Program overview

Total hours: 24 hours

Schedule: Flexible, 3 hours/week over 8 weeks

Group size: 5 to 10 students

Course content: Download the course flyer (PDF)

Course objectives

• Introduce students to the fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence

• Understand how AI impacts daily life and future careers

• Encourage creative problem-solving using AI tools

• Teach ethical and responsible use of AI technologies

• Empower students to build their own mini AI projects

Course modules

Module 1: Introduction to AI

• What is Artificial Intelligence?

• History and evolution of AI

• AI in daily life (Alexa, YouTube, self-driving cars)

• Human intelligence vs. machine intelligence

Activity: Identify AI around you (home, school, mobile apps).

Module 2: How Machines Think

• Data, patterns and predictions

• What is Machine Learning (ML)?

• Datasets, training and prediction basics

• Types of ML: supervised vs. unsupervised

Activity: Train your own model using Google Teachable Machine.

Module 3: AI Tools for Beginners

• Teachable Machine: build image, sound and pose AI

• Machine Learning for Kids: drag-and-drop AI projects

• Scratch plus ML extensions: interactive AI games

• ChatGPT and DALL-E: generate text and images using AI

Activity: Create a game that responds to gestures or voice.

Module 4: AI in the Real World

• AI in robotics, healthcare, education and transportation

• AI used by Google, Amazon, Netflix and Tesla

• AI for social good (wildfire detection, translation tools)

Activity: Watch and analyze real-world AI applications.

Module 5: Responsible AI and Ethics

• Can AI be biased?

• AI and privacy: what data should we share?

• Human decisions vs. AI predictions

• Future careers in AI: what students can start today

Activity: Group discussion: "Should robots make decisions?"

Module 6: AI Mini Project and Showcase

Plan, design and build an AI-powered project. Project ideas:

• Hand-gesture controlled game

• Image recognition app

• AI chatbot using Scratch

• Voice-controlled personal assistant

Final presentation: Students showcase projects to parents and peers.

Program features

• Theory plus hands-on labs

• Engaging examples and interactive experiments

• Homework and project-based learning

• Multiple programming levels available

• Aligned with middle and high school curriculum

• Special summer and winter batches

• Fun tech events and competitions