{"id":"search-hs-science-fair-research-brief","audience":"high-school","category":"ai-search","track":"research","technique":"constraints","title":"Write a research brief for a science fair project","free":false,"task":"You're using a deep-research tool for your science fair project on bee populations in Larch County, and your teacher only allows government, university or museum sources from 2018 on, never pesticide company sites. Write the brief as exactly 5 numbered lines labeled Question:, Place:, Sources:, Avoid: and Output:, where Output: asks for exactly 5 numbered facts, each with the source name and year. Plain text, under 140 words.","materialLabel":"Your project notes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"SCIENCE FAIR NOTES - Bees!!\n\nmy idea: are bees disappearing around here? my grandpa keeps bees in Larch County and says he lost 2 hives last winter.\n\nthings I found already:\n- a pesticide company website saying \"bee numbers are stable\" (Agrovia)\n- a 2012 news article about bees in Europe\n- my state's Department of Agriculture has a page on beekeeping\n- Larch Valley University has an extension office (they help farmers)\n\nwhat I want to know:\n- are honeybee hive losses in Larch County going up?\n- what about wild bees (bumblebees)?\n- what do scientists think is causing it?\n\nproject: tri-fold board + 3-minute talk, due Jan 9\nteacher: Mr. Okonkwo, \"cite everything on your board\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":140},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking the tool to do the project","why":"The AI writes facts about bees from memory instead of instructions for the research tool.","fix":"Say: \"Write a brief for a research tool, not the research.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Leaving out your teacher's rules","why":"Research tools will happily cite the pesticide company page and old news.","fix":"Add: \"Only government, university or museum sources from 2018 on.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying what to hand back","why":"The tool writes an essay you can't fit on a board.","fix":"Add: \"Output: exactly 5 numbered facts, each with source name and year.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Long or formatted output","why":"AI adds bold headings and extra sections.","fix":"Add: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines, each under 20 words, plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","maxWords","plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for a brief","patterns":["brief","research tool","deep.?research"]},{"label":"Gives the source rules","patterns":["government","university","museum","2018"]},{"label":"Says what to avoid","patterns":["avoid","pesticide","company"]},{"label":"Sets the output","patterns":["5 (numbered )?facts","source (name )?and year"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown"]}],"hint":"A research tool needs your teacher's rules in writing. Say where to look, what to skip and exactly what to hand back.","rubricLabels":["The Question line asks about honeybee hive losses (and/or wild bees) in Larch County, and the Place line says Larch County","The Sources line allows only government, university or museum sources from 2018 or later, and the Avoid line names pesticide company sites","The Output line asks for exactly 5 numbered facts, each with a source name and year"]}