📋 Robot's Lesson Units · Unit 1

The Moment Before the Click

Before you tap “Allow” or click a pop-up, pause and ask Robot's 3 Questions.

👧 Ages 7–11 ⏱️ ~30 minutes 🗺️ Builds Level 3 (Notice Risk) & Level 4 (Choose Safely).
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🎯 Objective Kids can notice a pushy prompt, ask Robot's 3 Questions, and choose safely.

🧠 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
  • Exit-ticket slips or scrap paper (optional)

The lesson

  1. Hook 4 min

    Have you ever tapped too fast?

    Ask the class: “Has a screen ever asked you to tap something quickly — and you weren't sure what it would do?” Let a few kids share. Then introduce the big idea: the safest thing isn't knowing every rule — it's remembering to pause and ask Robot's 3 Questions (shown above) before you click, allow, share, or install.

  2. Learn 5 min

    Two pushy moments

    Look at these two together. Ask: what do pushy prompts have in common? (They rush you, ask for a lot, or pop up out of nowhere.)

    Poster: Is It Safe to Click a Pop-Up? → Poster: Is It Safe to Click “Allow”? →
  3. Feel 4 min

    Green, yellow, or red?

    Play a few Cyber Feelings moments together. The goal isn't a “right” answer — it's noticing that a pushy prompt often gives you a yellow or red feeling in your body. That feeling is a signal to pause.

    Play: Cyber Feelings →
  4. Spot 5 min

    Name the trick

    Pushy prompts use tricks: urgency, authority, fear, and reward. In this lab, kids read a message and name the trick. Naming it takes away its power.

    Lab: Spot the Manipulation →
  5. Do 5 min

    Be the pop-up detective

    Now kids sort real-looking pop-ups into green, yellow, and red. Ask them to say one reason out loud for each — that reason IS Robot's 3 Questions in action.

    Lab: Pop-Up Detective →
  6. Choose 5 min

    Your call

    Finally, kids make a real choice in a Mission: an app asks to “Allow” far more than it needs. Walk it through with Robot's 3 Questions and let them choose. Everyone earns the “Read Before You Allow” skill.

    Mission: The “Allow” Pop-Up →
🎟️ Exit ticket

What are Robot's 3 Questions?

Answer: 1) What is happening? 2) Who gets access? 3) What happens next?

🏠 Take it home Challenge: tonight, show a grown-up Robot's 3 Questions. Next time THEY are about to tap “Allow,” ask the three questions together.

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