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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
CURRICULUM FOR CLASS VIII (INSPIRE MODULE)
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this module/curriculum is to develop a readiness for understanding and appreciating
Artificial Intelligence and its application in our lives.
This module/ curriculum focuses on:
1. Helping learners understand the world of Artificial Intelligence and its applications through
games, activities and multi-sensorial learning to become AI-Ready.
2. Introducing the learners to three domains of AI in an age appropriate manner.
3. Allowing the learners to construct meaning of AI through interactive participation and engaging
hands-on activities.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learners will be able to
1. Identify and appreciate Artificial Intelligence and describe its applications in daily life.
2. Relate, apply and reflect on the Human-Machine Interactions.
3. Identify and interact with the three domains of AI: Data, Computer Vision and Natural Language
Processing.
4. Undergo assessment for analysing their progress towards acquired AI-Readiness skills.
5. Imagine, examine and reflect on the skills required for the futuristic opportunities.
6. Unleash their imagination towards smart homes and build an interactive story around it.
7. Understand the impact of Artificial Intelligence on Sustainable Development Goals to develop
responsible citizenship.
8. Research and develop awareness of skills required for jobs of the future.
9. Describe the potential ethical considerations of AI.
10. Gain awareness about AI bias and AI access.
11. Develop effective communication and collaborative work skills.
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UNIT WISE DISTRIBUTION
UNIT
NAME OF THE UNIT
DURATION
PERIODS
1
EXCITE
02 Hours 40 Mins.
4 Periods
2
RELATE
02 Hours
3 Periods
3
PURPOSE
02 Hours
3 Periods
4
POSSIBILITIES
02 Hours
3 Periods
5
AI ETHICS
03 Hours 20 Mins.
5 Periods
TOTAL
12 Hours
18 Periods
COURSE OUTLINE
UNIT (INSPIRE)
ACTIVITY/SESSION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Session: Introduction to AI and setting up
To identify and appreciate
the context of the curriculum
Artificial
Intelligence
and
describe its applications in daily
Ice Breaker Activity: Dream Smart Home
life.
idea
Learners to design a rough layout of floor
plan of their dream smart home.
Recommended Activity: The AI Game
To relate, apply and reflect on
Learners to participate in three games
1. EXCITE
the
Human-Machine
based on different AI domains.
Interactions.
Game 1: Rock, Paper and Scissors
(based on data)
To identify and interact with the
Game 2: Mystery Animal (based on
three domains of AI: Data,
Natural Language Processing - NLP)
Computer Vision and Natural
Game 3: Emoji Scavenger Hunt (based
Language Processing.
on Computer Vision - CV)
To undergo an assessment for
Recommended Activity: AI Quiz (Paper
analysing progress towards
Pen/Online Quiz)
acquired AI-Readiness skills.
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UNIT (INSPIRE)
ACTIVITY/SESSION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Recommended Activity: To write a letter
Writing a Letter to one’s future self.
To imagine, examine and reflect
Learners to write a letter to self-keeping the
on the skills required for the
future in context. They will describe what
futuristic opportunities.
they have learnt so far or what they would
like to learn someday
Video Session: To watch a video
Learners to relate to application
Introducing the concept of Smart Cities,
of Artificial Intelligence in their
Smart Schools and Smart Homes
daily lives.
To unleash their imagination
2. RELATE
Recommended Activity:
towards smart homes and build
To write an Interactive Story
an interactive story around it.
Learners to draw a floor plan of a
Home/School/City and write an interactive
To relate, apply and reflect on
story around it using Story Speaker
the
Human-Machine
extension in Google docs.
Interactions.
Session: Introduction to sustainable
development goals
To understand the impact of
Artificial
Intelligence
on
3. PURPOSE
Recommended Activity: Go Goals Board
Sustainable Development Goals
Game
to
develop
responsible
Learners to answer questions on
citizenship.
Sustainable Development Goals
Session: Theme-based research and Case
To research and develop
Studies
awareness of skills required for
Learners will listen to various case-
jobs of the future.
studies
of
inspiring
start-ups,
companies or communities where AI
To imagine, examine and reflect
4. POSSIBILITIES
has been involved in real-life.
on the skills required for the
futuristic opportunities.
Learners will be allotted a theme around
which they need to search for present AI
To
develop
effective
trends and have to visualise the future of
communication
and
AI in and around their respective theme.
collaborative work skills.
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UNIT (INSPIRE)
ACTIVITY/SESSION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Recommended Activity: Job Ad Creating
activity
Learners to create a job advertisement
for a firm describing the nature of job
available and the skill-set required for
it 10 years down the line. They need to
figure out how AI is going to transform
the nature of jobs and create the Ad
accordingly.
Video Session: Discussing about AI
Ethics
Recommended
Activity:
Ethics
Awareness
To understand and reflect on the
Students play the role of major
ethical issues around AI.
stakeholders and they have to decide
what is ethical and what is not for a
given scenario.
Session: AI Bias and AI Access
Discussing about the possible bias in
To gain awareness around AI
5. AI ETHICS
data collection
bias and AI access.
Discussing about the implications of AI
technology
To let the students analyse the
Recommended Activity: Balloon Debate
advantages and disadvantages
Students divide in teams of 3 and 2
of Artificial Intelligence.
teams are given same theme. One team
goes in affirmation to AI for their section
while the other one goes against it.
They have to come up with their points
as to why AI is beneficial/harmful for
the society.
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SKILLS TO BE DEVELOPED
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