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Teach the habits, not the hype.

Use short lessons and open questions to help young people think critically about AI and money—without needing to be an AI engineer or investment expert.

A 30-minute lesson pattern

Open. Explore. Explain.

  1. 05 min

    Open with a real question

    “Would you trust a stock tip written by AI?” or “What changes when $10 is saved every week?”

  2. 10 min

    Explore one lesson

    Read together or let students work in pairs. Keep invented people and amounts in every activity.

  3. 10 min

    Try the scenario

    Change one calculator assumption, repair one prompt, or identify one scam pressure tactic.

  4. 05 min

    Explain the reasoning

    Ask what evidence mattered, what was uncertain, and what action would be safest.

Ready-to-use resources

Download, print, or adapt.

Beautiful, print-ready PDF guides for a classroom, library, or family conversation.

Classroom guide · PDF

Pause, Check, Decide

A two-page discussion plan with scenarios, prompts, and a short exit ticket.

Download printable PDF ↓Family guide · PDF

Our family verification plan

A two-page checklist for voice clones, urgent money requests, private data, and safe verification.

Download printable PDF ↓
Safety guidance

Keep personal stakes out of practice.

Students can learn every core method with fictional people, companies, portfolios, and budgets.

  • No real account detailsDo not upload statements, IDs, passwords, school records, addresses, or private messages.
  • No personalized allocationsAsk students to compare trade-offs, not prescribe how a real family should invest.
  • No public rankingDo not shame a budget, score risk tolerance, or reward the highest simulated return.
  • Follow local rulesSchool AI policies and Canadian/U.S. laws differ. Use your institution’s approved tools and guidance.
Discussion prompts

Questions that reveal thinking.

What would you need to verify before believing this?
Which part is a fact, an assumption, or an example?
Who benefits if you act quickly?
What personal detail can we remove and keep the learning?
How would a lower return or a loss change the result?
Where do Canada and U.S. rules need separate sources?
Need a source?

Start with public agencies.

Our resource library separates Canadian and U.S. government and regulator links for financial education, investor protection, privacy, and AI safety.

Open trusted resources
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Educators, financial professionals, accessibility reviewers, and translators are all useful to a project like this.

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