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Information Technology Laboratory / Applied Cybersecurity Division

NICE

Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week Educator Activities

Help celebrate Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week! Use the schedule below to engage students, co-workers, families, and the school community around the question,
How do cybersecurity workers keep me/us safe and secure and how can I help make their job easier?  Cybersecurity and digital citizenship topics are addressed with the focus on awareness and exploration of careers in cybersecurity. Resources were curated by the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) K12 Community of Interest working group. 

 

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Credit: Lemi-Ola Erinkitola
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Credit: Lemi-Ola Erinkitola
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Credit: Lemi-Ola Erinkitola

 

Day Digital Citizenship Connection Do a Quick CyberSnack
(5-10 mins..)		 Teach a Lesson
(30–45 mins.)		 Engage Families
Start the week’s celebration by sharing the Elem_Kick_off PPT with students
Mon. Accessing digital information
  • Introduce students to cybersecurity concepts and what cybersecurity workers do by having them draw their own cybersecurity hero Slides 1-5 [Draw_CybersecurityWorker_Elementary] (grades K-5).

 

Want to expand the discussion?

Share parent resources with families to share out cybersecurity education practices and career options in cybersecurity that students and their families can do at home. [we need to organize so there are separate resources listed—ie to Weebly or list of weebly links]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Family Activity Digital Power
Tues. Different work roles in cybersecurity
  • Introduce students to the 7 cybersecurity categories Slides 6-12 [Draw_CybersecurityWorker_Elementary] (grades K-5).

Want to expand the discussion?

https://www.cultureofcybersecurity.com/kids/kids-activities/
Wed. Essential skills for a cybersecurity career
  • Introduce students to the connection between cybersecurity careers and the cybersecurity strategies and the skills needed for these careers such as logical thinking, thinking “out of the box,” problem solving, and recognizing patterns.
  • Share the Career Opening Questions (riddles) Elementary (grades K–3)
  • Share the Cybersecurity letter Maze.  Answers are also included (grades K–3)
  • Share the What do these things have in common? (grades 4-5)

Want to expand the discussion?

Thurs.

Digital safety and security
  • Introduce students to how cybersecurity workers keep us safe and secure online and ways to help make the cybersecurity worker’s job easier.
  • Share the Digital Dan CyberSnack lesson and document

Want to expand the discussion?

Fri. Essential skills for a cybersecurity career
  • Introduce students to the connection between cybersecurity careers and the cybersecurity strategies and the skills needed for these careers such as logical thinking, thinking “out of the box,” problem solving, and recognizing patterns.
  • Share the Pig Pen Activity

Want to expand the discussion?

Try more code-breaking, cipher and logic puzzles with free tools and resources from Boxentrtiq

 

Created August 25, 2022, Updated September 23, 2022