Curriculum Resources
Curriculum and Lesson Plans to answer our anchor question: “What is AI?” for all grade levels
Our lesson plans are designed to cover essential questions about AI, safety, and ethics for grades K-12. We offer options for full-day activities as well as shorter lessons.
20 Minutes or Less
aiEDU: AI Toolkits (Subject: General | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI Equity Alliance: Printable (Subject: General | Grades 8-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI for Education: AI’s Impact on the Environment (Subject: General, Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI & You: AI & Education Bilingual Resources (Subject: General | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
aiEDU: Snapshots - 180 Classroom Warmups (Subject: General | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
BrainPOP: BrainPOP Topic: Artificial Intelligence (movie, lesson plan, and related learning activities) (Subject: General/Computer Science/ Digital Citizenship | Grades: 3-8+ | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: What Is AI? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: How Is AI Trained? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: AI Chatbots: Who's Behind the Screen? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: AI Chatbots & Friendship (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: Understanding AI Bias (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: How AI Bias Impacts Our Lives (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: AI Algorithms: How Well Do They Know You? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Common Sense Media: Facing Off with Facial Recognition (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Vocareum Inc: Vocareum AI Notebook (Subject: General, English, Social Studies, Humanities, Science, Math, Computer Science | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
Learning Innovation Catalyst (LINC): Yourwai AI Literacy Activity Generator (Subject: General | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Learning Innovation Catalyst (LINC): Yourwai Collaborative Class Discussions (Subject: General | Grades: 3-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Miami EdTech: Recursos de Inteligencia Artificial en Español (Subject: General | Grades: All | Area: Foundational Understanding)
20-45 Minutes
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: A Tale of Two Critiques (Subject: General, English | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Close Reading the Terms of Service (Subject: General, English | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: AI Misinformation Campaign (Subject: General, Computer Science | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Arresting Metaphors (Subject: General, English, Humanities | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard Illustrate a Hoax (Subject: General, Computer Science | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Exquisite AI Corpse (Subject: General, English, Music, Art | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Debating the Ethics of Generative AI (Subject: General, English, Humanities | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: AI Image Remixing (Subject: General, Humanities, Music, Art | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Critical Analysis Across AI Tools & Stereotypes (Subject: General, Music, Art | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
AI Pedagogy Project - metaLAB @ Harvard: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Code! (Subject: General, Computer Science | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
CRAFT - Stanford University: How Does That Algorithm Work? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: What are the ethical issues with using my data? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: What is data, and what makes for a ""good"" data set? (Subject: Math | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: How does an AI algorithm use math to learn? (Subject: Math | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: How can computers be used to analyze natural language? (Subject: Math | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: How do generative AI algorithms work? (Subject: Music, Art | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: How can generative AI algorithms complement artistic practice? (Subject: Music, Art | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: What do generative AI models mean for the future of creativity? (Subject: Music, Art | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
CRAFT - Stanford University: Where In The World Is AI Around Me? (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
LINC: Yourwai AI tools for planning Menu (Subject: General | Grades: 1-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
Technovation: All About AI (Subject: General | Grades: 6-8 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
The Tech Interactive: AI for Global Good (Subject: General, English, Social Studies, Humanities | Grades: 4-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
45+ Minutes
aiEDU: Highway to Autonomy (Subject: Government & Economics | Grades 11-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
aiEDU: Interspecies Communication App (Subject: Computer Science, Biology | Grades 9-10 | Foundational Understanding)
aiEDU: Interview with ChatGPT (Subject: ELA | Grades: 9-10 | Area: Foundational Understanding, Tool Use)
aiEDU: Facial Recognition for Good, Evil, and Everything in Between (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 9-10 | Area: Ethical/ Societal Implications)
aiEDU: Picturing the Future of Medicine (Subject: Biology | Grades: 9-10 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
aiEDU: The 29 AIs of Washington D.C. (Subject: Government | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Ethical/ Societal Impact)
aiEDU: Deepfake PSA (Subject: Government | Grades: 9-10 | Area: Ethical/ Societal Impact)
aiEDU: Artificial Common Sense (Subject: Debate | Grades: 11-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI For Education: Interview a Chatbot (Subject: English, Humanities, Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI For Education: Mind of a Machine (Subject: English, Humanities, Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI For Education: Hallucination Detective (Subject: English, Humanities, Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
AI For Education: Co-Creating an AI Policy (Subject: English, Humanities, Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Our AI Code of Ethics (Subject: General|English|Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
Code.org: Societal Impact of Generative AI (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
Code.org: Introduction to Machine Learning (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Computer Vision (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Neural Networks (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Chatbots and Large Language Models (LLMs) (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Generative Images (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Code.org: Algorithmic Bias (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
The Concord Consortium: Narrative Modeling with StoryQ (Subject: English|Math|Computer Science | Grades: 7-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Content Authenticity Initiative and Adobe: High School Media Literacy Special Generative AI (Subject: General | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
Content Authenticity Initiative and Adobe: Middle School Media Literacy Special Topic: Generative AI (Subject: General | Grades: 9-12 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
Hello Humy: Humy (Subject: Social Studies | Grades: 8 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
IBM: AI Resources for High School Students (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 1-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
ISTE: Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide for Elementary Teachers (Subject: General | Grades: 1-5 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
ISTE: Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide for Secondary Teachers (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
ISTE: Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide For Electives Teachers (Subject: General | Grades: 4-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
ISTE: AI Resources for Adults and Educators (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
ISTE: Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide on Ethics and AI (Subject: English, Math | Grades: 1-5 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
Google in collaboration with MIT RAISE: Generative AI for Educators (Subject: General | Grades: General | Area: Using AI (tool use))
Microsoft: AI classroom toolkit - Unlock generative AI safely and responsibly (Subject: General | Grades: 6-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
MIT Media Lab: An Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Middle School Students (Subject: General | Grades: 5-8 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)
RAISE Initiative @ MIT: Dancing with AI (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 5-8 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
Technovation: Train an AI Model (Subject: Computer Science | Grades: 6-10 | Area: Using AI/tool use)
The Tech Interactive: Machine Learning Unplugged (Subject: General, Computer Science | Grades: 4-12 | Area: Foundational Understanding)
The Tech Interactive: AI Inclusiveness (Subject: General, English, Social Studies, Humanities | Grades: 6-8 | Area: Ethical/societal implications)