Scouts BSA Cyber Chip
Workbook
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A. Cyber Chip Requirements for Grades 6-8
1. Read and sign the Level II Internet Safety Pledge on the BSA Cyber Chip card. (BSA Cyber Chip green card; can be
ordered at www.scoutshop.org.)
2. Write and sign a personalized contract with your parent or guardian that outlines rules for using the computer and mobile
devices, including what you can download, what you can post, and consequences for inappropriate use.
General comments
What I can download
Internet Safety Pledge
1. I will think before I post
2. I will respect other people online
3. I will respect digital media ownership
4. I won't meet face-to-face with anyone I meet in the digital world unless I have my parent's permission
5.
I will protect myself online.
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Scout's Name: ________________________
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Workbook Page. 2 of 5
What I can post
Consequences for
inappropriate use
3. Watch the video “Friend or Fake” (www.nsteens.org/Videos/FriendOrFake), along with two additional videos of your
choosing (www.nsteens.org/Videos/FriendOrFake) {from the list below}, to see how friends can help each other to stay
safe online.
Post to be Private (youtu.be/mBsoODqfQgA)
Split Decisions (youtu.be/HLUv8DHt_R4)
Two Kinds of Stupid (youtu.be/T6ulH2bWCnY)
Video Name Date Watched
Friend or Fake?
4. As an individual or with your patrol, use the EDGE method to teach internet safety rules, behavior, and “netiquette” to
your troop or another patrol. You are encouraged to use any additional material and information you have researched.
Each member of the patrol must have a role and present part of the lesson.
5. Discuss with your unit leader the acceptable standards and practices for using allowed electronic devices, such as
phones and games, at your meetings and other Scouting events.
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Scout's Name: ________________________
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Workbook Page. 3 of 5
B. Cyber Chip Requirements for Grades 9-12
1. Read and sign the Level II Internet Safety Pledge on the BSA Cyber Chip card. (BSA Cyber Chip green card; can be
ordered at www.scoutshop.org.)
2. Write and sign a personalized contract with your parent or guardian that outlines rules for using the computer and mobile
devices, including what you can download, what you can post, and consequences for inappropriate use.
General comments
What I can download
What I can post
Consequences for
inappropriate use
Internet Safety Pledge
1. I will think before I post
2. I will respect other people online
3. I will respect digital media ownership
4. I won't meet face-to-face with anyone I meet in the digital world unless I have my parent's permission
5. I will protect myself online.
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Scout's Name: ________________________
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Workbook Page. 4 of 5
3. Discuss with your parents the benefits and potential dangers teenagers might experience when using social media.
Give examples of each.
4. Watch three {of the following} “Real-Life Story” videos (www.nsteens.org/videos.aspx?Brand=Real-Life-Stories) to
learn the impact on teens.
Friend or Fake? (youtu.be/Nb1zAY_cc8o)
Post to be Private (youtu.be/mBsoODqfQgA)
Split Decisions (youtu.be/HLUv8DHt_R4)
Two Kinds of Stupid (youtu.be/T6ulH2bWCnY)
Video Name Date Watched
5. As an individual or patrol, use the EDGE method and the Student Project Kit
www.missingkids.org/content/dam/netsmartz/downloadable/studentprojectkit/Student_Project_Kit_V1.5.pdf) to teach
internet safety rules, behavior, and “netiquette” to your troop or another patrol. You are encouraged to use any additional
material and information you have researched. Each member of the patrol must have a role and present part of the
lesson.
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Scout's Name: ________________________
Scouts BSA Cyber Chip Workbook Page. 5 of 5
6. Discuss with your unit leader the acceptable standards and practices for using allowed electronic devices such as
phones and games at your meetings and other Scouting events.
Note: All Cyber Chips will expire annually. Each Scout will need to go to Netsmartz
(www.netsmartz.org) and complete two new resources to recommit to net safety and
netiquette. Then, with the unit leader, the Scout can add the new date to the Cyber Chip card
or certificate.
When working on merit badges, Scouts and Scouters should be aware of some vital information in the current edition of
the Guide to Advancement (BSA publication 33088). Important excerpts from that publication can be downloaded from
http://usscouts.org/advance/docs/GTA-Excerpts-meritbadges.pdf.
You can download
a
complete copy of the
vancement
from
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33088.pdf
.
Editor’s Note: The text in this form is additional material which is found on the scouting.org website, that does not
appear in the 2020 Scouts BSA Requirements booklet (33216 - SKU 653801).