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Use AI to Help With Research — But Always Double-Check
AI can help you find info for a school project. But never trust everything AI says. Always check.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2research
- 3fact-checking
- 4sources
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Section 1
The big idea
AI is great for getting started on a research topic — it can give you an overview, suggest things to look up, and explain hard ideas. But AI also makes stuff up. Your job is to check.
Some examples
- Good: 'Give me 3 main things to know about volcanoes for my report.'
- Good: 'Where can I learn more about how volcanoes form?'
- Good: 'Explain plate tectonics in kid words.'
- Risky (always double-check): 'When did Mount St. Helens erupt?' (AI might get the year wrong.)
Try it!
Pick a topic you are curious about. Ask AI for 3 facts. Then look up each fact in a different place. How many were right? How many were wrong or fuzzy?
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