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Research it. Then check it.

Anybody can pull an answer out of a robot, but almost nobody checks it, and that is exactly where you win.

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    Pick your wonder

    What do you REALLY wonder about? Not homework - something you actually want to know.

    Could be: do sharks sleep? how much water is inside one cloud? why do onions make you cry?

    Type it as a rough question. Messy is fine, we will fix it next.

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    Make it sharp

    A fuzzy question gets a fuzzy report. Let's aim.

    Add a who, a where, or a when. 'Do sharks sleep?' becomes 'Do great white sharks sleep while they keep swimming?'

    A tighter question pulls in better facts.

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    Say why you care

    Why do you want to know this? What would you do with a good answer?

    This tells the robot what actually matters to YOU, not to everyone.

    One honest line is plenty.

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    Guess first

    Before the robot says a word, YOU go first.

    What do you think the answer is right now? A guess gives you something to check the report against.

    If the report matches your guess, cool. If it does not, that is even more interesting.

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    Open Gemini and turn on Deep Research

    Go to Gemini and sign in (ask a grown-up if you need to).

    Open the tools and pick 'Deep Research'. This makes Gemini go read a LOT of real pages instead of just guessing from memory.

    Paste the pre-prompt below. Gemini will show a research PLAN first - read it, you are allowed to change it.

    Add one thing you want it to also look at, then start the research.

    what will really happen

    Deep Research reads a lot of real pages, so it takes several minutes.

    It still sounds sure even when a source is weak or the fact is shaky.

    The report is a starting point to check, not the final truth.

    Open Gemini (new tab)
    You are a careful research assistant. I want a clear, honest report that a beginner can read. My question: [question] Why I care: [why_care] What I already think is true: [know_already] Please do this: 1. Answer my question directly in the first 3 sentences. 2. Give me the 5 most important facts, each with a real source I can click. 3. Show any place where good sources disagree, and say who says what. 4. List 2 things that are still unknown or hard to pin down. 5. Use plain words. If you must use a hard word, explain it in simple terms. Do not make up sources. If you are not sure about something, say you are not sure.
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    Read the whole report

    Deep Research takes a few minutes. Let it cook.

    Read the report top to bottom. Notice the little source links - those are where each fact came from.

    Now compare it to the guess you wrote earlier.

    Open Gemini (new tab)
    hold on - judge it, do not celebrate
    • Is the answer really solid, or just confidently written?
    • Which fact has the weakest or missing source?
    • What is the one claim YOU would check before trusting it?
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    Pull fact 1 (and why you trust it)

    Now you become the checker. Not every line is equally solid.

    Find the fact you trust the MOST. Click its source. Is it a real, known place - a museum, a science site, a news outlet you have heard of?

    Write the fact, then a dash, then why you trust it.

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    Pull fact 2

    Find your second most-trusted fact.

    Click its source too. A fact with a clear source beats a fact with none.

    Same format: fact, dash, why.

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    Pull fact 3

    One more. Your third solid fact.

    Three facts you checked and can defend beat twenty you just copied.

    Fact, dash, why.

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    Flag one thing to double-check

    Robots sound sure even when they are wrong. That is called a hallucination - a made-up fact said with a straight face.

    Find one claim that felt shaky, had a weak source, or had no source at all.

    Write it down, plus how you would check it: ask an expert, find a second source, or test it yourself.

    Did you click the sources yourself, or just trust the summary?

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    Build your research brief

    Time to turn all that checking into one real thing.

    Give your brief a short title, then hit build.

    This brief is proof you did the thinking, not just the copying.

    Do the steps above and your Build my research brief shows up here.
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    Ship it

    You did REAL research and then you CHECKED it. That is rare - most people just trust the robot and move on.

    Post your brief to the class wall with #Glunty.

    Bonus: tell one person the fact you trust most AND the thing you are still checking. Honest researchers always say both.

The class wall - share yours

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You are now a real researcher.

You did not just take the robot's word for it. You read, you clicked the sources, and you kept only the facts you trust. That is the whole difference between copying and actually knowing.

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