Ages 11β14 Β· 10 levels Β· 3 free
How the Internet Works for kids
How a message travels across the internet: IP addresses, routers and Wi-Fi. Hand out IP addresses with blocks, guide packets across a map of the internet and set up a secure router.
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What is an IP address? free
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Home network free
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The path of a packet free
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Broken link
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DNS, the phone book of the internet
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Packets
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Cable or Wi-Fi?
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A secure router
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Across Europe
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School network
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What will you learn?
What an IP address is and how devices get one (static and DHCP), how packets travel through routers and what happens when a link breaks, how DNS turns a site name into an address, when a cable is better than Wi-Fi, what ping is and how to set up a home router securely.