Subject Labs

Choose one activity

1. Thesis Interrogation: Students write a thesis by hand, then ask AI to challenge it with three tough questions. They revise the thesis themselves and explain what improved.
2. Evidence Audit: Students paste their own body paragraph and ask which claims lack evidence. They find real quotations from the text — AI never supplies the quote.
3. Two Voices: Students compare their own paragraph with an AI paragraph on the same topic and list five things that make the human version theirs. Discuss what is lost when voice disappears.

Example prompts

• "Act as an English tutor for Grade 9. Ask me three questions that test whether my thesis is arguable. Do not rewrite it."
• "Here is my paragraph. List the claims that need textual evidence. Do not provide the quotations."
• "Quiz me on the difference between summary and analysis using examples from a novel I name."

Choose one activity

1. Hint Ladder: Students request one hint at a time and record how many hints they needed. Fewer hints over the week is visible growth.
2. Find the Error: Students ask AI for a worked solution containing one deliberate mistake, then hunt for it. Excellent for exam review.
3. Explain My Steps: Students solve first, then ask AI to critique their reasoning without giving a different solution.

Example prompts

• "Act as a Grade 8 math tutor. Give me one hint at a time for this problem. Do not show the full solution."
• "Create a worked solution for this quadratic that contains exactly one error, and tell me only that an error exists."
• "Here are my steps. Tell me where my reasoning breaks down without solving it for me."

Choose one activity

1. Claim, Evidence, Check: AI produces three claims about a topic; students verify each against the textbook or a credible site and label them confirmed, unclear, or wrong.
2. Design a Fair Test: Students ask AI to question their experimental design. AI may ask about variables and controls; it may not design the experiment.
3. Lab Report Feedback: Students submit their own conclusion paragraph and ask whether their data actually supports it. They rewrite it themselves.

Example prompts

• "Act as a science teacher. Give me three claims about the water cycle and tell me what source I should use to verify each one."
• "Ask me questions about my variables and controls so I can improve my own experiment design. Do not design it."
• "Here is my conclusion. Does my stated data support it? Explain the gap. Do not rewrite my paragraph."

Choose one activity

1. Citation Hunt: AI suggests three sources on a topic. Students must locate each one in the library catalogue or a database. Any source they cannot find gets crossed out and discussed.
2. Perspective Table: Students ask for two opposing interpretations of an event, then find one real piece of evidence for each side themselves.
3. Timeline Check: AI generates a timeline; students verify every date against a textbook and record every correction they had to make.

Example prompts

• "Suggest three types of primary sources I could look up about the Industrial Revolution. Do not invent titles or authors."
• "Give me two competing interpretations of this event at a Grade 10 level, then ask me which one I find stronger and why."
• "Quiz me on the causes and effects of this event until I can explain them without notes."

Choose one activity

1. Interview Rehearsal: AI plays an interviewer and asks five questions. Students answer out loud, then ask for feedback on clarity and specificity.
2. Skills Inventory: Students list their real experiences, then ask AI which transferable skills those experiences demonstrate. Students write the final wording.
3. Application Integrity: Discuss why an AI-written college or job application is both a disclosure problem and a bad strategy — the interview exposes it immediately.

Example prompts

• "Act as an interviewer for a part-time job. Ask me five questions, one at a time, then give me feedback on my answers."
• "Here are three things I actually did. Which transferable skills do they show? I will write my own résumé wording."
• "Ask me questions that help me figure out what to write in my personal statement. Do not write it for me."

Choose one activity

1. Outline, Then Own It: AI organizes the student's own bullet points into an outline. Students then write every talking point in their own words.
2. Tough Question Drill: Students ask AI for the five hardest audience questions on their topic and rehearse answers without notes.
3. Cut It Down: Students ask which sections are weakest for a three-minute limit, then decide themselves what to cut.

Example prompts

• "Here are my rough notes. Organize them into a logical outline. I will write all the wording myself."
• "Ask me the five hardest questions an audience could ask about this topic."
• "My talk must fit three minutes. Tell me which sections are least essential and why. I decide what to cut."