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AI and You 9-12 / Week 09 / Explorer Quest
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Week 09 · Real, Fake and Whose?

Explorer Quest

Explorer Quest: Provenance hunt
// Information integrity, provenance and intellectual property
⏱ about 20 min

Explorer Quest: Provenance Hunt

Comet drops a library book, a printed calendar and a club flyer on the table. "Provenance hunt! For each one, find who made it, when, and where it came from."

Wren opens the book to the first few pages. "Books are easy. The title page and the page after it tell you a lot."

Comet turns the flyer over. "This one is harder. There is a club name, but no date."

Wren nods. "So we know less about it. What would you do if it said something surprising?"

Nova hovers over the three items. "Would you like a hint?" she asks. "Look for names, dates and sources, and notice what is missing."

Comet slides the calendar to you. "Your turn. Try it at home with your family."

  1. High-integrity information can be traced to its original source.
  2. It says how well it was checked and admits what is uncertain.
  3. Missing provenance is a reason to check more carefully.
◇ FAMILY PROVENANCE HUNT
You need a family member, a pencil, some paper, and three printed things you already have at home.
Good choices are a book, a calendar, a flyer or a letter from a club.
A printed photo of a place or an animal works too.
For each item, look for who made it, when it was made, and where its information came from.
On paper, make three columns: who made it, when, and sources. Write the name of a company, club or publisher, never a family member.
If you have fewer than three printed things, use what you have.
Write Unknown in any box you cannot fill.
Decide together which item is easiest to trace and which is hardest.
Talk about it: if the hardest item said something surprising, how would you check it?
For a grown-up
This week your student studied how to tell what is real and how mistakes differ from tricks.
They also studied who owns what an AI system makes.
Ask: what makes a notice or picture worth trusting?
Ask: what would you check before sharing something surprising?
Everything in this course is done on paper. No app, website or account is used.
QUEST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
An item has no maker, no date and no source. What should you do before trusting it?
Which part of a book usually helps you trace where it came from?
Quest reviewTrue or false?
Some printed things are easier to trace than others.?
If something is printed, it must be true.?
Writing Unknown is better than guessing a fact.?
WHY THIS EXERCISETracing sources and admitting what is unknown are both marks of high-integrity information.
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