Choose a real problem
Choosing a real problem means something the student genuinely cares about, small enough to attempt in eight sessions.
AI for Kids · Class 6 · Module 9 of 9
Curiosity Showcase
Pick something that actually bothers you. Then use everything you have learned on it.
8 sessionsSessions 65–72
4 weeksTypical pace
FoundationLevel
Class 6Artificial Intelligence
The big idea
The showcase asks students to choose a real problem, combine several AI workflows to address it, and present both the outcome and the thinking behind it — including what did not work.
Why it matters
Combining tools independently is what proves the year has produced capability rather than just familiarity.
Unpacked
What you will actually learn
Three core ideas, each taught with worked examples and then practised until it feels obvious.
Combine AI workflows
Combining workflows chains tools together — research, then writing, then images, then audio or video — each feeding the next.
Present and reflect
Presenting and reflecting means showing the work honestly, including the dead ends and what they taught you.
Did you know?
Professional teams keep a “what we tried that failed” list precisely because it is often the most useful document in the project.
Common mix-up
“A perfect project is the goal.” A project you can explain honestly — including its flaws — demonstrates more understanding than a flawless one you cannot.
Session by session
Your 8-session journey
Sessions 65–72 of the 72-session year, at two one-hour sessions per week.
- 1
Warm-up and big picture
Where this module fits, what you will build, and a hands-on starter that gets everyone curious about choose a real problem.
- 2
Choose a real problem
Guided teaching on choose a real problem, worked through together with the teacher.
- 3
Choose a real problem — practice lab
Independent practice, small challenges and one deliberate mistake to diagnose.
- 4
Combine AI workflows
Guided teaching on combine ai workflows, building directly on the previous two sessions.
- 5
Combine AI workflows — practice lab
Applied tasks that combine choose a real problem and combine ai workflows in one piece of work.
- 6
Present and reflect
Present and reflect introduced and practised, completing the toolkit needed for the project.
- 7
Project build
Guided build session for the module project: Future Skills Fair portfolio.
- 8
Test, present and reflect
Finish, test against the checklist, present the work and explain the decisions behind it.
Project lab
Future Skills Fair portfolio
Every module ends with something the student built themselves and can demonstrate. This is the piece that goes into their portfolio and gets explained out loud at the end of session 72.
Try this at home
Keep a one-line log every session: what you tried, and what happened. It becomes your presentation almost automatically.
It is finished when
- It works from start to finish without breaking
- You can explain every part of it in your own words
- You tested it and improved at least one thing afterwards
- Someone else used or understood it without your help
By the end of this module
Students finishing Module 9 can:
- Explain and use choose a real problem without prompting
- Explain and use combine ai workflows without prompting
- Explain and use present and reflect without prompting
- Build and finish future skills fair portfolio
- Test your own work and correct what you find
- Talk an adult through what you made and why
Word bank
The vocabulary introduced here, in plain language:
- workflow
- A sequence of steps and tools used to reach a result.
- portfolio
- A collection of work showing what you can do.
- reflection
- Thinking about what worked, what did not, and why.
Module challenge
Think you have got this?
0 XPLevel 1 · Curious Beginner
6 quick questions drawn from this module — vocabulary, the project you build, and a myth-or-fact round. Every wrong answer explains itself, so a mistake still teaches you something.
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