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3–5 Monday, October 12, 2026 · 8 min

Grade 3-5: Phishing at school, a chatbot honesty bill, the Googlebook & a maple-seed robot

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About This Episode

This week on TechCheck for grades 3–5: students in a Wisconsin district got a fake 'job offer' email (word of the day: PHISHING); four members of Congress introduced a bill that would make chatbots tell kids they're AI, not people (CHATBOT); Google's new Googlebooks went on sale, and school Chromebooks keep getting updates until 2034 (OPERATING SYSTEM); Australia's eSafety office found that several big games mostly trusted typed-in ages (AGE CHECK); and the ALBATROSS robot spins down like a maple seed, then sails with just three actuators (ACTUATOR). Vocabulary-rich and discussion-ready. IN THIS EPISODE

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Teach with this episode

A reusable 3–5 worksheet and a copy-your-own Google Form. Same template every week, so students learn the routine once.