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The internet and its uses

The internet and the world wide web, URLs, HTTP and HTTPS, browsers, DNS and cookies, digital currency and blockchain, and cyber security threats and the solutions to them.

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Unit at a glance

7 lessons, 315 minutes of teaching

Lessons
7, each planned for 45 minutes
Worksheets
7 with answer keys
Quiz questions
42 multiple-choice, assignable in the app
Lab
Internet lab
Scheme of work

The lessons in order

RefLesson packStructureWorksheetQuizLab tab
5.1The internet, the world wide web and URLs
People say "the internet" and "the web" as if they were the same thing.
Mix-Pair-Share6 Q, 12 marks6 MCQtab 1
5.1HTTP, HTTPS and web browsers
Every time you open a page, your browser and a web server hold a short conversation following agreed rules: HTTP.
Jigsaw6 Q, 14 marks6 MCQtab 1
5.1How a web page is located and retrieved: DNS
You type a URL and a page appears in a fraction of a second.
Corners6 Q, 15 marks6 MCQtab 1
5.1Session and persistent cookies
Add a jacket to your basket, click to another page, and the jacket is still there.
Frayer Model6 Q, 13 marks6 MCQtab 2
5.2Digital currency and blockchain
Some money has no notes or coins at all: it exists only as data.
Connect-Extend-Challenge6 Q, 14 marks6 MCQtab 4
5.3Cyber security threats
Some attacks target computers: guessing passwords, flooding servers, planting malware.
Anticipation / Reaction Guide6 Q, 17 marks6 MCQtab 5
5.3Keeping data safe from security threats
No single tool stops every attack.
Cooperative Concept Mapping6 Q, 17 marks6 MCQtab 5

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