Version: 2.0. Audience: Classes 8–10 first, with adaptable notes for Classes 11–12. Status: school pilot resource. This pathway does not simply split the four-session plan in half — each session gives one GUARD letter room for deeper subject-linked practice, plus a dedicated bias/fairness session.
> Educational resource only. Not legal advice, not regulatory certification, not emergency or mental-health support.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: introduce why responsible AI use is a judgement skill, not a rule to memorise; complete the baseline diagnostic.
Resources and links: GUARD overview, Diagnostic.
Before class: project the GUARD overview; print pocket cards if devices are limited.
Formative assessment: Diagnostic score noted as baseline only.
Homework or extension: Read the pocket card; note one recent AI use that would score differently under GUARD.
Printable alternative: Print the GUARD pocket card and run the diagnostic as a paper Q&A.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: distinguish the real learning or task goal from the convenience of a ready-made AI answer; rewrite a shortcut-oriented prompt into a goal-oriented one.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — Goal or Shortcut, Scenario Lab Mission 4 (science report).
Before class: read the Goal or Shortcut Focused Lab and Mission 4's Answer Key entry.
Formative assessment: Student can state the specific capability (not just 'learning') that a given assignment assesses.
Homework or extension: Rewrite one AI prompt you used recently so it supports your thinking rather than replacing it.
Printable alternative: Use the Goal or Shortcut printable student card from Focused Labs.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: identify specific ways AI answers can be confidently wrong, invented, or missing context.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — AI Limitations Challenge, Hallucination Detective; Scenario Lab Mission 1 (quotation).
Before class: read Mission 1's Answer Key entry.
Formative assessment: Student names a specific limitation relevant to the scenario, not a generic 'AI can be wrong.'
Homework or extension: Find one AI answer (yours or a published example) that was fluent but factually wrong.
Printable alternative: Use the AI Limitations Challenge and Hallucination Detective printable student cards.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: trace a claim to independent, authoritative evidence rather than repetition or self-confirmation.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — Source Verification Trail; Source Verification Worksheet.
Before class: prepare one real, checkable claim from your subject for the worksheet.
Formative assessment: Worksheet shows an independent source, not just a repeated search snippet.
Homework or extension: Verify one claim from a non-school source (news, social media) using the same worksheet steps.
Printable alternative: Print the Source Verification Worksheet and Trail student card.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: identify consent, privacy and stakeholder concerns in a shared-data situation.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — Privacy Choice Lab; Scenario Lab Mission 3 (class photograph); Privacy & Sharing Checklist.
Before class: read Mission 3's Answer Key entry.
Formative assessment: Student names at least one affected person beyond themselves and the obvious requester.
Homework or extension: Complete the Privacy & Sharing Checklist for one app or service you use regularly.
Printable alternative: Print the Privacy Choice Lab student card and the Privacy & Sharing Checklist.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: evaluate an automated-fairness claim; identify the safeguards a consequential AI decision needs.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — Bias & Fairness Explorer; Scenario Lab Mission 5 (scholarship shortlist).
Before class: read Mission 5's Answer Key entry; prepare the '91% accurate' vendor claim for discussion.
Formative assessment: Student can name at least one piece of evidence the vendor's headline number is hiding (e.g. group-specific error rates).
Homework or extension: Find one real example of an automated ranking or approval system and note what fairness evidence is missing from its public claims.
Printable alternative: Print the Bias & Fairness Explorer student card.
Duration: 45–60 minutes
Learning objectives: choose and justify a final decision among use, revise, verify, reject, disclose or escalate; complete an honest AI-use disclosure.
Resources and links: Focused Labs — Human Override Challenge, AI Disclosure Decision; Scenario Lab Mission 6 (worried friend); AI-Use Log.
Before class: read Mission 6's Answer Key entry; confirm your school's safeguarding contact.
Formative assessment: A specific, honest AI-Use Log entry, and a clear statement of which trusted adult a student would contact in a real situation.
Homework or extension: Identify the trusted adults and emergency contacts available to you outside school.
Printable alternative: Print the Human Override Challenge and AI Disclosure Decision student cards.
Duration: 75–90 minutes
Learning objectives: apply all five GUARD letters to one ambiguous case; self- and peer-assess against the rubric; reflect on the unit.
Resources and links: Capstone, Assessment Rubric, anonymous feedback form.
Before class: read the capstone case and the Assessment Rubric.
Formative assessment: Capstone assessed against all five rubric competencies, not against matching one model decision.
Homework or extension: None — optional: share anonymous feedback with parents per the School Pilot Kit.
Printable alternative: Use the printable Capstone Pack and Student Classroom Pack for a paper-based final session.
Educational resource. GUARD is a practical WhizzStep classroom method, not an externally certified or accredited standard. Not legal, safeguarding-policy or emergency-response advice.