MNIT Led Cybersecurity Activities for Kids at the Works Museum
4/3/2018 12:48:32 PM
On Saturday, March 24, MNIT had the opportunity to engage with a newer, younger audience at the Works Museum in Bloomington. The Works is a kids-focused engineering, technology, and design museum that aims to give kids hands-on experience solving problems and exploring new concepts.
The MNIT Cybersecurity Team led activities for elementary and middle school-aged students as part of the museum’s Explore IT! Series on Saturday afternoons. Our creative team introduced students to cybersecurity vocabulary and asked them to think about using hard-to-guess passwords that can help to keep everyone safe. Families posed by our "selfie wall," created "codes" with a cipher, played security-themed Jenga, and burned off some extra energy by running around to act out a computer mainframe under attack!
We had a fabulous time sharing our expertise at the museum, and we look forward to many more opportunities to educate about cybersecurity in the future. Check out our photos from the event below!
Incognito glasses at the Works Museum.
Scrabble pieces used to teach kids the importance of strong passwords.
Kids getting their photo taken in front of MNIT's cyber selfie wall.
Kids acting out a computer attack.
Family looking at a placard.
Kids getting their photo taken in front of MNIT's cyber selfie wall.
The game Jenga was used to show layers of defense versus the risks of cyber-attacks.
MNIT's Nancy Skuta demonstrating some of the activities.
A family getting their photo taken in front of MNIT's cyber selfie wall.
Kids acting out a computer attack.
Kids acting out a computer attack.
MNIT's Nancy Skuta demonstrating some of the activities.
MNIT's Nancy Skuta demonstrating some of the activities.
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