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AI Explorers K-2

What is AI? Nova helps young explorers find out, with read-aloud lessons, tap-to-answer checks and hands-on labs.

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Grade
Kindergarten to Grade 2
Length
12 weeks
Pace
6 short lessons a week, about 15 minutes each
Price
Free, every week

About this course

AI Explorers K-2 is a 12-week AI literacy course for kindergarten to grade 2, guided by Nova, the crew's AI companion drone. Short daily lessons read aloud with word highlighting, tap-to-answer checks, a hands-on Explorer Lab with paper and toys, a daily sight word, and a Saturday Explorer Quest for the whole family. Kids learn how computers sense, sort, spot patterns and learn from examples, why AI can be wrong, and how to keep private things private. Everything is unplugged: no child ever talks to a real AI tool. 100% free, start to finish.

Kids will

  • Explain that AI is a tool people build, not a person
  • Name the sensors a computer uses to see and hear
  • Sort things by features and spot patterns to make a guess
  • Show how examples help a computer learn, and why more kinds of examples help
  • Know that AI can be wrong and check with a grown-up
  • Keep private information private

The 12 weeks

  1. Week 1

    Meet Nova

    AI is a tool people build

  2. Week 2

    Computer Senses

    Cameras see, microphones hear

  3. Week 3

    Pictures Are Tiny Dots

    Pixels make pictures

  4. Week 4

    Sort It Out

    Features, rules and models

  5. Week 5

    Spot the Pattern

    Patterns help us guess

  6. Week 6

    Learn From Examples

    Training data

  7. Week 7

    More Examples, Better Guesses

    Many kinds of examples help

  8. Week 8

    Steps or Examples?

    Two ways to teach a computer

  9. Week 9

    Talking Machines

    Machines that use words

  10. Week 10

    Oops, AI Can Be Wrong

    Sure is not the same as right

  11. Week 11

    Keep It Private

    Some things are just for you

  12. Week 12

    Helpers for Everyone

    Design a fair helper and celebrate

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