Turn password safety into a game students actually play. Password Lab: Guard Your Accounts is an interactive web-app simulation for Grades 5-8: students become Kai, surviving one week of password pressure - game setup "tips", an expired-password pop-up, a friend begging to share, a bank demanding a 2FA code forward, a Netflix look-alike, a fake Google login, a REAL school IT email, and a Steam identity harvest. Every choice earns Safety Points or springs a trap, with instant teaching feedback. Live score, auto-save, and a teacher tracking sheet - no AI accounts, no logins, no district IT ticket.

WHY TEACHERS LOVE THIS

• Consequences, not lectures - wrong choices show exactly what a thief does with that password or code, then a 4-step recovery drill

• The 2FA-code-forward scam - a topic almost no classroom product covers yet, told through a bank text students recognize

• Real judgement practice - one message is a LEGITIMATE school IT email on purpose, so kids learn calibration, not paranoia

• Automatic tracking - every student lands in YOUR Google Sheet: score, progress, debrief word count, timestamps, one row per student

• 3 ranked endings (Vault Master / Still Learning the Locks / Week of Leaks) replayable for a higher rank

WHAT'S INCLUDED

• The web app (3 files + a 5-minute copy-paste deploy guide - no coding); it also runs offline as a plain file on any device

• 8 realistic scenarios tuned to Grades 5-8: Steam, Netflix, in-game friends and class polls

• Printable version: student worksheet, answer key with teaching notes, teacher quick-start

• Preview PDF so you can check the reading level in seconds

THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE

1. Sign in with name, school email, class period and a made-up 4-digit PIN (never a real password)

2. Open Kai's inbox: 8 moments arrive one by one

3. Choose: share, forward, sign in or refuse - the app scores every decision live (max 17)

4. Write a 75-word debrief (what makes a password un-crackable and un-shareable) with a live word counter; it will not submit until it is real

5. Get an ending rank + a printable report they can take home

PERFECT FOR

Digital citizenship, computer class, advisory/SEL, health, library media, sub plans, homeschool - and it completes the trio: Phishing Lab (Gr 6-9) covers the bait, Privacy Lab (Gr 4-6) covers the share, Password Lab (Gr 5-8) covers the keys. Run all three as one year-long internet-safety curriculum.

BUILT-IN FEATURES

Server-checked debrief length and submission locking · teacher mode with server-verified password, live dashboard and CSV export · paste-blocking on the reflection box · resume after crash or refresh · works fully offline on paper too.

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