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In this gamified lesson, learners use Mash-Up cards to brainstorm a problem they want to solve. Then, they develop an out-of-the-box solution to the problem by imagining new artificial intelligence tools.

Find this lesson and more at thetech.org/ai 

What's Your Problem?
Brainstorming AI Solutions

We love brainstorming and prototyping at The Tech, so we are extra excited to announce our latest innovation: a “Teach with Me” Lesson.

  • This lesson includes a pre-recorded facilitation of the activities from beginning to end, just think of us as your co-facilitators.
  • Since we won’t really be there to hear students’ ideas, we’d love for you to share them back with us. On the lesson page, you’ll see a button for sharing student ideas and feedback on the lesson. Happy problem-solving!

Grades: 3-12
Duration: 45 minutes

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  Like most of our resources, this lesson is aligned with the engineering strand of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

  

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  • Evolutionary Puzzles

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 6-8 

    Create, organize, and structure data to explore patterns of heredity.

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  • Dino DNA

    Duration: 30-45 minutes

    Grade Levels: 5-12

    Examine how traits are handed down through generations by creating hypothetical dinosaurs. 

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  • Create with Cardboard

    Duration: 20+ minutes

    Grade Levels: 2-12

    For this design challenge, use cardboard to build and test a prototype.

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  • Connecting with Climate

    Duration: 90 minutes

    Grade Levels: 6-12

    Explore how to problem-solve when approaching large-scale, multidimensional issues like climate change.

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  • Biomimicry Mash-Up

    Duration: 20+ minutes

    Grade Levels: 2-12

    Use biomimicry to design new versions of everyday objects.

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  • To Donate or Not to Donate

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 8-12

    Research and develop an argument for choosing whether donate your body or not.

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  • Convection Currents

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 4-8

    Explore how differences in density can create motion in liquids.

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  • Patterns of the Moon

    Duration: 135 minutes

    Grade Levels: 3-5

    Apply computational thinking skills to identify patterns in the cycle of the moon. Then modify a computer program in Scratch that shows how the moon appears throughout the lunar cycle.

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  • Interglactic Interview

    Duration: 60 minutes

    Grade Levels: 4-12 

    Students will practice their interview skills by pitching an ordinary Earth item to a panel of alien investors. 

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Looking for more than one lesson?

Try one of our Content Bundles

Artificial Intelligence

What is AI?

Computational Thinking

Get with the (computer) program

Data Science

Byte into these

Design Challenge Learning

Explore tips for innovation

Systems Design

Big thinkers, unite!

Social Emotional Learning

Engineering with empathy

  

These resources are made possible through The Bowers Institute

Supporting educators to develop problem-solvers locally, nationally and globally.