Session 5 of 16 — AI Explorer
Use AI to research a topic — then fact-check every claim.
If you wanted to research something for school — where would you normally look? Talk about it.
"Today we research using AI — with one rule: every single fact it tells us, we check. How many survive?"
Child picks a researchable topic — animal, historical event, or scientific concept.
Print or copy this list. You now have claims to verify.
The verification process: for each fact — how would we check this? Look it up. Mark: ✅ confirmed · ❌ wrong · 🤔 cannot verify.
Compare this to what you found. Was AI honest about its own weaknesses?
AI either admits it does not know or makes up a plausible-sounding number. Ask: how would anyone actually know this? Where does AI get its numbers from?
Today made this measurable. Keep the marked-up fact sheet — it is evidence, in your child's handwriting, that this rule matters.
Ran a full AI research session — and verified every single claim
Research methodology — AI as a starting point, not a conclusion.
Some children want to skip verification. Do not. The tedium of checking is part of the lesson.
Connects to online safety broadly: evaluating sources, not accepting information at face value.