K to Grade 2 Self-paced
online course
online course
AI Explorers
AI Explorers K-2
Free online AI literacy course · 12 weeks
- Grade
- K to Grade 2
- Ages
- Ages 5 to 8
- Price
- Free
- Format
- Self-paced online course at learn.lanternlearn.com
About this course
AI Explorers K-2 is a free 12-week AI literacy course for kindergarten to Grade 2, guided by Nova. Lessons are read aloud with word highlighting and tap-to-answer checks. Kids learn that AI is a tool people build, how computers see and hear with sensors, how pictures are made of tiny dots, how sorting and patterns lead to guesses, how examples help a computer learn, why AI can be wrong, and how to keep private things private.
12-week list
Each week has short lessons Monday to Friday, with an unplugged Explorer Lab on Wednesday and a family Explorer Quest on Saturday.
| Week | Topic | Focus | CSTA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meet Nova | AI is a tool people build | 1A-IC-16 |
| 2 | Computer Senses | Cameras see, microphones hear | 1A-CS-02 |
| 3 | Pictures Are Tiny Dots | Pixels make pictures | 1A-DA-05 |
| 4 | Sort It Out | Features, rules and models | 1A-DA-07 |
| 5 | Spot the Pattern | Patterns help us guess | 1A-DA-07 |
| 6 | Learn From Examples | Training data | 1A-DA-07 |
| 7 | More Examples, Better Guesses | Many kinds of examples help | 1A-DA-07 |
| 8 | Steps or Examples? | Two ways to teach a computer | 1A-AP-08 |
| 9 | Talking Machines | Machines that use words | 1A-CS-02 |
| 10 | Oops, AI Can Be Wrong | Sure is not the same as right | 1A-IC-17 |
| 11 | Keep It Private | Some things are just for you | 1A-NI-04 |
| 12 | Helpers for Everyone | Design a fair helper and celebrate | 1A-IC-16 |