Experience AI - Lessons

Explore our collection of lesson plans, presentations, simulations, worksheets and hands-on projects to help introduce AI to KS3 students (aged 11–14). Whether you're a seasoned teacher or just getting started, you'll find something useful here.

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Lessons

Introduce artificial intelligence (AI) to students aged 11–14 with our unit of six lessons.

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Lesson 1: What is AI?

Explore how AI is used in the world today and consider some of the benefits and drawbacks of AI systems.

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Lesson 2: How computers learn from data

Learn about the role of data-driven models in AI systems and machine learning.

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Lesson 3: Bias in, bias out

Create a machine learning model to classify images and explore how a limited data set can lead to bias.

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Lesson 4: Decision trees

Discover how and why decision trees are used in machine learning.

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Lesson 5: How to solve problems with machine learning models

Train and test a machine learning model to solve a real-world problem.

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Lesson 6: Model cards and careers

Evaluate a project by creating a model card and learn about AI-related careers.

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Additional lessons

Large language models (LLMs)

Discover how large language models work, their benefits, and why their outputs are not always reliable.

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Ecosystems and AI - Biology

Explore how artificial intelligence applications are supporting animal conservation.

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