After school · Grades 4-8
Learn to outsmart
the internet.
Five hands-on missions about passwords, secret codes, scams, and AI. Break things, retry, and find out how the internet really works. No sign-up and nothing to install.
- No accounts
- Nothing to install
- Works on any device
The arcade
Pick a world, peek inside.
Five missions, each with its own look, its own rules, and its own kind of messing about. Slide through and see which one you want to open first.
Your badge wallet
Saved in this browser
Remember these
Three rules that keep you safe online.
Every mission comes back to these. They are worth memorising before anything else.
- 01
Ask first
Before you download, install, or sign up for anything, check with a grown-up you trust.
- 02
Guard your info
Your full name, address, school, and phone number are private. They are not for the internet.
- 03
Tell an adult
If something online feels weird, scary, or too good to be true, saying something is always the right move.
How a session works
No instructions to read first.
Open a mission and the game explains itself as you play. Most of the teaching happens after a wrong guess, when it shows you what you missed.
- 01
Pick a mission
Start anywhere. Every mission is a self-contained game built around one clear idea.
- 02
Try, fail, retry
Nothing here can break and nothing gets graded. Wrong answers come with an explanation.
- 03
Earn the badge
Finish a mission and the badge saves in your browser. Collect all five.
One mission takes about 20 minutes. No accounts and no setup. Open one and start playing.
For grown-ups
A calm, safe way to teach cybersecurity.
The playground fits into a 30-45 minute block with a parent or teacher nearby. Everything happens in the browser, so there is nothing to install on a school network.
- 30-45
- minutes, start to finish
- 4-8
- grade reading level
- 0
- accounts or email required
What's inside
- Five self-paced activities, 10-20 minutes each
- Written for grades 4-8 and tested with students in class
- Every wrong answer gets an explanation
- Works on Chromebooks, iPads, and phones
Your privacy
- No accounts, logins, or email collection
- No analytics or third-party trackers
- AI Lab video never leaves the device
- Scratch games are embedded from scratch.mit.edu
Suggested 45-minute plan
- 5 minWarm-up: ask what a password is for.
- 20 minOne mission, together or in pairs.
- 10 minPhishing Defender as a whole-group quiz.
- 10 minShare-out: what surprised you?
Indian River Middle SchoolAfter school cyber program.
Your move
Your first mission is ready.
Start with passwords. Fifteen minutes from now you'll know exactly why your old password was a bad idea.