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Cyber Forensics: Digital Footprints

Grades 4-6 45-55 minutes Computational Thinking Social Science

Cyber Forensics: Digital Footprints

45-55 minutes

Grades 4-6

Students will take on the role of digital forensic investigators who have been tasked with investigating a recent store robbery.

Objectives:

  • Analyze digital evidence in order to create and support a claim.
  • Consider their own digital footprint and develop an understanding on how to keep it secure.

Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

Standards alignment

  • English Language Arts: Reading
  • English Language Arts: Speaking and Listening
  • English Language Arts: Writing
  • Standards for Technological Literacy
  • C3 Framework for Social Studies