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AI for Oceans Hour of Code: Engaging Lesson Plan to Explore AI's Role in Ocean Conservation

Added: 01 Jul 2023 Contributor: Mark Delahunty Resource type: Assessment / Game / Experiment / Guide/notes / Lesson Plan / Project / Simulation / Tool / App/software

This immersive lesson plan introduces 5th and 6th-grade students to AI's applications in protecting oceans. Through hands-on coding activities, students learn about AI training, potential mistakes, and ethical considerations, fostering problem-solving skills and environmental awareness.

How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE Science

Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Environmental awareness

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • come to appreciate the need to conserve resources
  • foster an appreciation of the ways in which people use the Earth's resources
  • identify positive aspects of natural and built environments through observation, discussion and recording

Suggestions for use: Teaching students how to responsibly use AI Problem of pollution Ocean conservation


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Caring for the environment

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • come to appreciate individual, community and national responsibility for environmental care
  • identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue
  • participate in activities that contribute to the enhancement of the environment

Suggestions for use: Teaching students how to responsibly use AI, Problem of pollution, Ocean conservation

5-6
SESE Geography

Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Caring for the environment

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • come to appreciate individual, community and national responsibility for environmental care
  • examine a number of ways in which local and other environments could be improved or enhanced
  • identify and discuss a local, national or global environmental issue

Suggestions for use: Teaching students how to responsibly use AI, Problem of pollution, Ocean conservation


Strand: Environ. Awareness & Care

Strand unit: Environmental awareness

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • come to appreciate the need to conserve the Earth's resources
  • foster an appreciation of the ways in which people use the Earth's resources
  • identify, discuss and appreciate attractive and unattractive elements of natural and human environments
  • recognise and investigate aspects of human activities which may have positive or adverse effects on environments

Suggestions for use: Teaching students how to responsibly use AI, Problem of pollution, Ocean conservation

Meta information

  • Asset type: Document
  • Language: English
  • Rights: Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons
  • Cost: No
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