👩‍🏫 How to Explain by Age Group

• Elementary (K–5)

  • “A prompt is like giving your computer a clue or command, so it knows what to do next. Just like telling a robot, ‘Draw a cat!’ or ‘Tell me a story!"

• Middle School (6–8)

  • “A prompt tells an AI what you want, like a question, instruction, or request. The clearer your prompt, the better the response."

• High School (9–12)

  • "A prompt is a structured input that guides how an AI responds. Good prompt writing, called prompt engineering, can shape tone, clarity, and accuracy”

🚀 Classroom Expeditions

Mini-journeys into AI thinking.

• Elementary (K–5)

  • Have students write give step-by-step instructions to a partner pretending to be a robot (“Clap twice,” “Walk to the pencil”). Trade instructions, then reflect: What happens if the prompt is unclear? A prompt is the instruction. If it’s confusing, the robot (or AI) gets confused too!

• Middle School (6–8)

  • Give students sample prompts to test on a LLM (e.g., “Explain gravity,” “Write a rap about photosynthesis”). Compare the responses. What changed? Why? AI responds based on how a prompt is written, so even small changes can lead to big differences.

• High School (9–12)

  • Challenge students to rewrite a weak prompt into a strong one. Use: tone, detail, goal. Then compare how the AI responds to each version. Prompt engineering is a real skill, how you ask changes what you get.

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Prompt Writing Is a Real Job, With a Real Salary

Some companies now hire “prompt engineers” to craft better AI instructions, because the way you ask a question can change everything about the answer. In 2023, one job listing offered up to $335,000 a year just for writing prompts!

(Source: Bloomberg)