ChatGPT prompts for students

Analogy: a leaf is like a tiny kitchen. Sunlight is the stove, water and air are the ingredients, and the food it cooks is sugar.

The proper explanation: plants take in carbon dioxide from the air through tiny holes called stomata, and water from the soil through their roots. Chlorophyll, the green pigment in leaves, captures sunlight. Using that energy, the plant turns carbon dioxide and water into glucose (food) and releases oxygen.

Worked example: a money plant on a sunny window grows faster than one in a dark corner, because it gets more light to make food.

Check yourself:

1. Which gas do plants give out during photosynthesis?
2. Why are most leaves green?

(Answer these and I’ll keep going.)

Question 1 of 15 (easy)
What colour does blue litmus paper turn in an acid?

Student: Red

✅ Correct! Score: 1/1

Question 2 (easy)
What’s the pH of pure water?

Student: 0

❌ Not quite. Pure water is neutral, so its pH is 7. Below 7 is acidic, above 7 is basic. Score: 1/2

Question 3 (medium)
Why does baking soda help with acidity in the stomach?
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Key definitions

• Estates-General: assembly of the three estates (clergy, nobility, commoners)
• Bastille: prison stormed on 14 July 1789, the symbol of the revolution

5 big ideas

1. Debt and unfair taxes on the Third Estate sparked anger
2. Enlightenment ideas (Rousseau, Montesquieu) spread “liberty, equality”…

Dates to memorise: 1789 Bastille · 1791 Constitution · 1793 Reign of Terror · 1804 Napoleon crowned

Exam traps: don’t confuse the National Assembly with the Estates-General.

Flashcards

Maths gets about 45% of the time, Physics 35%, English 20%.

Does it answer the question? Mostly. You argue for an increase, but you never say by how much or for whom, which keeps your position vague.

Argument: clear in paragraphs 1–3. Paragraph 4 drifts into inflation in general and loses the thread.

Weak evidence: the claim that “studies show employment doesn’t fall” needs a named study, an Indian one if possible.

Unclear: paragraph 5’s last sentence. I read it three times.

Likely grade: 62/100 (B-)

3 changes that would raise it most

1. State a specific position in your introduction
2. Add 2 cited studies, including one counter-argument you then answer
3. Cut paragraph 4 or tie it back to wages

Let’s work through it together.

Hint 1: This is a quadratic. Can you find two numbers that multiply to (2 × 3) = 6 and add to -7?

Student: -6 and -1

✅ Exactly. Hint 2: Use them to split the middle term: 2x² − 6x − x + 3 = 0. Now try grouping the first two terms and the last two terms. What do you get?

Student: 2x(x − 3) − 1(x + 3)

Close! Check the sign in the second bracket: −x + 3 = −1(x − 3). Try again?

The question: does time on social media at night affect how long teenagers sleep?

The method: 1,200 students aged 13–17 wore sleep trackers for 2 weeks and logged their phone use.

Main finding: every extra hour of social media after 9 pm was linked to about 20 minutes less sleep.

Limitations: it shows a link, not cause and effect (maybe teens who can’t sleep pick up their phones). The study only covered one country and was short.

Keep in mind while reading

1. How did they measure “social media use”: self-reported or app data?
2. Did they account for homework and school start times?
3. Who funded it?

Examiner: Briefly, what problem does your project solve?

Student: It detects diseases in crops from a photo.

Examiner: Which crops, and how accurate is it?

Student: Tomato and potato, around 90%.

Examiner: 90% on what data? Images from your own fields, or a public dataset?
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Feedback after 8 questions

• Your answers on what the app does were clear.
• You were vague on how you tested it. Say the dataset name, the size and your test split.
• When asked about limitations, you said “none”. Always name one or two; examiners expect it.