AI Foundations for Kids
An introduction to how AI sees, hears, thinks and creates, using interactive games, offline activities and practical projects.
What learners explore
An introduction to how AI sees, hears, thinks and creates, using interactive games, offline activities and practical projects.
Detailed curriculum overview
How AI sees
- Explore how computers can work with pictures and visual patterns
- Try guided visual-recognition activities
How AI hears
- Discover how speech and sound can be represented for computers
- Explore listening and voice-based examples
How AI thinks
- Introduce patterns, examples and simple machine-learning ideas
- Use games to practise sorting, prediction and logical thinking
How AI creates
- Explore how AI can help create text, pictures and ideas
- Make choices and guide a creative result
Games and offline activities
- Practise concepts through hands-on games
- Use unplugged activities to explore patterns and instructions
Small real-world projects
- Apply ideas in age-appropriate activities
- Review what the tool did and what a person decided
How this course is delivered
This is listed by Tinycapes as a self-paced online course. Fuel | The Academy is providing a course guide and link to the Tinycapes course page; local delivery or a Fuel batch is not implied.
Who is it for?
This program is intended for children aged 6–9 years. Check the course level and Tinycapes’ current course page to confirm suitability for your child.
Future career paths to explore
These are longer-term possibilities the skills can help introduce. They are not jobs for children or a promise of employment.
- Future pathway: AI or machine-learning practitioner
- Future pathway: data and pattern analyst
- Future pathway: technology researcher
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