For teachers and parents
This is Steve. Scuba Steve is a marine biologist who collects facts. Everything in his bag is a true paper with a named source, such as NOAA, so you can follow the link and check it yourself. He carries a suction-cup tracker launcher, not a spear gun.
This is Bruce. Bruce is the hallucination shark, a random AI hallucination and a factarian. He only eats papers, and he makes up facts that sound right. He never eats Steve. The name Bruce is just for now. A hallucination is when an AI tool states something that sounds right and is not.
This page is for the grown-ups. It tells you what we hope to build for kids, and it asks for your help building it.
In progress · Not independently reviewed · The lessons are not built yet. The game is just an example of what we have so far
Each lesson will be short, plain and sourced. This list shows the plan. Only the first lesson is set, and the others may change.
Lesson 1 · Coming first
The first questions anyone can ask about something they read, watch or hear online.
Planned
Who makes the laws, who carries them out, and who settles disagreements, with the same sources we use for grown-ups.
Our grown-up guide to the same ideas is already open.
How government works →Planned idea
What a ballot is, who counts it, and why every vote is counted one at a time.
Planned idea
How to trace a claim back to where it came from, and what to do when you cannot find it.
Our history cases show every source next to the claim it supports.
Civics & History →Planned idea
Where public money comes from and where it goes.
We want to build a playful place to learn, with Scuba Steve as the guide. We have not built it yet, and we want to get it right. The lessons will say plainly when something was written with AI, and they will show their sources, like the rest of the site.
This page does not collect anything from children. We want to talk with educators about the direction they want us to go with this, so tell us what would help you.
Teachers and parents know what works with kids. Tell us what a good lesson looks like, what would make a kid laugh, and what you wish someone had taught you.
Members can post ideas in the Commons, in the Ideas room. Sign-up is open to adults, 18 and over.
A lot of this site is written and checked by AI, and we need humans to make sure it is not hallucinating. Reviewers read the work and check it against its sources.