AI as a school subject · Ages 10–16

Kids who understand AI, use it wisely, and build with it.

AIILM turns Artificial Intelligence into an engaging school subject. Through a friendly voice avatar, animation, and hands-on building, children learn what AI is, how to use it safely, and how to create their own agents and workflows.

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10–16 age range

5 Big Ideas of AI

Safety in every lesson

Meet Pip, your AI guide

The Five Big Ideas

What every child learns

The curriculum is built on the five big ideas of AI — taught in kid-friendly language, scaled to each age.

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AI senses the world

How computers take in pictures, sound, and words.

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AI thinks in steps

How it stores what it knows and works things out.

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AI learns from examples

How examples make it better — and where bias creeps in.

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AI talks with people

How we chat with AI in words and voice.

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AI changes our world

The good, the risky, and how to use it responsibly.

One programme, three bands

Growing with the child, 10 to 16

The same ideas run through every band. What changes is the depth, the scaffolding, and the balance of play and building.

Foundation · Ages 10–12

Explore & Understand

Voice avatar, cartoons, games
Train a simple model
Build a first guided agent
Use AI safely, with guidance

Builder · Ages 13–14

Apply & Build

Write effective prompts
Build a working agent
Design a multi-step workflow
Spot bias & misinformation

Innovator · Ages 15–16

Create & Lead

Orchestrate agents into pipelines
Run a simulated organisation
Ship a small AI solution
Security, deepfakes, governance

Safety first

The “AI Rulebook,” built in from age 10

Safety, privacy, and ethics aren’t a one-off lecture — they appear in every single lesson, so good habits form early.

✅ We always

Keep our own thinking on — AI can be wrong.
Ask a grown-up if something feels wrong.
Be kind and fair in what we ask AI to do.
Ask permission before using someone’s photo.
Remember a person is responsible for what AI does.

⛔ We never

Believe an AI answer without checking.
Share private details like address or passwords.
Use AI to be unkind or to pretend to be someone.
Share other people’s pictures without asking.
Let AI make important choices on its own.

Sample lessons

Hands-on from day one

Every lesson is hosted by Pip and ends with the child making something real.

Unit 1 · What is AI, really?

Make: AI poster

Children discover AI isn’t magic through an “AI or Not?” sorting game and map the AI around them.

Unit 2 · How AI sees

Make: a recogniser

Kids train their own image recogniser with examples — then try to fool it.

Unit 6 · Your first agent

Make: an agent

Using Goal · Sense · Act, children build and debug a working block-based agent.

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Interactive demo

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A taste of the real student experience: a voice-guided avatar, a hands-on game, and badges that collect in your AI Lab. (Tip: tap “Hear Pip” for voice.)

AIILM Student · Unit 1 — What is AI, really?

Pip says

Hello! I’m Pip, and I’m an AI. Want to find out what that really means? Let’s play a game!

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