encrypted message and a decryption key.

Students use the school internet policy to answer questions about the school's rules and guidelines for internet and device use.

A lesson plan complete with video and research activity to explore the characteristics of safe websites.