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How to rob a bank

Ethical Hacking / 30 mins / ✦

Can you hack into Strathclyde Bank?

How to solve a murder

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦

Uncover digital evidence to help police catch a murderer

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How to steal a pizza

Pen Testing / 30 mins / ✦

Hunt for security issues on a pizza company’s website

Defend the rhino

Artificial Intelligence / 30 mins / ✦

Rescue rhinos from poachers using data and machine learning

Defend Stirling Castle

Security Operations / 30 mins / ✦

Protect one of Scotland’s most important historical sites

AI takes centre stage in a new science show for schools

This summer at Dynamic Earth, we’re launching an interactive science show designed to both entertain and educate.

The show demystifies how AI works and encourages the audience to think critically about Generative AI’s potential benefits and risks.

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Cracking one million passwords

Code in Python / 45 mins / ✦ ✦

Use Python code to see how cyber criminals can ‘crack’ passwords

Defend Stirling Castle

Security Operations / 30 mins / ✦

Protect one of Scotland’s most important historical sites

Hide secret messages with steganography

Cryptography / 30 mins / ✦

Use digital skills to catch The Artful Hacker, an art thief and cyber criminal

Encrypting files

Cryptography / 15 mins / ✦

Find out how to encrypt files and keep information secure

Every picture tells a story

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦ ✦ ✦

Use Python code to discover hidden information in digital photographs

How to rob a bank

Ethical Hacking / 30 mins / ✦

Can you hack into Strathclyde Bank?

How to solve a murder

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦

Uncover digital evidence to help police catch a murderer

How to spot a data leak

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦

Investigate a data leak at a telecoms company

How to steal a pizza

Pen Testing / 30 mins / ✦

Hunt for security issues on a pizza company’s website

Investigate Broughty Ferries

Open Source Intel / 30 mins / ✦

Use Open Source Intelligence to confirm or deny illegal activity at Broughty Ferries

Photo detective with the command line

Digital Forensics / 15 mins / ✦

Use the command line to find hidden information found in photographs

Ring of firewalls

Network security / 15 mins / ✦

Learn how to protect your computer by changing the firewall settings

Get hands on with data

Plug in the numbers with Data Science

Data Science / 30 mins / ✦ ✦

Use real world data to reduce your schools carbon footprint

Code a data selfie with JavaScript

Data Science / 30 mins / ✦ ✦

Use data science techniques and JavaScript to create your own, unique, data selfie

Defend the rhino

Artificial Intelligence / 30 mins / ✦

Rescue rhinos from poachers using data and machine learning

Making decisions with data

Data Science / 60 mins / ✦ ✦

Can you code a fair and unbiased algorithm with Python?

Unmasking data disasters

Data Science / 60 mins / ✦ ✦

Reveal the identities of the people within an anonymous data set

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How to steal a pizza

Pen Testing / 30 mins / ✦

Hunt for security issues on a pizza company’s website

Defend Stirling Castle

Security Operations / 30 mins / ✦

Protect one of Scotland’s most important historical sites

How to solve a murder

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦

Uncover digital evidence to help police catch a murderer

Database cleanup

Software Development / 15 mins / ✦

Learn how to clean up a hacked database

Cracking one million passwords

Code in Python / 45 mins / ✦ ✦

Use Python code to see how cyber criminals can ‘crack’ passwords

Debugging Coding Disasters with Python

Code in Python / 30 mins / ✦✦✦

Find and fix the mistakes in these Python programs

Code a data selfie with JavaScript

Data Science / 30 mins / ✦ ✦

Use data science techniques and JavaScript to create your own, unique, data selfie

Defend the fire service

Incident Response / 30 mins / ✦

Help defend the fire station against a cyber security attack

Defend the hospital

Incident Response / 30 mins / ✦

Protect our hospital from a live cyber attack

Defend the power stations

Incident Response / 30 mins / ✦

Defend and fight against a live cyber attack

Defend the rhino

Artificial Intelligence / 30 mins / ✦

Rescue rhinos from poachers using data and machine learning

Encrypting files

Cryptography / 15 mins / ✦

Find out how to encrypt files and keep information secure

Every picture tells a story

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦ ✦ ✦

Use Python code to discover hidden information in digital photographs

Hide secret messages with steganography

Cryptography / 30 mins / ✦

Use digital skills to catch The Artful Hacker, an art thief and cyber criminal

How to rob a bank

Ethical Hacking / 30 mins / ✦

Can you hack into Strathclyde Bank?

Investigate Broughty Ferries

Open Source Intel / 30 mins / ✦

Use Open Source Intelligence to confirm or deny illegal activity at Broughty Ferries

Ring of firewalls

Network security / 15 mins / ✦

Learn how to protect your computer by changing the firewall settings

Refine The Design

User Experience / 30 mins / ✦

Help design an easy-to-use music app

Plug in the numbers with Data Science

Data Science / 30 mins / ✦ ✦

Use real world data to reduce your schools carbon footprint

Photo detective with the command line

Digital Forensics / 15 mins / ✦

Use the command line to find hidden information found in photographs

Making decisions with data

Data Science / 60 mins / ✦ ✦

Can you code a fair and unbiased algorithm with Python?

How to spot a data leak

Digital Forensics / 30 mins / ✦

Investigate a data leak at a telecoms company

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We live-stream interactive lessons to classrooms highlighting technology careers. School pupils learn digital skills alongside industry experts.

Check out some of our most popular videos.

“How to Rob a Bank” for Scottish Careers Week

Craig and Daniel team up with school pupils from across Scotland to rob the (fictional!) Strathclyde Bank. Learn about ethical hacking and cyber security skills. Watch it here.

The ethics of using tech to make decisions

We’re launching Tech We Trust, a project that looks at digital skills, data skills, and the ethics of using technology to make decisions.

We SOLD our DATA for a cappuccino

This is a cafe in Manchester…with a catch. You must sell your personal data to pay the bill. Even before stepping inside we were warned we were consenting to our personal data being tracked in the café. Watch the video.

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