Challenge Tracks: Do you want to LEARN AI or USE AI?
Select One: Middle School Students | High School Students | K-12 Educators and Community Group Leaders
Middle School Youth Category
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): You will create an in-depth proposal showing how AI technology could be used to address your school or community challenge – you won’t have to create the technology, just design something in your mind 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. Your report must detail the mechanisms for applying the AI technology and elaborate on how AI technology will help address your challenge.
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- Track II (technical): 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.
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Eligibility
- Students must be in grades 6-8 or ages 10-13 for homeschool students
- 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 each student team member 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.
Each educator and 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 Category
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): You will create an in-depth proposal showing how AI technology could be used to address your school or community challenge – you won’t have to create the technology, just design something in your mind 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. Your report must detail the mechanisms for applying the AI technology, and elaborate on how AI technology will help address your challenge.
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Click here to see how judges will be scoring your Challenge projects - Track II (technical): 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.
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Eligibility
- Students must be in grades 9-12 or ages 14-18 for homeschool students
- 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 each student team member 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.
- Each educator and 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 and Community Group Leaders
K-12 Educator Category
You will focus on creative approaches to teaching or using AI technologies in K-12 learning (Track III).
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.
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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 before they can begin participating in any mentorship or training activities sponsored by the Challenge.
Elementary (K-5) Educators and Community Group Leaders: Elementary School Category
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 and your classroom or group of elementary school children.
Your children will NOT be using AI methods or tools, but you will teach the possibilities of AI to your children and solicit ideas from them. If you choose Track II, you can demonstrate how your tool with help improve their classroom or community.
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 your children to design something 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 your elementary school-aged children. Your report must detail the mechanisms for applying the AI technology, and elaborate on how AI technology will help address your or the students’ challenge.
Click here for guidelines on creating your Challenge projects
Click here to see how judges will be scoring your Challenge projects
- Track II (technical): You will build an AI tool or technology that will address, and hopefully solve, a community or school challenge of importance to your elementary-aged children.
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 for guidelines on creating your Challenge projects
Click here to see how judges will be scoring your Challenge projects
Eligibility
- Any instructor, educator, or community leaders (age 18 years and older) of elementary-aged students
- The 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 mentorship 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.
