PB Universe · Missions
PB's Missions
4 real AI challenges — completed in your own Claude. Earn a grade from the AI itself. Submit it here. PB tracks your progress.
🎯 Ages 7–12
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Mission Progress
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M1
Mission 1 · Starter
🐕 Teach AI to Describe Your Pet
Learn how to give AI clear instructions. The better your description, the better the result.
Beginner
~10 min
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M2
Mission 2 · Explorer
🕵️ Spot the Fake — and Explain Why
Use AI to analyze headlines and figure out which ones are real, which are fake — and why.
Explorer
~15 min
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M3
Mission 3 · Builder
🎮 Design a Game with AI
Use AI as your co-designer. Invent a game, write the rules, and ask AI to make it better.
Builder
~20 min
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M4
Mission 4 · Investigator
🌍 Solve a Real World Problem
Pick a real problem. Use AI to research it, analyze it, and come up with a solution.
Investigator
~25 min
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Mission 1 · Starter
🐕 Teach AI to Describe Your Pet
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Your Mission
Teach an AI exactly what your pet looks like — so well that someone who's never met your pet could draw a perfect picture from the AI's description. No pet? Use your favorite animal instead. The skill is the same: giving AI clear, specific information.
🧠 What you'll learn
✓ How to give AI specific, detailed instructions
✓ Why vague prompts get vague answers
✓ How to improve AI output by asking follow-up questions
📋 Step-by-step in Claude
1
Open Claude and start a new chat
Go to claude.ai and click New Conversation. This is your AI workspace for this mission.
2
Try the vague version first
Copy and paste this prompt exactly:
Describe my pet for me.
👀 Notice how unhelpful the answer is. Claude has no idea what your pet looks like! That's the point. Remember this answer.
3
Now give Claude the real information
Fill in the blanks, then send it:
I have a [type of animal] named [name]. They are [color] with [any markings or patterns]. They are [small/medium/large] — about the size of [comparison]. Their fur/skin/scales is [texture]. Their eyes are [color]. One special thing about them is [unique feature]. Can you write a detailed description of them that would help an artist draw them perfectly?
💡 The more specific you are, the better the description. Try adding more details — what sound they make, how they move, their personality.
4
Ask Claude to improve it
After getting the description, send this:
That's good, but I want you to make it even more vivid. Add more sensory details — what sounds they make, how they move, what they smell like after playing outside. Make it so real that someone reading it feels like they know my pet.
5
Ask Claude to grade you
This is the most important step. Send this exactly:
I just completed PB Mission 1 from Prompt Bot Learning. Please grade my performance on this mission. Give me a score from 1-100 based on:
- How specific and detailed my pet description was (40 points)
- How well I used follow-up prompts to improve the output (30 points)
- How much the final description improved from my first vague attempt (30 points)
Give me my score as a number out of 100, then a one-paragraph explanation of why. Start your response with "MISSION 1 SCORE: [number]/100"
🏆 Claude will give you a real score based on how well you did. Copy that score and submit it below.
⭐ Submit your grade
What score did Claude give you? Enter it below and submit.
/ 100
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Mission 2 · Explorer
🕵️ Spot the Fake — and Explain Why
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Your Mission
You're going to use AI as a fact-checking partner. You'll give Claude 5 headlines — some real, some fake — and work together to figure out which is which. Then you'll ask Claude to teach you the patterns that make fake news easy to spot.
🧠 What you'll learn
✓ How to use AI to analyze and evaluate information
✓ The patterns that make misinformation recognizable
✓ How to ask AI to explain its reasoning, not just give answers
📋 Step-by-step in Claude
1
Set up Claude as your fact-checker
I want you to be my fact-checking partner for this exercise. I'm going to give you 5 headlines. Some are real, some are fake. For each one, tell me: (1) Real or Fake, (2) your confidence level out of 10, and (3) the ONE biggest clue that made you decide. Ready?
2
Give Claude these 5 headlines
Copy and paste all 5 at once:
Here are my 5 headlines:
1. "Scientists discover that eating chocolate every day improves memory by 40%"
2. "NASA confirms water ice found beneath Mars surface"
3. "Local school bans all books written before the year 2000"
4. "Study: Children who read for 20 minutes a day outperform peers in all subjects"
5. "Government secretly puts mind-control chemicals in tap water, whistleblower reveals"
Analyze each one.
💡 Before Claude answers — write down YOUR guesses. Which ones feel fake? Compare with Claude's analysis.
3
Ask Claude to teach you the patterns
Based on those headlines, teach me the top 5 warning signs that a headline might be fake. Make each one a simple rule a 10-year-old could remember and use in real life.
4
Create your own fake headline
Now I want to try creating a fake headline that uses ALL the warning signs we just talked about. Help me write one that's obviously fake to someone who knows the patterns, but might fool someone who doesn't.
🧠 Creating a fake headline teaches you more about spotting them than reading 10 real ones. You're thinking like a misinformation detective now.
5
Get your grade
I just completed PB Mission 2 from Prompt Bot Learning — the fake headline detective mission. Please grade my performance on a scale of 1-100 based on:
- How well I engaged with the fact-checking exercise (30 points)
- How well my guesses matched your analysis before I saw your answers (30 points)
- Quality of the fake headline we created together and whether it used the warning signs correctly (40 points)
Start your response with "MISSION 2 SCORE: [number]/100" then explain why.
Mission 3 · Builder
🎮 Design a Game with AI
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Your Mission
You're a game designer and AI is your creative partner. Invent a game — any type, any theme — then use AI to help you develop the rules, spot problems, and make it more fun. The goal: a game you could actually teach someone else to play.
🧠 What you'll learn
✓ How to use AI as a creative collaborator, not just an answer machine
✓ How to ask AI to critique your ideas and make them better
✓ The difference between asking AI to do something vs asking AI to help you do something
📋 Step-by-step in Claude
1
Pitch your game idea
Start with YOUR idea — don't ask AI to invent one for you. Fill in the blanks:
I want to design a game called [your game name]. It's a [card game / board game / outdoor game / playground game]. The basic idea is [describe in 1-2 sentences]. It's for [how many players] players and takes about [time] to play. Help me develop the rules — ask me questions to figure out any details I haven't thought of yet.
💡 Important: Start with YOUR idea. AI will help you make it better — but the creativity should come from you first.
2
Answer Claude's questions, then ask for a playtest
Now that you understand my game, I want you to "playtest" it in your head. Imagine 3 different players playing it. What problems do you find? Where would players get confused? Where could someone cheat? Where might it get boring?
3
Fix the problems
Based on those problems, suggest 3 specific rule changes that would make the game more fun and fair. For each one, explain why it solves the problem.
4
Write the final rulebook
Write a final rulebook for my game that includes all the improvements. Make it easy enough for a 7-year-old to understand, with: the goal of the game, what you need to play, how to set up, how to take turns, and how to win.
🎮 You now have a real game you designed — with AI as your development partner. You could actually print this rulebook and play it tonight.
5
Get your grade
I just completed PB Mission 3 from Prompt Bot Learning — the game design mission. Please grade me from 1-100 based on:
- Originality of my game concept (30 points)
- How well I used your feedback to improve the game (35 points)
- Quality of the final rulebook — is it actually playable? (35 points)
Start with "MISSION 3 SCORE: [number]/100" then explain your reasoning.
Mission 4 · Investigator
🌍 Solve a Real World Problem
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Your Mission
Pick a real problem that matters to you — in your school, your neighborhood, or the world. Use AI to understand it deeply, think about who it affects, and come up with a solution you could actually present to someone who could fix it.
🧠 What you'll learn
✓ How to use AI to research and understand complex problems
✓ How to ask AI to challenge your ideas and find weaknesses
✓ How to structure a real argument using AI as a thinking partner
💡 Need a problem idea? Pick one:
🍎 Food waste at school lunches
🏃 Not enough outdoor play time
♻️ Plastic bottle pollution
👴 Loneliness in older people
📚 Reading struggles in school
✏️ Or pick your own!
📋 Step-by-step in Claude
1
Introduce your problem
I want to investigate this problem: [YOUR PROBLEM]. I'm [your age] years old. Help me understand this problem deeply. Ask me 3 questions to find out what I already know about it, then we'll research the parts I don't know.
2
Understand who it affects
Now help me understand who this problem affects most. Give me 3 different groups of people this problem impacts, and for each one explain how it affects them differently. I want to understand this from different perspectives.
🌍 Real problem-solving always starts with understanding who is affected and how. This is what separates a good solution from a great one.
3
Develop your solution
Based on everything we've discussed, help me develop a solution. I think the answer might involve [your initial idea, or say "I'm not sure yet"]. What would a realistic solution look like? It needs to be something a kid could actually suggest to a teacher, local council, or school principal.
4
Challenge your own solution
Now I want you to argue AGAINST my solution. What are the 3 strongest reasons it might not work? What problems might it create? I need to know the weaknesses before I can make it stronger.
💪 The best problem-solvers actively look for holes in their own ideas. If you can defend your solution against the best arguments against it — it's a strong solution.
5
Write your pitch
Write a 1-minute pitch I could deliver out loud to someone who has the power to fix this problem. It should: explain the problem clearly, show who it affects, present my solution, and address the main reason someone might say no. Make it sound like a confident kid who cares about this issue — not like a school essay.
6
Get your grade
I just completed PB Mission 4 from Prompt Bot Learning — the real world problem-solving mission. Please grade me from 1-100 based on:
- How deeply I investigated the problem and its impact on different groups (25 points)
- Quality and realism of my proposed solution (25 points)
- How well I engaged with the counterarguments against my solution (25 points)
- Power and clarity of my final pitch (25 points)
Start with "MISSION 4 SCORE: [number]/100" and explain your reasoning.
