🚀 Level 3 · Advanced
📘 Chapter 2
⏱️ 16 minutes
Plan Your Climb: Projects & Study Tools
Big school projects feel like mountains. Learn to plan them in small camps, keep your chats organised and use Claude’s study tools honestly.
🔁 Remember:
🎭 Role
🎯 Task
📌 Details
📐 Format
Now add a goal and a deadline to your Details!
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Important: Plan with a parent or teacher nearby. Follow your teacher’s rules about using AI for projects. Claude can plan and explain, but the project must be your own work. Never share personal details or your school’s name.
Your trail map
Chapter 2 at a glance
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2.1 Plan the project
🎯 Goal: turn a big project into small camps- A big project feels scary. Small steps make it doable.
- Start with a project brief: topic, goal, deadline and rules from your teacher.
- Ask Claude to split it into 5 camps with a little time for each, working back from the deadline.
- Keep a spare day at the end. Things always take longer!
📝 A project brief
Science project · Class 8
🎯 Goal
A chart-based poster on renewable energy.
📅 Deadline
In 3 weeks.
📜 Rules
Poster must be handmade. Use 2 sources. Own words only.
⏱️ Time
About 30 minutes a day.
🏔️ The 5 camps to the summit
⛺ Base Camp: Choose and planPick your topic and write the brief.
🔭 Camp 1: ResearchCollect facts from your books and trusted sources.
✍️ Camp 2: DraftWrite or sketch your first version in your own words.
🎨 Camp 3: Make itCreate the final poster, model or presentation.
🚩 Summit: Check and presentFix mistakes, practise and submit on time.
🌍 Real-life examples
🔬 Science fairAsk Claude for a 3-week plan with 30 minutes a day and one spare day at the end.
🌍 History projectAsk for 5 camps and a checklist for each camp, then tick them off yourself.
🚀 Try it yourself
Act as a friendly project coach. My goal is [goal]. My deadline is [date]. I can work about 30 minutes a day. Split my project into 5 camps (choose, research, draft, make, check) with how many days each, and leave 1 spare day at the end.
❌ Weak prompt“Help me with my project.”
No goal, no deadline, no plan.
No goal, no deadline, no plan.
✅ Good prompt“Plan my 3-week science project in 5 camps with a spare day.”
Goal, time and shape are clear.
Goal, time and shape are clear.
🎉 Fun fact: Mountain climbers never rush the summit. They climb camp by camp, just like a good project plan!
📝 Quick quiz
1. What goes in a project brief?
✅ Goal, deadline, rules and time you can spend.
2. Why keep a spare day?A) Things take longer than expected B) To skip work
✅ A. A spare day protects your deadline.
3. Name the 5 camps in order.
✅ Choose, research, draft, make, check and present.
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2.2 Organise your chats
🎯 Goal: keep each job tidy and on track- Use one chat for one job: one for your science project, another for maths revision.
- Long chats get messy, and Claude may lose track of early details. Start a fresh chat when the topic changes.
- Begin each chat by pasting a short brief so Claude knows the goal and rules.
- Keep a project log in your own notebook: what you did, what is next. Your app may also have tools to keep chats together, so check.
🔄 The Tidy Chat Loop
📋1. Paste briefgoal and rules
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💬2. Work in small stepsone camp at a time
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📓3. Note progressin your own log
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🆕4. New topic?start a new chat
🌍 Real-life examples
📚 Two subjectsKeep “Science project” and “Maths revision” in separate chats so ideas do not mix.
🔁 Coming back laterBefore closing, ask: “Summarise where we are in 5 lines.” Save it in your log.
🚀 Try it yourself
Here is my project brief: [paste your brief]. Keep it in mind for this chat. Before we start, repeat the goal and the rules back to me in 3 lines. At the end, give me a 5-line progress summary I can save.
❌ Weak habitOne huge chat for every subject, for weeks.
Details get lost and answers get muddled.
Details get lost and answers get muddled.
✅ Good habitOne chat per job, a brief at the start and a saved summary at the end.
Fresh, focused and easy to restart.
Fresh, focused and easy to restart.
🏆 Mini challenge: Write a 4-line brief for something you are doing this week. Paste it into a new chat and see how Claude responds.
📝 Quick quiz
1. Why use one chat per job?
✅ It keeps answers focused and avoids mixing topics.
2. What should you do at the start of a new chat?A) Paste your brief B) Say nothing
✅ A. The brief tells Claude your goal and rules.
3. Where should you keep your project log?
✅ In your own notebook or notes app, not only in the chat.
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2.3 The study toolbox
🎯 Goal: use Claude as a quiz maker, planner and examiner- Claude can make quizzes, timetables and mock tests from your own notes.
- Always paste your own notes or textbook text so questions match what you are learning.
- Ask for one question at a time, with answers hidden until you try.
- Mark yourself using your textbook. If Claude’s answer differs, trust your book and ask your teacher.
🧰 Your toolbox
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Quiz maker
10 questions from your notes, one at a time.
practise🗓️
Revision timetable
Spread topics across the days before your test.
plan📝
Mock test
A timed practice paper with a marking guide.
test🃏
Flashcards
Question and answer cards for key facts.
memorise🌍 Real-life examples
📅 Unit test in 5 days“Make a revision timetable for 5 days, 40 minutes a day, covering these 4 topics.”
❓ Pop quiz“Quiz me on my notes, one question at a time, and wait for my answer.”
🚀 Try it yourself
Act as my Class 8 science examiner. Here are my notes: [paste your own notes]. Ask me 10 questions, one at a time, mixing easy and tricky ones. Wait for my answer before showing if I am right, then give a score at the end.
❌ Weak prompt“Give me a test.”
On what? From where? How many?
On what? From where? How many?
✅ Good prompt“Ask me 10 questions from my notes, one at a time.”
Source, number and style are clear.
Source, number and style are clear.
🎉 Fun fact: Testing yourself beats re-reading. Trying to remember is what makes memories strong!
📝 Quick quiz
1. Which notes should you give Claude for a quiz?
✅ Your own notes or textbook text for that topic.
2. If Claude’s answer differs from your textbook, what do you do?A) Trust Claude B) Trust the book and ask your teacher
✅ B. Check against your textbook.
3. Why ask for one question at a time?
✅ So you try to recall before seeing the answer.
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2.4 Do your own work
🎯 Goal: use Claude honestly and proudly- Claude is your coach, not the one who does the climbing. You create the project.
- Follow your teacher’s rules about AI. If unsure, ask before you start.
- Use your own words. Copying Claude’s text and handing it in as yours is not honest.
- Credit your sources (books, websites) and be open about where you used help.
⚖️ Coach or climber?
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Great help
Planning steps, explaining ideas, quizzing you, suggesting how to improve your draft.
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Not your own work
Pasting a full Claude-written answer and handing it in as yours.
🌍 Real-life examples
✅ HonestYou write your own draft, ask Claude to point out unclear sentences, then fix them yourself.
🚫 Not honestYou ask Claude to write the whole essay and submit it. You learn nothing, and it is not your work.
🚀 Try it yourself
Here is my own draft paragraph: [paste your paragraph]. Do not rewrite it. Tell me which sentences are unclear and give me one hint for each so I can improve it myself.
❌ Weak habit“Write my project report.”
It becomes Claude’s work, not yours.
It becomes Claude’s work, not yours.
✅ Good habit“Here is my draft. Give me hints to improve it.”
You stay the author.
You stay the author.
🏆 Mini challenge: Ask your teacher how AI may be used in your class. Write the rule in your notebook.
📝 Quick quiz
1. Who creates the project?
✅ You do. Claude is a coach.
2. Which is honest use?A) Ask for hints on my own draft B) Copy a full essay
✅ A. Hints help you learn.
3. What should you do if you are unsure about the AI rules?
✅ Ask your teacher before you start.
🧭 Expedition Planner
Type your project and pick a deadline. The planner splits your time into 5 camps and builds your trail. Nothing leaves your device.
💡 Tip: Tick each camp when you really finish it. Plans can change, so ask your teacher if the deadline moves. The planner needs 5 to 60 days.
Chapter 2 summary
Plan in camps • One chat, one job • Use the study toolbox • Do your own work.