Free STEM + AI learning resources · Ages 9–13
Understand the machine. Then question the design.
Three short explorations for curious readers and the adults learning alongside them. Start with paper, a pencil, and a familiar question.
Try it, or run it with a group
Play the five-minute design challenge, run House Thinks Week, or embed the activity on your own site.
Does a refrigerator make cold?
Follow the heat, then design a door reminder that might not need AI at all.
02 · Compare the toolsAutomatic does not always mean AI
Compare a person, a fixed rule, and a pattern-based prediction without writing code.
03 · Question the dataCan your invention work with less information?
Use fictional design cards to ask what a machine needs to know—and what it does not.
Run a ready-to-use session
The free educator pack includes a 30-minute lesson, a worked refrigerator example, discussion prompts, a reasoning checklist, and printable student worksheets.
Get the educator packA safe starting point
Use diagrams and external observation only. Do not open, modify, obstruct, or experiment with appliances or safety equipment. Imagine failures on paper; do not interrupt power or networks. Every activity can be completed without an AI account or a screen.