🗺️ Your Cyber Ready Journey
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!
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?
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?
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.
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?
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.