👩‍🏫 Teacher Overview

• Grade Band: All (Elementary → High, with scaffolding)
• Objective: Students learn to recognize AI in everyday life, reflect on its uses, and discuss pros/cons.
• Time Needed: 1 class period (adaptable to shorter sessions)
• ISTE Standards:
• Digital Citizen: Students understand AI’s role in their digital environment.
• Knowledge Constructor: Students actively gather and analyze examples of AI.
• Key Vocabulary: AI, recommendation, automation, invisible AI, bias.

📦 Materials

• Printable scavenger hunt worksheet (included below)
• Pens/pencils
• Whiteboard or digital board for collective map
• (Optional) Phones/tablets for taking pictures/screenshots

📝 Teacher Steps

1. Intro (10 min)

• Quick brainstorm: “Where do you think AI exists in your world?”
• Examples to seed ideas: voice assistants (Siri, Alexa), YouTube/Netflix recommendations, smartboards, spell check, maps/navigation, chatbots.
• Record brainstorm on the board to get students thinking.

2. Scavenger Hunt (15–20 min)

• Students explore school, their devices, or think about home/community examples.
• Elementary: Provide picture icons to check off.
• Middle/High: Encourage detail (name the app/system, describe how AI is used).

3. Sharing & Mapping (10–15 min)

• Students place their examples on a class AI map (board or poster): categories like Entertainment, School Tools, Social Media, Transportation, Home.
• Discuss overlaps: Did many students notice the same AI? Did anyone find a unique example?

🧒 Student Worksheet: AI Scavenger Hunt

Name: ______________________

Part 1 – Find the AI

Circle or write examples you notice today:

• 🎧 Music recommendations
• 🍿 Netflix / YouTube suggestions
• 🗺️ Maps giving fastest route
• 📱 Face/fingerprint unlock
• ✍️ Spell check / autocorrect
• 🎮 Video game difficulty changes
• 🛒 Online shopping suggestions
• 🏫 Smart boards / classroom tech
• 🤖 Chatbots or digital assistants (google / siri / alexa)

Other AI I found:

Part 2 – Describe One Example

I found AI in: ____________________

It works by: _______________________

It was helpful/not helpful because: _______________________

Part 3 – Reflection

1. Which AI surprised me most? _____________________
2. Did I notice any AI that works “invisibly” (behind the scenes)? ___ Yes / No

Example: ___________________

3. One good thing about this AI is: ___________________
4. One not-so-good thing is: ___________________

🎨 Optional Visual Aids

• Poster template: “Where Did You Find AI?” with icons (school, home, entertainment, transport, communication).
• Class AI Map: Teacher draws big circles (categories), students add sticky notes or drawings with their examples.
• Elementary Version: Picture checklist (icons of phone, tablet, smart speaker, bus, classroom board).