Try, Check, Explain — Lab history & changelog

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Origin story

This Alpha continuation lab follows the questions opened in It Starts With a Question into guided study. It supports AI for Learning: Tutor, Quizmaker, Simulator while leaving that module’s existing review and lifecycle status unchanged. A complete written activity is a reviewable draft, not evidence of classroom effectiveness.

Change log

2026-09-11

Created the six-step practice, synchronized Notebook, required reference packet, two constructed Gallery walkthroughs, and facilitator guidance. Mountain and refrigeration content derives from the existing Curiosity opening examples; no new historical research or observed learner session is claimed. Classroom evidence remains deferred under REN-535.

Reviewer brief

Use the Curiosity reviewer brief for shared delivery and review conventions. This Alpha lab’s specific question is whether learners can make an attempt, inspect one piece of AI help against a source, and explain a retry and changed case themselves. Compare the complete Activity with its synchronized Notebook. Prepared examples do not establish that live output will resemble them, or that learners have mastered the topic.