🗺️ Your Cyber Ready Journey

Cyber Ready Roadmap

Robot Explains helps kids understand technology, practice smart choices, and build calm confidence online. This map grows with you through five levels — not by memorizing words, but by what you can do. Each step has something to learn, something to practice, and something to think about.

🌟 You can do 0 of 0 things!

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Level 1

🔤 I Can Name It

“I know what this thing is.”

I can say what a QR code really is

💭 Reflect A QR code is really a hidden link. Would you scan one off a random sticker? Why or why not?

I can name what makes a password strong

💭 Reflect Name two things that make a password strong.

I can name what an AI chatbot is

💭 Reflect In one sentence, what is an AI chatbot?

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Level 2

🧠 I Can Explain It

“I can tell the story of what happens.”

I can explain how a web page reaches my screen

💭 Reflect Name the four parts your request travels through to get a page back.

I can explain how backups keep my stuff safe

💭 Reflect Why is it safer to keep a copy in two different places?

I can explain why using AI costs money

💭 Reflect Why does asking an AI to read a whole book cost more than asking one quick question?

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Level 3

👀 I Can Notice Risk

“I can spot when something needs a pause.”

I can spot a pushy pop-up

💭 Reflect Name one sign that a pop-up is trying to trick you.

I can notice my Cyber Feelings

💭 Reflect What does a 🔴 red feeling tell you to do?

I can spot a fake link

💭 Reflect What part of a web address can reveal a fake?

I can name a manipulation trick

💭 Reflect Name one trick a message might use: urgency, fear, or a too-good reward.

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Level 4

✅ I Can Choose Safely

“I can choose what to do next.”

I can use Robot's 3 Questions

💭 Reflect What are Robot's 3 Questions?

I can keep private info private

💭 Reflect Name three things you never give to a game or a quiz.

I can stop at red and ask a grown-up

💭 Reflect When something makes you feel rushed, what is the smart move?

I can read before I tap “Allow”

💭 Reflect Should a drawing app need your location and your contacts? Why not?

I can keep my password to myself

💭 Reflect Who is the only kind of person who might ever need your password?

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Level 5

🧑‍🏫 I Can Help Someone Else

“I can explain it kindly to someone else.”

I can explain a scam to someone in my family

🧑‍🏫 Teach Teach a family member the ONE thing you always check before clicking a link.

I can help a grown-up use Robot's 3 Questions

🧑‍🏫 Teach Next time a grown-up is about to tap “Allow,” ask them Robot's 3 Questions together.

I can show someone why backups matter

🧑‍🏫 Teach Help someone you love make a second copy of something they'd be sad to lose.

I can teach the Before You Click poster

🧑‍🏫 Teach Show your family the Before You Click poster and pick one action to practice together this week.

This map is growing. Each check-mark is a real skill you can carry into the online world — calm, curious, and ready. 🤖
Teachers: ready-to-run lesson units sequence these into calm 30-minute flows.