When Your Brain and Your Gut Don’t Agree

This worksheet is designed for Grades 6, 7, and 8 to help students examine how trust is formed when logic, data, and emotions point in different directions. Through real-world scenarios, learners practice critical thinking, categorizing information, decision-making, and reflection as they compare fact-based trust with feeling-based trust and consider how both influence everyday choices, including those involving technology and AI.

Skills Reinforced

• Decision-Making & Trust (Grades 6-8)
  Students analyze scenarios where they must decide whether evidence or intuition should guide a choice.
• Weighing Evidence vs. Emotion
  Learners evaluate data, safety concerns, comfort levels, and personal values to justify classifications.
• Categorizing Information
  Activities require students to sort situations into fact-based or feeling-based trust using clear reasoning.
• Technology & AI Awareness
  Students reflect on how data-driven systems influence decisions and where human judgment still matters.

Instructional Benefits

• Educator-Created Resource
  Developed by teachers to encourage thoughtful discussion and age-appropriate reasoning skills.
• Flexible Use Options
  Works well for social studies, ELA, technology literacy lessons, or advisory discussions.
• Structured Yet Open-Ended
  Clear classifications paired with reasoning prompts support both guided and independent work.
• Encourages Reflection
  Helps students think about how they personally make decisions in real-life situations.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen skills in critical thinking, evidence evaluation, categorization, and decision-making while developing awareness of how trust is shaped. By comparing brain-based logic and gut-based intuition, learners gain insight into responsible choices involving data, technology, and personal values. It’s a no-prep resource that works effectively in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This worksheet is part of our Would You Trust AI collection.