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AI Literacy · Stage 6

AI-Use Statement

Honest work tells the truth about its tools. Learn to write a short, clear note saying how AI helped.

✦ AI Literacy📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~10 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start
I can write an AI-use statement.
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Kavi Signs Her Work

Kavi the owl finishes a nature poster. An AI helped her name the birds, but she painted every picture herself. "Who did what?" a friend asks. Kavi smiles and writes a little note at the bottom: "I used an AI bird app to name the birds. I painted the pictures myself." "That's an AI-use statement," she hoots. "It's short, it's true, and now everyone knows exactly what's mine and what the AI's!"

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What your child will learn

1How to write an AI-use statementA clear statement names the tool, the task, and your part — and stays true. Use this template: I used [which AI] to [what it did]. I [what I did myself]. Tap a row to turn a weak note into a clear one.
2Clear note, or vague note?The same work, two notes. One lets a reader know exactly how AI helped. The other leaves them guessing. Tap each card!
3Clear statement, or not?Drop each note on the right side. A clear statement names the tool, the task, and your part. Not clear is vague or hides the help. Tap a box for each!
4Is it clear and honest?Read each note. Is it a clear, honest AI-use statement? Pick, then tap to check. Tap Next test for more.
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A peek inside

An AI chatbot explained how volcanoes erupt, but I wrote the whole report and drew the diagram myself. Write a clear AI-use statement.
Use the template: name the tool, say what it did, say my part — and keep it true. Tool = AI chatbot. Task = explained how volcanoes erupt. My part = wrote the report and drew the diagram.

Try this at home: What is an AI-use statement?

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Questions parents ask

+What is an AI-use statement?

An AI-use statement is a short, honest note attached to a piece of work that tells how AI helped make it. A clear one says three things: which AI tool you used, what it did, and what you did yourself — for example, 'I used an AI chatbot to explain fractions. I solved the problems myself.'

+What should a clear AI-use statement include?

Three parts, all true: (1) name the AI tool you used, like a chatbot or an image maker; (2) say the exact task it helped with, such as explaining an idea or checking spelling; and (3) say what you did yourself. If a reader can tell the tool, the task, and your own part, the statement is clear.

+Why should a child write one?

So readers know which parts of the work are the child's and which are the AI's. It keeps the child honest, it is fair to anyone who reads or grades the work, and it lets others trust and check what was done. Writing 'I used AI' on its own is too vague to do any of that.

+What age is this 'AI-Use Statement' lesson for?

It is a Stage 6 lesson for roughly ages 11–12 — the top of primary and secondary-ready — part of KAVI Academy's AI-literacy track. It uses a story, a reusable template, sorting and decision games, with light reading.

+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 6 · S6 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.