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AI Literacy · Stage 4

Check a Trusted Source

Don't just hope an AI answer is right — check it against something you can trust.

✦ AI Literacy📘 Stage 4 · S4⏱ ~8 min🧒 Ages 8–9★ Free to start
I can check an AI answer against a trusted source.
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Kavi Checks It Twice

Kavi the owl asks a helper, "Where is the Great Wall?" The helper answers fast and sure: "In Japan!" "Hmm," hoots Kavi, "it sounds sure — but I'll check a trusted source." She opens her atlas and finds the Great Wall in China. "They don't match — so the helper was wrong! A trusted source is how I really know."

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What your child will learn

1Hope it's right vs check it's rightAn AI answer can sound sure — but sure is not the same as checked. Tap each card!
2Trusted source or not?To check a fact, you need a source you can rely on. Which of these is a trusted source? Tap a bin for each one!
3Does it match the source?The AI gives an answer. You check a trusted source. Do they MATCH? Pick, then tap to check. Tap Next test for more.
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A peek inside

An AI says a bee has 10 legs, very confidently. How do I check it?
Sounding sure is not proof. I find a trusted source — an insect book — and compare. The book says a bee has 6 legs. They disagree, so the AI was wrong.

Try this at home: What does it mean to check an AI answer against a trusted source?

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Questions parents ask

+What is a trusted source?

A trusted source is somewhere you can rely on to be careful and true — a reference book or encyclopedia, an atlas, a teacher or trusted grown-up, a museum's own website, or two good sources that already agree. Asking the same AI again, or a random online comment, is not a trusted source.

+How do you check an AI answer against a trusted source?

Notice exactly what the AI claimed, find a trusted source for that topic, then compare them. If the trusted source agrees, you can trust the answer. If they disagree, the AI answer might be wrong, so check further before using it.

+Why can't you just ask the AI again?

Asking the same tool the same question is not really checking — it can give the same confident mistake twice. Real checking means comparing against something separate that you trust, like a book or a knowledgeable grown-up.

+What age is this 'Check a Trusted Source' lesson for?

It is a Stage 4 lesson for roughly ages 9–10 in KAVI Academy's AI-literacy track. It builds on earlier lessons about confidently-wrong answers and teaches children to cross-check against a reliable source.

+Is the lesson free?

Yes — this overview and the printable PDF handout are free. The full interactive lesson and the endless practice are part of KAVI Academy.

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Part of AI Literacy · Stage 4 · S4 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.