Sample Projects

Guiding Questions for Participants to Consider for Projects Aligned with the President’s Priorities, Values, and Vision

How can AI technologies be used to help get people get better jobs?
How can AI technologies be used to help make your community safer?
How can AI technologies be used to foster healthy peer engagement and a safer digital future?
How can AI technologies be used to help design a healthier/more economical meal plan?
How can AI technologies be used to help make the internet safer for young children?
How can AI technologies be used to help foster healthy peer engagement among youth?
How can AI technologies be used to help foster healthy peer engagement among youth online?
How can AI technologies be used to help find better housing or transportation?
How can AI technologies be used to help develop customized learning plans for students?
How can AI technologies be used to help prioritize affordable, reliable, and secure energy technologies, including fossil fuels, advanced nuclear, geothermal, and hydropower?
Electricity demand is forecast to soar in the coming years. How can AI technologies be used to help strengthen the nation’s electric grid?
How can AI technologies be used to help teachers be more efficient?
How can AI technologies be used to keep the Nation’s food supply strong and affordable?
How can AI technologies be used to help reduce wildfire risk?
How can AI technologies be used for drones (or unmanned aircraft systems) to help with agriculture, public safety, or cargo delivery?
How can AI technologies be used to help strengthen the cybersecurity of internet sites and/or phone and computer apps?
How can AI technologies be used to help improve people’s experiences at the doctor’s office or hospital?
How can AI technologies be used to help people with no experience using AI tools become more comfortable and proficient in using AI tools?
How can AI technologies be used to develop and advertise apprenticeship programs to train skilled workers in construction or manufacturing?
How can AI technologies be used to identify job skills or “skills report cards” to accompany students’ academic transcripts?

For Elementary Category (Grades 3–5)

Track 1

Imagine designing a friendly AI tool that would remind students to walk safely to and from school or their bus stop.
Imagine designing an AI tool that would help students find lost items.
Create an AI tool that recognizes and tracks kind behaviors using stories, pictures, or role-playing.
Build a mock-up or simulation of a robot that recognizes recyclables vs trash.
Propose an app that uses AI image recognition to help find and match lost pets with owners.
Imagine a reading helper that listens and gives encouragement, correcting pronunciation and flow.

Track 2

Create an AI tool that determines whose turn it is to be at the front of the lunch line each day.
Propose an app that uses AI image recognition to help find and match lost items with owners.
Create an AI tool that helps students understand multiplication.
Create an AI tool to help children practice for spelling bees.

For Middle School Youth Category (Grades 6–8)

Track 1

Propose a system that uses AI to predict when lockers will be in use and reduce hallway congestion.
Create a plan for an AI that monitors classroom lights, temperature, and suggests energy-saving tips for schools.
Propose an AI assistant to help with social media use and mental health
Propose an AI drone that monitors school crossings and suggests safer traffic patterns.
Create a plan for AI-assisted bee drones to identify and pollinate plants.
Design a concept for a tool that uses text or voice analysis to detect emotions and provide support resources.
Develop a prototype or storyboard of an AI that scans messages (anonymized) for bullying and offers de-escalation tips.

Track 2

Create an AI tool that determines which snakes or mushrooms are poisonous from images.
Develop an algorithm to detect gestures, such as sign language.
Create an AI tool that predicts what song a user will listen to based on their listening history.
Create an AI tool to design healthier and more economical meal plans for families.

For High School Youth Category (Grades 9–12)

Track 1

Propose an AI tool to optimize school bus routes for fuel efficiency, student safety, and shorter commutes.
Design a tool to help families find housing within their household budgets.
Propose an AI method or tool that could make your school or community safer.

Track 2

Sample computing topics using Python: animal sound identification, plant trait identification, material property predictions for construction, energy storage.
Design a solution to help local food pantries predict demand, reduce waste, and optimize distribution routes.
Build or prototype a chatbot that provides personalized homework help to classmates or younger students using NLP.
Use open data to create a predictive model identifying jobs for students or their families.
Develop an AI assistant that helps citizens understand local legislation or report community issues more easily.
Create an algorithm to better segment arteries in the human body.
Create an algorithm that communicates to the user how much energy is used when prompting an AI.

For Educator Category

Propose an AI tool to develop customized learning plans for students.
Propose an AI tool to identify job skills or a “skills report card” for students to go alongside their academic transcript.
Develop instructions for, and demonstrate, an assignment where students use a generative AI model to illustrate a chapter of one of the texts from the American Literature syllabus, in ways that enrich their experience with the text while building familiarity with the tool and its effective and appropriate uses.
Develop a lesson plan to help students explore the current capabilities of a particular category of AI tool for assisting a human to carry out a specific task.
Create an AI-enabled tool that permits students to connect to a complex or hard-to-reach topic in a more intuitive way, for example through 3-D visualization, interactive graphics, or augmented reality.
Develop an AI tool to increase classroom engagement.
Develop an AI tool to support first-year educators.
Develop an AI tool to support the integration of AI literacy skills and concepts into teaching and learning practices to improve educational outcomes for students.
Develop an AI tool to support students who are below grade level, in need of remedial or developmental education, or struggling to graduate.
Use AI technology to provide career pathway exploration and advising to improve educational outcomes.