K12 AI Labs

Research, Writing, and Knowledge Tools - Fact-Checking with AI and Human Sources

$15.00

K12 AI Labs: Module 2, Lesson 5

Fact-Checking with AI and Human Sources trains students to be rigorous, skeptical, and effective consumers of AI-generated information. In a world where AI tools can produce confident, fluent, and completely wrong answers, this lesson is essential.

Students begin by experiencing AI hallucinations firsthand—submitting research queries to tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity AI and receiving responses that sound authoritative but contain factual errors, outdated information, or fabricated citations. The goal is visceral understanding, not just theoretical awareness.

From there, students learn a systematic fact-checking process: identifying specific claims in AI output, locating primary and secondary sources, and evaluating whether the evidence holds up. They practice tracing AI citations to their alleged sources—a skill that reveals just how often those sources don't say what the AI claims.

The lesson builds habits that extend far beyond AI: evaluating credibility, recognizing the difference between a source and a summary of a source, and understanding why verification matters even when information sounds right.

Students leave with a working fact-checking framework they can apply to any AI-generated content—in this class, in other subjects, and in the wider information environment they navigate every day.

ISTE Standards 3 and 2 aligned.

This is a digital lesson accessed via lesson PDF and PowerPoint presentation—no physical product will be shipped.

AI Labs is designed for middle and high school classrooms but is adaptable across grade levels. It fits naturally into computer science, media, elective, or STEM programs—and can be taught as a semester course, stretched to a full-year, or a flexible collection of standalone lessons with 10 Cumulative Project options with teacher materials and student pacing guide.

Details
  • Course Level
    Middle School, High School

What's Included
  • A full instructor guide with research activities
  • Source evaluation tools and differentiation supports
  • A matching PowerPoint presentation

This is a digital lesson accessed via lesson PDF and PowerPoint presentation—no physical product will be shipped.

Materials Needed
  • Access to ChatGPT, Gemini, Notion AI, and Perplexity AI
  • Internet/library access for human sources (Britannica, Newsela, Gale, JSTOR, or Google Scholar)
  • Fact-Check Brief Template student worksheet
  • Example AI-generated claim (for teacher modeling)

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K12 AI Labs

AI Labs is a hands-on, project-based curriculum that prepares students to understand, use, and think critically about artificial intelligence. Across 25 lessons and seven content modules, students move from foundational AI ethics through real creative and technical work—writing prompts, generating music, designing characters, coding games, training machine learning models, and producing video with AI avatars.

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