Cybersecurity
CyberEthics: Cryptology
In this lesson, students will explore the history of code making and breaking, or cryptography and cryptanalysis, by creating their own codes and breaking others.
Students will reenact the Cuban Missile Crisis as they create and attempt to break codes to prevent nuclear war.
CyberEthics: Networking
In this lesson, students will begin by investigating the development of the internet. Students will describe the various types of networks and how networks are used to communicate information.
CyberEthics: Hacking
In this lesson, students will explore how hackers exploit network vulnerabilities to gain information and access to various systems that provide critical infrastructure for the country, by looking at past events, or case studies.
CyberEthics: Ethics
In this lesson, students will first see what it means to give “passive” consent when using certain websites or applications, exploring how laws, acts, and amendments have developed over time as technology and society's values have changed.
CyberEthics: Cyber Deliberation
In this lesson, students will be challenged within three areas of cybersecurity and hold a Structured Academic Controversy discussion from an assigned stakeholder position.
Students will participate in a Structured Academic Controversy discussion on the following topics: