From Your Screen to a Website
Trace how a message travels from your device to a website and back. Use that map to explain what happens online and troubleshoot a realistic connection problem.
For: teens 13–17.
Lessons
- What Happens When You Open a Website – Explain how Maya’s school-project page gets from a website to her screen.
- From Home Wi-Fi to the Wider Internet – Sort the connection steps between Maya’s laptop and her internet provider.
- How the Internet Finds the Right Website – Explain how a website name leads Maya’s request to the right destination.
- How Messages Travel in Pieces – Explain how a page’s data can travel in smaller pieces and arrive as one page.
- Trace and Troubleshoot a Real Connection – Choose the most likely connection point to check when Maya’s school page will not load.