Lesson Ideas
Online Safety
Online Safety
Sharing Information Online Lesson Plan: The Share Jumper Game
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online game) to practice identifying the when and hows about sharing information online. Read more »
Internet Searches Lesson Plan: Search Shark Game
In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online game) to practice identifying keywords that result in relevant information for a given internet search. Read more »
Primary Internet Safety Lesson Plan: Identifying and Using Safe Web Sites
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to explore ways they can work safely on the computer. Students describe safe activities they can complete online, explain what a safe web site is, and create posters displaying their favorite kid-friendly websites. Read more »
Online Safety with Kerpoof Lesson Plan: Understanding When to Ask for Parental Permission
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-5, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to explore the importance of online and real world safety. Students will create an account on Kerpoof at home with a trusted adult, and explain how they became members of Kerpoof (and the trusted adult that helped them). Read more »
Online Safety Board Games Lesson Plan: Identify Internet Safety Rules
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-3, students use BrainPOP Jr. resources to identify and analyze basic Internet safety rules. Students then create game boards which the class can play to reinforce the safety rules and encourage critical thinking. Read more »
No Bully Zone Lesson Plan: Responding to and Preventing Bullying
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP Jr. and/or BrainPOP resources to define bullying (and/or cyberbullying) and explain its effects. Students then create a flyer demonstrating how to prevent and respond appropriately to bullying and/or cyberbullying. Read more »
Evaluating Online Sources Lesson Plan: Is Everything on the Internet True?
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP resources to learn how to conduct effective internet research. Students will analyze research on the internet and explore how they can determine what is not true and what is factual online. Read more »
Online Privacy Lesson Plan: Spam Subject Line Recognition
In this lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to gain a greater understanding of the importance of online privacy. Students play a game to learn about recognizing spam, and collaborate to determine the differences perceived in subject lines of e-mail messages. Read more »
