6-8.IC.20 Compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that affect people's everyday activities and career options.
Unplugged & plugged activities on AI concepts, ethical issues, creative expression, AI & the future.
Lesson by Educator Workforce Investment Group CS Content Workgroup.
Virtual tour with lessons, activities, and gamification.
Lesson series integrating social studies and CS.
Article regarding impact of consumer tech upgrades on the environment.
Virtual tour including lessons, activities, gamification.
Lesson designed by CSforCA AI workgroup.
Students explore & ideate apps for positive causes.
Consideration of Google Trends & what results reveal about society.
Students consider impact of computational data on environmental issues.
Students explore impact of generative AI via a collaborative game.
Students discuss need for diverse perspectives when creating AI systems.
Students discuss whether or not LLMs are intelligent or creative.
Students discuss whether diffusion models are intelligent or creative.
Student crop images to uncover bias underlying a Twitter algorithm.
Students make recommendations for how AI can be used in society.
Students reflect on own app ideas & how storage could be used efficiently.
Lessons from code.org CS Discoveries curriculum.
Lesson from code.org CS Discoveries curriculum.
Students research examples of how AI is impacting society.
Students learn & analyze impacts of tech innovations over time.
Students discuss responsibilities to be aware of bias, remain truthful, and practice empathy with current technologies.
Students explore concept of cybersecurity, become familiar with careers such as ethical hackers.
Students learn about the Turing test & evaluate a chatbot.
Students learn about reinforcement learning in AI.
Unplugged & plugged activities to demystify AI.
Virtual scavenger hunt activity by Computer History Museum.
Texts & activities by Computer History Museum.
6-8.IC.21 Discuss issues of bias and accessibility in the design of existing technologies.
Unplugged & plugged activities on AI concepts, ethical issues, creative expression, AI & the future.
Lesson by Educator Workforce Investment Group CS Content Workgroup.
Lesson designed by CSforCA AI workgroup.
Students explore & ideate apps for positive causes.
Students explore impact of generative AI via a collaborative game.
Students discuss need for diverse perspectives when creating AI systems.
Student crop images to uncover bias underlying a Twitter algorithm.
Students make recommendations for how AI can be used in society.
Students discuss responsibilities to be aware of bias, remain truthful, and practice empathy with current technologies.
Lesson about gender bias by Computer History Museum.