AI Challenge Tracks: What will we do?

Select One:  Elementary (K-5) Community Groups and Classrooms   |   Middle School Youth   |   High School Youth   |   K-12 Educators

Elementary (K-5) Community Groups and Classrooms

As a community group leader and/or educator, you will complete a project, with input from your students, that involves the study, development, or use of an AI method or tool to address a community or school challenge that is important to you and elementary school children.

The elementary school youth will NOT be using AI methods or tools. The group or class-room leader will brainstorm possible solutions with the youth. 

Your project will require research and creative thinking in one of the following categories:

• Track I (report): You will create an in-depth proposal showing how AI technology could be used to address the school or community challenge that impacts your students – you won’t have to create the technology, just work with the youth to design something that could be created if you had more time or background in AI development.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track I projects for Elementary Community Groups and Classrooms.

• Track II (technical): After brainstorming possible solutions with your students, you will build an AI tool or technology that will address, and hopefully solve, the group’s community or school challenge. You must include supporting materials that show how you and possibly other elementary educators or community leaders could use your tool or technology to solve or improve issues affecting elementary school-aged students and their environments.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track II projects for Elementary Com-munity Groups and Classrooms.

Eligibility

• Any instructor, educator, or community leaders (age 18 years and older) of elementary-aged students
• The lead instructor, educator, or community leader must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident (LPR).

Safety Requirements

• Each instructor, educator, or community leader must submit a completed Adult Consent and Media Release form before they can begin participating in any mentor-ship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.
• The instructor, educator, or community leader must collect a completed Elementary Parental Consent and Media Release form for each student involved in brainstorming, demonstrations, or any other capacity for the Challenge BEFORE the instructor, educator, or community leader can begin talking about the Challenge with their students.

Middle School Youth

As a middle school student, you will complete a project that involves the study, development, or use of an AI method or tool to address a community or school challenge that is important to YOU!

Your project will require research and creative thinking in one of the following categories:

• Track I (report): Either individually or with up to three other middle school youth, you will create an in-depth proposal showing how AI technology could be used to ad-dress your school or community challenge – you won’t have to create the technology, just design a tool that could be created if you had more time or background in AI development.
  
  Your proposal must address a challenge in your school or community that impacts you and/or your teammates. Your report must detail the mechanisms for applying the AI technology and elaborate on how AI technology will help address your challenge.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track I projects for Middle School teams.
  
  
• Track II (technical): Either individually or with up to three other middle school youth, you will build an AI tool or technology that will address, and hopefully solve, your community or school challenge. You must include supporting materials that show how you and others will use your tool or technology to solve your challenge.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track II projects for Middle School teams.

Eligibility

• Students must be in grades 6-8
• Groups of 1-4 students and one supervising adult (age 18 years and older), who will submit the Challenge project, will work together as a team.
• Each student and the supervising adult must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident (LPR).

Safety Requirements

• The supervising adult for team must submit a completed Parental Consent and Media Release form for each student before the team can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.
• The supervising adult must submit a completed Adult Consent and Media Release form before they (or their team of children) can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.

High School Youth

As a high school student, you will complete a project that involves the study, development, or use of an AI method or tool to address a community or school challenge that is important to YOU!

• Track I (report): Either individually or with up to three other high school youth, you will create an in-depth proposal showing how AI technology could be used to ad-dress your school or community challenge – you won’t have to create the technology, just design a tool that could be created if you had more time or background in AI development.
  
  Your proposal must address a challenge in your school or community that impacts you and/or your teammates. Your report must detail the mechanisms for applying the AI technology and elaborate on how AI technology will help address your challenge.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track I projects for High School teams.

• Track II (technical): Either individually or with up to three other high school youth, you will build an AI tool or technology that will address, and hopefully solve, your community or school challenge. You must include supporting materials that show how you and others will use your tool or technology to solve your challenge.
  
  Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track II projects for High School teams.

Eligibility

• Students must be in grades 9-12
• Groups of 1-4 students and one supervising adult (age 18 years and older), who will submit the Challenge project, will work together as a team.
• Each student and the supervising adult must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident (LPR).

Safety Requirements

• The supervising adult for the team must submit a completed Parental Consent and Media Release form for each student before the team can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.
• The supervising adult must submit a completed Adult Consent and Media Release form before they (or their team of children) can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.

K-12 Educators

As a K-12 educator, you will focus on creative approaches to teaching or using AI technologies in K-12 learning (Track III).

Either individually or with up to two other K-12 educators, you will create an innovative approach to either 1) teach an AI concept or tool to K-12 students, or 2) explore how AI tools can assist them in creating transformative teaching and learning experiences. You can create a video, digital poster, or slide show to demonstrate your approach.

• Click here to see how judges will be scoring Track III projects for K-12 educators.

Eligibility

• Any instructor or educator (age 18 years and older) of K-12 students
• Groups of 1-3 educators
• Each educator must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or lawful permanent resident (LPR).

Safety Requirement

• Each educator must submit a completed Adult Consent and Media Release form be-fore they can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.