GRADES 10–11 · LESSON 2
Survey That Asks the Right Thing
Write 5 questions, ask only 3 people you know, and find out whether your questions asked what you really wanted to know.
By the end of this lesson you will have — one 5-question Google Form that checks one thing you want to know about your problem, answered by 3 people you know
What you'll show at the end: A 5-question Google Form, the 3 answers in its Responses tab, and one line saying which question missed what you wanted to know.
Google Forms
Check each tool's age rule before you sign up. If you are under 13, ask a parent first — some tools here are 13+ only.
Follow these steps
- Write one line: 'I want to find out whether ...' about your problem from Lesson 1. Then open Google Forms with your own Google account and start a blank form.
- Write exactly 5 questions. At least 3 must ask what people already did (for example: 'Last week, how many times did you ...?'), not what they might do someday. Don't ask for names, email, phone number, school, or exact age.
- In Settings, set 'Collect email addresses' to 'Do not collect' and keep 'Limit to 1 response' off, so nobody has to sign in. Ask only 3 people you already know: let each answer on your device, or send the link only to them. If someone is under 13, ask their parent first. Never post the link publicly.
- Read the 3 answers in the Responses tab and write which question missed what you wanted to know. Stuck or curious? Copy the prompt from the box next to these steps into the AI you're allowed to use (under 13: a parent's account, with your parent).
Free tools for this lesson
Starting fresh?
No problem from Lesson 1? Use this one.
I want to find out whether: students in my grade forget homework because they never write it down.
A question that needs fixing: 'Do you think a homework app would be useful?' It asks about someday, and most people say yes to be nice.
A better one: 'Last week, how many times did you find out too late about homework?'
Source (adapted for this grade: wording changed, facts unchanged)
anthropic.com/learn — AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations, Description and Discernment (adapted for Grades 10–11)
Stanford d.school, Design Thinking Bootleg — define, prototype, and test methods (adapted for Grades 10–11)
anthropic.com/learn — AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations, Description and Discernment (adapted for Grades 10–11)
Stanford d.school, Design Thinking Bootleg — define, prototype, and test methods (adapted for Grades 10–11)