🌱 Level 1 · Beginner
📘 Chapter 2 of 6
⏱️ 12 minutes
Safe & Smart Use of Claude
Become a smart AI explorer: protect your privacy, check facts and learn honestly.
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Use Claude with a grown-up. Claude’s apps are meant for adults (18+), so try the prompts in this course together with a parent or teacher beside you.
Your adventure map
Chapter 2 at a glance
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2.1 Protect your privacy
🎯 Goal: know what to never type into Claude- Private information is anything that can identify you or let a stranger find or trick you.
- Treat a chat with AI like talking in a public place. Share the question, not your secrets.
- Use placeholders like [Name] or [My City] and fill them in only on your own paper.
- If you are unsure, stop and ask a grown-up before typing.
🚦 The Privacy Traffic Light
🔴 NEVER share
- Full name + home address
- Phone number, email
- Passwords and OTPs
- Photos of ID cards
- Bank or card details
🟡 Ask a grown-up first
- Your photo
- Your school name
- Your city or area
- Family details
- Anything you feel unsure about
🟢 Usually safe
- Your study question
- The topic and class level
- Hobbies like cricket
- Your own essay with names removed
🌍 Real-life examples
📝 Class project introNeed help with a self-introduction? Ask for a template with [Name] and [City] blanks, then fill them in yourself.
🎮 “Verify your account” trickA message asks for your OTP or password. No real helper ever needs it. Stop and tell an adult.
🚀 Try it yourself
Help me write a short introduction for my Class [your class] project. Use blanks like [My Name] and [My City]. I will fill them in myself on paper.
❌ Weak prompt“I am Rohan Sharma, I live at Flat 4, Green Park Society, and my number is…”
Too much personal information.
Too much personal information.
✅ Good prompt“Write a friendly self-introduction for a Class 7 student who loves cricket. Leave blanks for my name and city.”
Useful and private.
Useful and private.
🎉 Fun fact: A password made of 4 random words, like “mango-train-cloud-tiger”, is usually harder to guess than a short one full of symbols. Never type it into a chatbot though!
📝 Quick quiz
1. Which one should you NEVER type into Claude?A) Your homework question B) Your password C) A topic like “volcanoes”
✅ B. Passwords and OTPs stay secret, always.
2. What is a placeholder?
✅ A blank like [My Name] that you fill in yourself, away from the chat.
3. A chat asks for your home address. What do you do?
✅ Don’t answer. Close it and tell a parent or teacher.
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2.2 Check the facts
🎯 Goal: verify answers before you trust them- Claude can sometimes give a wrong answer in a very confident voice. People call this a hallucination.
- Be extra careful with dates, numbers, names, quotes and recent events.
- Check important facts in your textbook, with a teacher, or on a trusted website.
- You can ask: “How sure are you? How can I check this?”
🕵️ The 4-step Fact Detective
👀1. Readslowly and fully
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🔦2. Spot claimsdates, numbers, names
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📚3. Checktextbook or trusted site
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✅4. Confirmthen write in your words
🌍 Real-life examples
🏛️ History dateClaude says a battle happened in a certain year. Compare it with your history textbook before writing it.
🔢 Science numberYou get a distance or a speed. Check the number in your science book and note the unit.
🚀 Try it yourself
Tell me 3 facts about the Moon for a Class [your class] student. For each fact, tell me how I can check it, and tell me if you are unsure about anything.
❌ Weak habitBelieve the answer because it sounds confident.
Confident does not mean correct.
Confident does not mean correct.
✅ Good habitAsk “How can I check this?” and verify in a textbook or trusted source.
Now you are a fact detective.
Now you are a fact detective.
🎉 Fun fact: Journalists often confirm important facts in at least two trusted sources. Try the same “two-source rule” for your projects!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What is a hallucination in AI?
✅ When AI gives a wrong or made-up answer in a confident way.
2. Which things need extra checking?A) Dates and numbers B) Jokes C) Emojis
✅ A. Dates, numbers, names and quotes can be wrong.
3. Write one question you can ask Claude to help you verify an answer.
✅ “How sure are you?” or “How can I check this in my textbook?”
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2.3 Learn honestly
🎯 Goal: use Claude to learn, not to copy- Homework exists so your brain gets stronger, just like exercise builds muscles.
- Copying an AI answer is like someone else doing your push-ups. You gain nothing.
- Use Claude as a coach: ask for hints, tips and practice, then do the work yourself.
- Follow your school’s AI rules and be honest when you used AI as a helper.
⚖️ Copy-cat or Smart learner?
🐑 Copy-cat
- ❌ Pastes the full answer
- ❌ Cannot explain it later
- ❌ Forgets it by tomorrow
- ❌ Might break school rules
🦉 Smart learner
- ✅ Tries first
- ✅ Asks for hints and tips
- ✅ Explains in own words
- ✅ Follows school rules
🪜 The Learning Ladder
✏️1. Try firstgive it your best
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💡2. Ask for a hintnot the full answer
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🛠️3. Fix it yourselfuse the tips
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🗣️4. Say it your wayteach someone at home
🌍 Real-life examples
➗ Maths sumStuck on a sum? Ask: “Give me only the first step as a hint.” Then try the rest alone.
✍️ Essay writingWrite your own paragraph first. Then ask Claude for 3 tips to improve it, and make the changes yourself.
🚀 Try it yourself
Here is my paragraph about the water cycle: [paste your own paragraph]. Do not rewrite it. Give me 3 tips to improve it and I will fix it myself.
❌ Weak prompt“Write my essay on pollution.”
You learn nothing and the essay is not yours.
You learn nothing and the essay is not yours.
✅ Good prompt“Here is my pollution essay. Do not rewrite it. Tell me 3 things to improve.”
You stay the author.
You stay the author.
🏆 Mini challenge: Take any answer Claude gave you and explain it to a family member without looking. If you can, you have truly learned it!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What should you do BEFORE asking Claude for help?
✅ Try the work yourself first.
2. A good way to ask for help on a maths sum is…A) “Solve it fully” B) “Give me only the first hint” C) “Do all my homework”
✅ B. Hints keep you thinking.
3. Why is copying an AI answer a problem?
✅ You do not learn it, you may break school rules, and the answer may be wrong.
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2.4 Smart habits
🎯 Goal: build healthy AI habits and know who else can help- Have a goal before you open Claude, such as “revise fractions for 15 minutes”.
- Take breaks. Stretch, drink water, play outside. Your brain learns better when rested.
- Claude is one helper, not the only helper. Teachers, parents, friends and books matter too.
- If something feels odd or upsetting, close the chat and tell a trusted adult.
🤝 Your Helper Team
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Teacher
Subject doubts, school rules, marking.
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Parent
Anything online that feels odd or upsetting.
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Textbook
The trusted place to check facts.
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Claude
Explain, practise, quiz and plan.
🌍 Real-life examples
🗓️ Exam weekAsk Claude for a study timetable with breaks. Then show it to your teacher or parent and adjust it together.
😟 Something odd appearsA reply makes you uncomfortable or confused. Close the chat and talk to a trusted adult. You did nothing wrong.
🚀 Try it yourself
Make a 1-week study timetable for Class [your class] with 1 hour of study each day, short breaks and a weekend revision slot. Then tell me which parts I should discuss with my teacher or parent.
❌ Weak habitChat with AI for hours with no goal, and skip breaks.
Tired brain, little learning.
Tired brain, little learning.
✅ Good habitSet a goal, study 15-20 minutes, take a break, and check with a real person.
Calm, focused and safe.
Calm, focused and safe.
🏆 Mini challenge: Make your own “Claude Rules Card” with 5 rules from this chapter and stick it near your study table.
📝 Quick quiz
1. What should you do if a chat makes you uncomfortable?
✅ Close it and tell a trusted adult.
2. Who is the best person to ask about school AI rules?A) A stranger online B) Your teacher C) Nobody
✅ B. Your teacher knows your school’s rules.
3. Name two smart habits from this section.
✅ For example: set a goal, take breaks, ask real people too.
🏅 My Safe AI Pledge
Tick all 5 to earn your badge!
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Congratulations, Safe AI Explorer!
You are ready for Chapter 3.
Chapter 2 summary
Protect your privacy • Check the facts • Learn honestly • Ask real people too.