Cyber Academy course · Grades 9-12

Protect your accounts, your money and your future

A 18-minute Cyber Academy course for students (secondary) (grades 9-12). Lock down your accounts against takeover, recognize the job, scholarship and registration scams aimed at teens, know exactly what to do if someone threatens to share images of you, verify AI fakes and clean up your digital footprint before applications. 7 sections, 8-question knowledge check, a branching practice scenario and a completion certificate. The companion guide gives managers the outline, a huddle plan and the answer key.

Time to use: 18-minute course
Audience: Students, Teachers
Grade band: Grades 9-12
Language: English
Formats: PDF

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What's inside

Section: One week in October
Section: Account takeover: how it happens and how to stop it
Section: Scams aimed at teens: jobs, scholarships and fake registrations
Section: If someone threatens to share images of you
Section: AI fakes: verify before you believe or share
Section: Your digital footprint before applications
Section: Your plan and who to call
8-question knowledge check with explanations
Branching scenario: Can you send me that code?
Completion certificate (named accounts)
Printable companion guide with facilitator notes and answer key

Learners will be able to

Secure key accounts against takeover with unique passphrases, stronger MFA, recovery settings and a carrier PIN
Recognize fake job, mystery shopper, check-cashing, scholarship and test-registration scams
Respond to sextortion safely: don't pay, stop contact, save evidence, tell a trusted adult and use NCMEC resources
Verify suspicious voice, video and image content before believing or sharing it
Review and tighten your public digital footprint before college, scholarship and job applications

How to use and print

The course runs in Cyber Academy; this companion guide prints double-sided on Letter for managers and facilitators.

Participating districts download the same files co-branded with their own name and logo, and the QR codes count scans for their campaign reports.

Supports these rubric areas

Awareness & Training
Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control
Data Security
NIST CSF PR.AT
NIST CSF PR.AA
NIST CSF PR.DS

Part of

Classroom lesson · Teachers, Students

Account takeover

Students learn the five common routes to account takeover (password reuse and credential stuffing, phishing kits, one-time-code tricks and SIM swaps), compare defenses from passphrases and password managers to app-based MFA, number matching and passkeys, then run a tabletop exercise: a friend's account was hijacked and their group has 10 minutes to build a recovery plan as new problems arrive.

50-minute lesson
Grades 9-12
English · Español
DOCX, PDF, PPTX

Classroom lesson · Teachers, Students

Real or fake?

Students learn how AI-made audio, video, images and polished scam messages are used in fake emergencies, fake job and scholarship offers and online rumors, practice lateral reading and verification by a known route, sort real-world style messages into Verify first, Red flag scam or Likely legitimate, and write a personal verification routine. The lesson also covers responsible behavior with AI media of real people and, briefly and carefully, where to get help if someone threatens to share an image.

50-minute lesson
Grades 9-12
English · Español
DOCX, PDF, PPTX

Flash-n-Flush one-pager · Students

Your code is your key. Don't hand it over.

October student edition for students in grades 6-12. Most account takeovers don't take hacking skills.

90-second read
Grades 6-12
English · Español
PDF

Flash-n-Flush one-pager · All staff

Didn't sign in? Don't tap Approve.

October staff edition for all school staff. Your sign-in code or approval prompt is the lock on your account.

90-second read
English
PDF

Protect your accounts, your money and your future