๐ฆ The packets' journey
๐ป Computers and coding ยท The internet and email๐ Year 2 โ Year 6
The message is split into packets. Guide each packet from your computer ๐ป to the server ๐ฅ๏ธ by tapping neighboring routers, and avoid the broken ones ๐ง.
Packet: ยท Hops: 0 ยท Shortest route: 0
Arrived at the server:
About โThe packets' journeyโ
On the internet a message doesn't travel in one piece but is split into numbered packets. In this activity each packet carries one letter of the message, and the child draws its route through the routers to the server.
Different routers break down for each packet, so the child has to find another route, just like on the real internet, and compares their number of hops with the shortest possible route.