{"id":"hs-explain-water-cycle-tutee","audience":"high-school","category":"explaining","technique":"audience","title":"Explain the water cycle to a 6th grader you tutor","task":"You volunteer as a peer tutor, and tomorrow you're helping Leo, a 6th grader who is confused about the water cycle. Get an explanation of at most 4 sentences, plain text, that uses only the three science terms on his worksheet (evaporation, condensation, precipitation), includes one everyday comparison, says clouds are tiny water drops (not water vapor, a common mix-up), and ends with a question you can ask Leo to check he understood.","free":false,"materialLabel":"Your notes and Leo's worksheet (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"MY EARTH SCIENCE NOTES (Honors, 10th grade)\nWater cycle = continuous movement of water through the hydrosphere\n- evaporation: liquid water -> water vapor (heat from the sun)\n- transpiration: plants release water vapor through their leaves (evapotranspiration = both together)\n- sublimation: ice -> vapor directly, skipping liquid (glaciers, snow on mountains)\n- adiabatic cooling: rising air expands and cools\n- condensation: vapor cools -> turns into liquid droplets\n- !! COMMON MISCONCEPTION: clouds are NOT water vapor. Vapor is invisible. Clouds are tiny liquid water droplets (or ice crystals) !!\n- precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, hail falls when droplets get heavy\n- runoff + infiltration -> rivers, lakes, groundwater\n- residence time: a water molecule can stay in the ocean ~3,000 years\n\nLEO'S WORKSHEET (6th grade science)\nVocabulary: evaporation, condensation, precipitation\nQ: Draw the water cycle and label the 3 steps.\n\nTutoring coordinator note: Leo reads below grade level. Keep sentences short and use things he sees every day. Check understanding by asking him a question, don't just lecture.","rules":[{"type":"maxSentences","max":4},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not saying who it's for","why":"The AI explains at the level of your notes, honors vocabulary and all, which would lose a 6th grader.","fix":"Say: \"For a 6th grader who reads below grade level. Use only evaporation, condensation and precipitation.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"No length limit","why":"AI explains everything it knows, with headings and a step-by-step list.","fix":"Add: \"At most 4 short sentences.\"","checks":["maxSentences"]},{"title":"No everyday hook","why":"Without a picture to hold on to, the AI gives a textbook definition.","fix":"Add: \"Include one comparison to something he sees every day, like a cold glass.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Repeating the cloud myth","why":"Lots of simple explanations say clouds are water vapor, and the AI may repeat it.","fix":"Add: \"Clouds are tiny water drops, not vapor. Use my notes.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"A lecture instead of a check","why":"AI ends with a summary, not a question, so you can't tell if Leo got it.","fix":"Add: \"End with one question I can ask Leo. Plain text.\"","checks":["r2","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says who it's for","patterns":["6th","sixth","leo","11.?year","kid"]},{"label":"Limits the vocabulary","patterns":["only.{0,30}(terms|words|vocab)","evaporation.{0,40}condensation","no (other |big |hard )?(terms|words|jargon)"]},{"label":"Asks for a comparison","patterns":["compar","analog","everyday","like a","example"]},{"label":"Ends with a question","patterns":["question","check.{0,20}understand"]},{"label":"Limits the length","patterns":["\\d+\\s*sentences","(five|four|three) sentences","short"]}],"hint":"The AI writes for whoever it imagines is reading. Tell it exactly who Leo is, which words he knows, and how you want to check that he got it.","rubricLabels":["Uses no science terms beyond evaporation, condensation and precipitation (no transpiration, sublimation, adiabatic, runoff, infiltration, hydrosphere or residence time); everyday words like 'water vapor', 'rain' or 'clouds' are fine","Includes an everyday comparison (like a cold glass getting wet, a puddle drying up or a foggy bathroom mirror), and says clouds are tiny water drops, not water vapor","Ends with a question to Leo that checks his understanding"]}