Strong Passwords and Privacy

👩‍🏫 Teacher’s Guide

Objective
Students will create strong passwords using simple rules and explain why privacy matters online.

Teaching Notes

• Explain password strength: longer is stronger; mix letters and numbers.
• Teach that passwords should not include personal information.
• Use a classroom-safe example password format (not real student passwords).
• Reinforce privacy: personal info should be protected and shared only with trusted adults.

🧒 Student Worksheet

Concept and Helping Material

Strong passwords help protect your accounts. Privacy means keeping personal information safe. A strong password is long, hard to guess, and kept secret.

Computer Vocabulary and Definition

• — A secret code that lets you sign in.
• — Keeping personal information safe.
• — A name used to sign in to an account.
• — Protected and safe from others.
• — Details about you like your phone number or address.

Computer QA

1. What is a password?
2. What is privacy?
3. What is a username?
4. What does secure mean?
5. What is personal information?
6. True or False: A strong password is easy to guess.
7. True or False: Longer passwords are usually stronger.
8. Should your password be your birthday?
9. Should you share your password with friends?
10. Name one way to make a password stronger.
11. Why do we use passwords?
12. What should you do if someone asks for your password?
13. Is ‘1234’ a strong password?
14. Is ‘BlueTiger7’ stronger than ‘cat’?
15. What should you do after using a shared computer?
16. Why is privacy important?
17. What is one thing you should not share online?
18. What can happen if a password is weak?
19. Who can help you manage passwords safely?
20. What is one safe password rule?

Computer Prtactices

• Password builder: Create a practice password using 2 words + a number (teacher-approved).
• Circle strong vs weak: ‘dog’ (weak), ‘SunnyRiver9’ (strong).
• Privacy sort: share favorite color (okay), share address (not okay).
• Exit steps: Practice logging out and closing a browser window safely.

Reflection

• What makes a password strong?
• What is one piece of information you will keep private?