Curriculum
Lessons by Grade Level
Grades K-1
Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.
Safety and Security
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| Go Places Safely | A virtual field trip helps children experience the power and excitement of the Internet by taking them places in cyberspace that might be impractical for a class to visit. They also learn that, just as when traveling in the face-to-face world, they should always take an adult with them when traveling in cyberspace. |
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Manners, Cyberbullying, & Ethics
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| Is This Yours? | Children learn that computers, like other objects, are property and should be respected. |
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Authentic Learning and Creativity
We're busy working on this new unit of our free CyberSmart! Student Curriculum that will engage students in using the Internet to demonstrate creative thought and to solve authentic problems.
Research and Information Fluency
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| A-B-C Searching | Children search for animal pictures online by clicking letters of the alphabet. They then print the pictures and, in an offline activity, color them and arrange a display. |
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| Good Sites | Children explore and evaluate a children's Web site, concluding that people's opinions about the quality and usefulness of a site will vary. |
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| The Library | Children learn that the library houses many forms of media for both research and leisure activities. They also learn that an important resource in the library is the librarian. |
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| Find the Ad | Children learn that the purpose of advertisements is to encourage people to buy something; children also practice differentiating ads from content on Web sites. |
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Twenty-First Century Challenges
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| Spread the News! | Children learn what it means to communicate, recognize the computer as a communication invention, and plan their own way to communicate a message. |
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| Cyberspace at School | Children explore the concept of cyberspace as a means of communicating with real people within their school. |
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