Cyber Safety Basics
👩🏫 Teacher’s Guide
Objective
Students will recognize basic online risks (strangers, scams, unsafe links) and practice safe actions (stop, close, tell).
Teaching Notes
- Use simple safety steps: Stop • Close • Tell.
- Explain scams as tricks that try to get money or information.
- Show examples of unsafe links (too-good-to-be-true prizes).
- Reinforce that students should never handle unsafe situations alone.
🧒 Student Worksheet
Concept and Helping Material
Cyber safety means staying safe while using the internet. You should be careful with links, strangers, and messages that try to trick you. If something feels wrong, stop, close it, and tell a trusted adult.
Computer Vocabulary and Definition
- — Staying safe when using computers and the internet.
- — A trick to get your money or information.
- — Someone you do not know in real life.
- — A link that could cause trouble or harm.
- — To tell a trusted adult or teacher about a problem.
Computer QA
1. What is cyber safety?
2. What is a scam?
3. What is a stranger online?
4. What is an unsafe link?
5. What does report mean?
6. True or False: You should click links that promise free prizes.
7. What should you do if something feels unsafe?
8. Should you share your address online?
9. Should you meet an online stranger alone?
10. What is one sign of a scam message?
11. What should you do if you get a weird message?
12. True or False: Cyber safety rules help protect you.
13. What should you do before downloading a game?
14. Why should you be careful with links?
15. If a pop-up asks for your password, what should you do?
16. What is one safe person to ask for help?
17. True or False: It is okay to keep unsafe messages secret.
18. What should you do if you accidentally click an unsafe link?
19. What is one safe rule for online games?
20. Why is reporting important?
Computer Prtactices
- Circle safe actions: stop, click more, close tab, tell an adult, share password.
- Sort examples: scam message vs safe message.
- Make a mini poster: “Stop • Close • Tell” with pictures.
- Role-play: What to do when a pop-up appears during a game.
Reflection
- What will you do if you see an unsafe link?
- Why is it important to report problems?