📋 Robot's Lesson Units · Unit 2

My Info, My Choice

Your private information is yours. You decide what to share — and some things you keep to yourself.

👧 Ages 8–12 ⏱️ ~45 minutes 🗺️ Builds Level 3 (Notice Risk) & Level 4 (Choose Safely).
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🎯 Objective Kids can tell public info from private info, sort what's safe to share, and use a nickname or say no when something asks for too much.

🧠 Robot's 3 Questions

The heart of this unit — pause and ask before you click, allow, share, or install:

1. What is happening? 2. Who gets access? 3. What happens next?

What you'll need

  • A screen or projector so the class can see together
  • Optional: print the sharing cards to sort on a table
  • Exit-ticket slips or scrap paper (optional)

The lesson

  1. Hook 5 min

    What's yours to keep?

    Ask the class: “What's something anyone could know about you? And what's something only your family should know?” Draw out the difference between public info (fine to share) and private info (keep it close). The big idea for today: YOU get to choose.

  2. Learn 8 min

    Your digital footprint

    Every post, photo, and sign-up leaves a footprint. In the lab, toggle what you'd share and watch what a stranger could piece together about you — it adds up faster than kids expect.

    Poster: What Is a Digital Footprint? → Lab: Digital Footprint →
  3. Read 5 min

    Your real name is powerful

    A real name, plus a city or school, can help a stranger find you. Talk about why a nickname (like “SpaceTiger”) is a smart shield online.

    Poster: Is It Safe to Use My Real Name Online? →
  4. Sort 12 min

    Green, yellow, red: what would you share?

    Read each card aloud. Have the class vote 🟢 fine to share, 🟡 ask a grown-up first, or 🔴 keep private — then reveal the color. The rule of thumb: the more a piece of info points to WHO you are or WHERE you are, the more private it is.

    My first name, to my teacher My favorite color, food, or animal My drawing, in a class gallery A photo of me, for a school project My email, to sign up for something My city, in a game profile My home address My full name, to a stranger online My school's name, to someone I don't know My password (except to a parent) A photo showing my house or school
  5. Choose 8 min

    The quiz that wants too much

    Now kids make the call in a Mission: a fun quiz demands a full name, home address, and school before it will show a result. Walk it through with them and let them decide. Everyone earns the “Keep Private Info Private” skill.

    Mission: The Quiz That Wants Your Info →
  6. Notice 5 min

    It hides in photos and places, too

    Private info sneaks into photos (a house number, a school logo on a shirt) and location shares. A quick look at these two, then ask: “What might a photo accidentally show a stranger?”

    Poster: Is It Safe to Post a Photo of Myself? → Poster: Is It Safe to Share My Location? →
🎟️ Exit ticket

Name three things you never give to a game, a quiz, or a stranger.

Answer: Examples: home address, full name, school name, password, phone number, or a photo showing where you live.

🏠 Take it home Challenge: pick a nickname you could use online instead of your real name — and tell a grown-up your own rule for what you will never share.

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