Cyber Detectives is a complete 6-week online safety and cyber awareness resource for KS3 /KS4 learners, built around fictional investigations, interactive websites, and evidence-based tasks.

Students take on the role of digital detectives and work through six themed cases covering passwords, phishing, coded messages, metadata, fake news, and AI misinformation. Each week includes a visual evidence board or interactive task page, with students analysing clues, spotting warning signs, and making safe decisions online.

The course builds towards a final cyber investigation challenge where students inspect a suspicious school-closure email, open a linked fake news article, and answer evidence questions using what they have learned across the unit.

This resource includes:

• 6-week structured online safety course

• Interactive student investigation pages

• Password, phishing, fake news, metadata, and AI misinformation activities

• Final cyber investigation website challenge

• Teacher answer guide for all six weeks

• Built-in progression from simple clue spotting to full evidence-based judgement

• Engaging fictional scenarios designed for classroom-safe discussion

Topics covered:
Strong and weak passwords
Password reuse
Phishing emails and suspicious links
Urgency and social engineering
Simple decoding and message checking
Metadata and image evidence
Fake news and source credibility
AI-generated misinformation
Verifying information before sharing
Why teachers like it:
Ready-made and highly engaging
Feels like a real investigation rather than a worksheet
Strong fit for online safety, media literacy, and cyber awareness
Clear progression across the 6 weeks
Includes a final challenge that gives the unit a strong ending
Ideal for:
KS3 computing
Online safety lessons
PSHE / digital literacy
Cyber clubs
Cover lessons or enrichment units
Please note:
This is a fictional, classroom-safe cyber investigation resource. It is designed to teach safe online behaviour, source checking, and critical thinking. It does not teach real hacking.