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Independent AI review complete. Human science review and classroom-use feedback pending. Microsoft Word, Google Docs and assistive-technology testing have not occurred. Author time estimates have not been classroom tested.

# Start Here v1.0.0 — independent AI review

**Date:** 2026-09-29 UTC. **Reviewer type:** separate AI agent session, independent of the authoring agent. **Disposition:** instructional text and collection print paths reviewed; the integration finding below was resolved. This is not human subject review, classroom validation, or accessibility certification.

## Scope and method

I read all four pages of the actual PDF and the DOCX text/structure, inspected the page rendering, and checked its print-menu and response-index names against the actual Kit 1 and Kit 2 selection PDFs and task IDs. I compared its science and standards limits with official [NGSS MS-PS3-4](https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps3-4-energy) and [MS-PS3-3](https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/ms-ps3-3-energy). I did not independently render DOCX in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice and did not test assistive technology.

The vocabulary accurately separates temperature from change and from total system energy, a fresh trial from repeated time readings, a complete design from a material-property test, and limited warming from stopped transfer. The response index points to K1-A1/A2, K1-B1/B2/B3, K2-A1/A2, and K2-B1/B2/B3 in existing standalone PDFs. Quick Check I is explicitly identified as the same task in Teach the Lesson, with Later Check T used after I. The planning record asks for observed evidence and a next task without a composite score or upload. All four PDF pages contain selectable text and render without observed clipping.

## Finding and handoff

| ID | Severity | Location | Finding | Correction/verification needed |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SH-01 | Moderate collection integration | p. 1 and p. 3 print choices for Kit 3 | Initially, the foundation directory lacked `kit3/`, so those print routes could not be verified in the bundle. This was a package-integration finding, not a defect in the instructional text. | **Resolved 2026-09-29:** `kit3/` was added to the foundation directory. I verified all five named Kit 3 selection PDFs exist, the R selection contains R1–R3, the F selection contains F1–F4, and all nine Kit 3 PDF/DOCX instructional files in the foundation copy have SHA-256 parity with the previously independently reviewed Kit 3 package. |

No scientific or vocabulary error was found. The resource does not claim complete NGSS coverage, a lab route, classroom effects, or human review. The rights note links the existing site Terms of Use and does not reproduce third-party graphics/passages.

## Exact reviewed files

All paths are relative to `start-here/`; SHA-256 values identify the inspected bytes.

| File | SHA-256 |
| --- | --- |
| `teacher/StartHere-v1.0.0-Teacher-Guide.docx` | `7825137f5a64f178a80e0ff4dc3ea536aa401846ed9957d9bd9a7f33f8bf6eb8` |
| `teacher/StartHere-v1.0.0-Teacher-Guide.pdf` | `89d89d6a9bba987fc663447bf9e9b6620906eea1cfa1ffd2c37a204c4bd0061b` |