STEM Learning Activities – School Cyber Security Challenges
1. Information privacy and security
This Challenge teaches personal information security using the innovative approach of thinking from a hacker’s point-of-view. Students will learn to value the importance of password strength and protection, as well as discover just how vulnerable private information can be online. Internet sleuthing exercises will enable them to try compromising the accounts of fictitious personalities in simulations of popular social media sites and smartphone apps.
Bands: Years 7-8, 9-10, 11, 12
Duration: 2-3 weeks (4-6 hours)
Find out just how safe your information is online.
This Challenge teaches personal information security using the innovative approach of thinking from a hacker’s point-of-view. Students will learn to value the importance of password strength and protection, as well as discover just how vulnerable private information can be online.
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2. Data encryption and transmission
This Challenge introduces basic cryptography concepts in relation to data representation and securing online communication, and how these are implemented through code.
Bands: Years 7-8, 9-10, 11, 12
Duration: 3-4 weeks (6-8 hours)
Learn how data is protected using encryption.
This Challenge introduces basic cryptography concepts in relation to data representation and securing online communication, and how these are implemented through code.
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3. Wired and wireless network security
This Challenge teaches the fundamentals of wired and wireless networks and the underlying principles of digital systems using BBC micro:bits.
Bands: Years 9-10, 11, 12
Duration: 3-4 weeks (6-8 hours)
Learn how networks secure our data during transmission.
This Challenge teaches the fundamentals of wired and wireless networks and the underlying principles of digital systems using BBC micro:bits.
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4. Web application security
This Challenge demonstrates the importance of security in web applications by exposing typical flaws in websites that can be exploited using tools built into the web browser.
Bands: Years 7-8, 9-10, 11, 12
Duration: 3-4 weeks (6-8 hours)
Find out how developers keep the websites you visit safe and secure.
This Challenge demonstrates the importance of security in web applications by exposing typical flaws in websites that can be exploited using tools built into the web browser.
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