12-year-old Manvi came back home after giving exams. Manvi in general is a bright student and spends a good amount of time learning her subjects every day. She was happy overall with her performance in the paper but was skeptical about one of the questions she answered.

Manvi took the phone and opened ChatGPT. She scanned the question paper and fed it to the GenAI engine. The bot instantly replied with the answer, Manvi got her doubt cleared.

But Mitthu was not very happy with that. What did you do? he asked Manvi.

Oh I was not very sure about a question so I asked the Bot. Manvi replied.

That’s how you use it? Did you know that’s the recipe to kill your brain? Mitthu was harsh but confident in his words.

Then? What? How do I? Manvi was not sure what to say.

See Manvi, There are several GenAI bots such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Meta AI, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Krutrim and several others. But all of them should be used to serve us and make us better, not weaker and dumber. Mitthu started explaining.

The right way in this case was to go through books and study material and dig the answer out. That builds your mental muscle and keeps you prepared for future problems. By asking the bot, you saved your time but repeated action will kill your ability to find anything yourself. You want to have that?

Not at all – Manvi replied instantly.

Then go through the hustle and know how to use Gen AI bots to make yourself better and smarter.

How do I? It’s true. Many of my friends are increasingly using bots to solve their homework problems, exam preparations and everything else. And if that is going to make us dumber, how should we use GenAI to make us better and smarter?

Use Chat GPT as a question engine and not an answer engine. – Mitthu replied mysteriously.

What’s that? asked Manvi.

See Manvi, when you ask questions to GenAI and they answer, they reason through their knowledge. But instead you can use GenAI bots to generate more questions and challenges for yourself.

Let me give you these 20 example ChatGPT prompts that will help you improve your studies and make you better and smarter. They will improve your reasoning and problem solving skills while studying concepts of not just Science, Maths or Social Studies but of arts and sports too.

These prompts can work as guidelines for parents looking for safe usage of AI and Generative AI for kids. Teachers guiding their students about generative AI can share these prompts as downloadable PDF amongst their students.

20 ChatGPT (Or any GenAI bot) prompts to help in the studies of kids

1. I am not able to understand the concept of [mention the concept]. Provide me with 3 real life applications and examples of this so I can better understand the concept. Keep the language suitable for a 14-year-old.

2. Ask me true or false questions related to [concept]. Don’t provide the answers. I will mark the answers on paper and then ask you for answers to verify.

3. Ask me 10 questions related to [concept] one by one. Ask one question and then wait for my answer before asking another question. Increase or decrease the level of complexity of the questions based on the correctness of the answers I give. All the questions should be suitable for a child aged 12.

4. Tell me a story in 200 words in the Telugu language about the history of [Dandi salt march for example]. The story should be fun to read for a 10-year-old.

5. Following is my writing on [topic]. Analyse this and give me 3 easy and actionable tips to reduce my grammar mistakes and increase my scores.

6. Generate a half drawing of a lion which I can complete by mimicking yours. The drawing should be suitable for a 13-year-old child with average drawing skills.

7. I know [A, B and C] dance steps very well. Based on my existing skills, suggest a couple of dance steps that I can learn and improve my abilities further.

8. I want to improve my sketching skills. Describe an imaginative animal in easy-to-understand language for 15-year-olds, so that I can read and sketch the animal. (You can add additional descriptions related to strokes, colors etc)

9. Generate a drawing in which I can fill colors after printing on an A4 paper. The drawing should have a unicorn, an elephant and an eagle. Keep the drawing relevant for a 12-year-old.

10. Generate a “Complete the spelling by filling the missing characters” activity with 20 spellings chosen from the chapter [describe topic, chapter number, grade, board etc]

11. Following is a math challenge used to be asked in exams in the past. Provide me with 5 such problems for practice. [paste the problem]

12. I don’t understand why [describe a science event]. Provide me with a step-by-step chronology to help me understand how and why it happens.

13. Tell me the story of [a history topic] in 300 words, keep me – [any name] as part of the story. Then ask me 4 questions to confirm if I have understood it correctly.

14. I am working to solve this math problem but it’s not working out. [paste your work]. Ask me questions to direct me and make me understand what I am doing wrong. Don’t give me straight answers or hints.

15. I am not able to understand the word [mention the word] well. Can you give me 3 sentences using this word so I can understand the usage?

16. Explain [the topic] using an analogy from things I use in daily life.

17. Here is my presentation I am about to submit. Pretend you are my teacher and ask me 5 questions one by one based on my presentation. Get answers from me for each question before asking the next question and provide me your critique at the end of 5 questions.

18. Challenge me with a real life situation where I must use the concept of [a science or maths concept] to solve it. Keep it suitable for age 13.

19. Give me a math problem related to [concept] that has more than one way to solve. I will try possible solutions and then you help me navigate others.

20. Provide me with project ideas I can do in 30 minutes as part of my relaxation time between studies. I have a Havi Elements Starter Kit, a few rubber bands, pencils and papers with me.

While using these prompts, make sure you describe your topic, age, grade, board, text book name etc whenever required. This will help the GenAI bots give you better results.

Try these prompts and make yourself better and smarter.

Teachers and parents are encouraged to spread this amongst kids and motivate kids of the right age to use the GenAI the right way. You can download these 20 Best ChatGPT prompts for students in pdf format too.

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