USA-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge
Students will begin taking the USA-SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge. This is a FREE, online, educational program available to public and private schools nationwide. Designed to meet federal and state internet safety mandates, students take web-based quizzes and complete an online Scavenger Hunt to learn important internet safety and cyber citizenship concepts. At the end of May, the USA-SOS National Trophy is awarded to those schools with the highest scoring students on the USA-SOS Post Quiz.
Instructions:
Student Registration:
- Students register by clicking on the STUDENTS button at www.usa-sos.org.
- Each student must register accurately selecting his or her state, school and grade.
- Each student is to print the page with his or her username and password. The page should be cut in half with one half kept by the teacher.
Pre-Quiz (approximately 5 minutes)
- Students click the Pre-Quiz button, log in and take the Pre-Quiz before starting the Scavenger Hunt.
- Questions and answers do not become available until the Pre-Quiz is over as indicated by the end date in the student account.
- Upon completion of the Pre-Quiz and Post-Quiz, students MUST click the Log Out tab on the top of the page before the next person can use that computer for the USA-SOS program.
Scavenger Hunt (approximately 60 minutes)
- Students may begin the Scavenger Hunt anytime after completing the Pre-Quiz by clicking the Scavenger Hunt button and selecting their grade.
- Scavenger Hunt icons lead students to websites holding specific internet safety information.
- Students will fill out their Scavenger Hunt document sheet as they go along
- Once the Scavenger Hunt is completed, students are ready to take the Post-Quiz.
Post-Quiz (approximately 5 minutes)
- The Post-Quiz may be accessed by clicking the "USA-SOS Post-Quiz" button under the "Students" section.
- Students log in using their assigned usernames passwords and click the “Take Quiz” button.
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