Sixth graders learn that when an app asks to use your camera, location, or contacts, the right question is whether it really needs that to do its job, and sort real requests into reasonable and suspicious.
Students will be able to…
A map app needs your location; a flashlight app asking for your contacts does not add up. How do you tell a reasonable app permission from a suspicious one?
Project this and sort each app permission request into reasonable or suspicious — tap a request, then tap where it belongs.
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A map app asking for your location makes sense. But why would a simple flashlight app want your contacts and microphone? Permissions should match what an app actually does. How do you tell?
Students sort permission requests into reasonable and suspicious.
Students judge a request.
Students build a check-before-you-allow list.
Students reflect on app permissions.
Aligned to the CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards and the ISTE Standards for Students.
Explain how physical and digital security measures protect electronic information.
Apply multiple methods of encryption and permission to protect data on a system.
Describe tradeoffs between allowing information to be public and keeping it private and secure.
Digital Citizen: manage personal data to maintain digital privacy and security.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students list questions to ask before allowing, name permissions to be careful with, and say how to change one later, so checking becomes a habit. A printable app-permissions worksheet is in the Computer Science library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.