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Artificial Intelligence For Kids

Looking for ways to teach artificial intelligence to your kids or elementary students? Explore AI podcast episodes, classroom activities, and hands-on lessons that help children learn how artificial intelligence works, how machine learning makes predictions, and how AI is changing the world around us.

Wow in the World Episodes About Arificial Intelligence

What is AI? How does it learn? And can a robot really be creative? Explore these questions and more with four Wow in the World podcast episodes paired with hands-on activities that bring the amazing world of AI to life in your home or classroom!

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Smart-Bots

From self-driving cars to chess-playing robots, oh my! Artificial intelligence is all around us, and it’s only getting smarter. Join Guy Raz and Mindy Thomas on a computational quest to discover the Who, What, When, Where, Why, How and Wow in the World of AI!

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A-I-A-I-Oh WOW!

It’s the hottest science trend since crypto met techno; it’s AI generated art! But how does it work? Guy Raz, Mindy and Dennis take a trip to the imaginary University of the World Wide Web to find out! It’s the Who, When, Where, How and Wow of AI ART.

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The Examinator: Outsmarting AI

Mindy answers a call-out for brain-bending trivia questions, only to come face to face with one of the most nefarious villains on the planet; The Examinator. Except he has a problem; AI is outsmarting all his exams! Can Mindy and Guy help him devise a test so hard that even AI can’t complete it?

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iLaugh: Do Robotics Have a Sense of Humor?

Mindy’s got a new friend who lives… inside her phone?! Meet Zoodle, the digital assistant! She can have full conversations with you, but can she laugh at your jokes?! It’s the Who, What, When, Where, How, and WOW of Artificial Intelligence! 

Tinkercast Powers Up With Girls Who Code

We collaborated with Girls Who Code to develop a podcast-powered lesson based on our scientific game show Two Whats?! And A Wow! that breaks down AI concepts for K-5 students and sparks their own exploration.

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AI & You

In this episode, we’re giving you all the intel on Artificial Intelligence. Plus Guy & Mindy get some help, from the organization Girls Who Code, to sort through all the Whats?! and Wows! and give you the 411 on the 1s and 0s!

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Guided AI Activity

After listening to the episode, TinkerClass teachers can assign students our FREE companion activities, including How Does AI See? a game that encourages students to think about how AI learns by finding patterns!

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Explore AI With TinkerClass & Seesaw

Seesaw users, your AI adventure just got easier! Find all five AI-focused Tinkercast podcast episodes with activities built right into Seesaw, making it simple to listen, wonder, tinker, and WOW together in the classroom.

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