Artificial Intelligence

• Day of AI
• MIT RAISE – DAILy Curriculum
• MIT Media Lab: AI + Ethics Curriculum for Middle School
• Code.org: All AI course offerings
• CodeHS: All AI course offerings
• ECS Alternative Unit: Artificial Intelligence
• Hour of AI Activities

Additional Resource

While not a curriculum, AI4K12 is an initiative that is developing (1) national guidelines for AI education for K-12, (2) an online, curated resource directory to facilitate AI instruction, and (3) a community of practitioners, researchers, resource and tool developers focused on the AI for K-12 audience.

These Nexus resources cover various aspects of AI.

Stand-alone Lessons:

• ISTE: Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom
• Grades 3-12: Code.org AI for Oceans
• Grades 3-12: Code.org Dance Party: AI Edition
• Grades 6-12: Code.org How AI Works
• Making Chatbots with Scratch: worksheet

Stand-alone Classroom AI Tools:

• Google’s Teachable Machine
• Google’s Quick Draw
• autodraw.com
• AI enhanced Scratch experience: https://pictoblox.ai/

Educator Learning:

• The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education (2023)
• The Artificial Intelligence Playbook: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers That Make Learning More Engaging (2024)

Elementary School Books:

• Tinker Toddlers (preschool / Kindergarten):
  • Artificial Intelligence for Babies and Toddlers
  • Machine Learning for Babies and Toddlers
  • ABCs of Machine Learning
  • Neural Networks for Kids
• AI + Me 5 book series:
  • Perception: How Artificial Intelligence Sees the World
  • Representation & Reasoning: How Artificial Intelligence Makes Choices
  • Machine Learning: How Artificial Intelligence Learns
  • Human-AI Interaction: How We Work with Artificial Intelligence
  • Societal Impact: How AI Can Change the World
• How to Train Your Robot (free digital copy) (to request free hardcover copy)
• If you love Robots, you could be… (jobs you can have if you love robots)
• What is Artificial Intelligence?

Middle and High School Books:

• The World of Artificial Intelligence 4D book series:
  • Artificial Intelligence and Work
  • Artificial Intelligence at Home and on the Go
  • Artificial Intelligence and Entertainment
  • Artificial Intelligence and Humanoid Robots
• Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Debates
• The Future of Communication
• Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence: Thinking Machines and Smart Robots (with Science Activities for Kids)

• Code.org:
  • What is Machine Learning (2:52)
  • How Computer Vision Works (6:24)
  • How Neural Networks Work (5:04)
  • How Chatbots and Large Language Models Work (7:20)
  • Does AI Have Creativity and Imagination? (5:17)
  • Ethics & AI: Equal Access and Algorithmic Bias (3:23)
  • Ethics & AI: Privacy and the Future of Work (3:26)
• Videos about AI from other organizations:
  • Seeing AI: Making the visual world more accessible (3:27)
  • Fighting bias in algorithms (8:44)
  • Machine Learning and Human Bias (2:33)
  • The Ethics of AI (8:03)
  • Machine Learning: Solving Problems Big, Small, and Prickly (5:19)
  • How does your phone know this is a dog? (5:57)
  • What is AI? (6:14)

Nexus Videos

• Nextech:
  • AI Literacy for Educators
  • Integrating CS Using Code.org & AI in Any K-5 Classroom
  • Integrating CS Using Code.org & AI in Any 6-8 Classroom
• Code.org:
  • Self-Paced Professional Learning: AI Options
• Microsoft:
  • Empower educators to explore the potential of artificial intelligence

• Day of AI: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidance
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Guidance
• AI Guidance Document
• AI Literacy Lessons to Help Prepare My School for a World of AI
• AI Guidance for Parents and Families