STAR · PHISHAcademyClass
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For grown-ups

Sit nearby. Recovery is the mission.

Command
Kimberly Thornton
Lane
Space Academy
Posture
HOLD-ready
Station
Spokane

STAR PHISH Space Academy is a follow-along Safety and Recovery class for kindergarten through 6th grade. Little Cadets (K–3) get short lines and a video in every lesson. Space Cadets (4–6) get the same class with a little more why.

Instructor Kimberly Thornton is the Principal Investigator and a former Solar System Ambassador. Grok Bot is a trusted servant: flags lures, drafts only, reports to Command. This classroom is an independent educational project.

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Crew law

No one leaves Earth unless we are sure we can bring them back. Recovery is the most critical part of any mission — including Virtual Space (screens). If a child goes onto a device, a parent, guardian, or caretaker must be able to recover them.

In this class, anything not touching the ground is treated as space. A plane. A tablet. The internet. Safety applies there too.

The three rules

  1. Rule 1

    HOLD

    Stop before you tap. A trick wants you to rush.

  2. Rule 2

    Ask a grown-up

    Ask a parent, guardian, or caretaker if it looks wrong. You are not in trouble.

  3. Rule 3

    Don't bite the phish

    Tricks PHISH for clicks. If it is too good to be true, it is. Do not bite.

The safety switch

STAR PHISH is written with HOLD / ABORT / SAFETY if AI goes rogue. Cadets HOLD and get you. You own ABORT (do not go) and turning the computer off.

  • HOLD

    Stop the action. Hands off the screen. Nothing else happens until a grown-up looks.

  • ABORT

    The mission does not start. No one leaves. We stay on Earth until return is sure.

  • SAFETY

    Safety is the reason for every other switch. Recovery comes first. We are a crew.

If a lure happens for real

Stay calm. Thank them for telling you. Do not make them finish the tap. Close the screen yourself. Do not type a password or address. If it looked like an “extraterrestrial,” a prize, or a teacher, treat it as a phish until you know otherwise.

Privacy

Optional first name or nickname stays on this device only. No last names, emails, schools, photos, or locations. No account.

Independent educational project — not NASA, not USSF, not SpaceX, not USG.