Curriculum课程介绍

Two tracks. 24 lessons. One habit of mind.两条路线,24 节课,一种思维习惯。

The curriculum is built so skills compound: each lesson depends on the one before it, and Track B ends in a capstone that exercises the whole course. Every lesson has a complete bilingual kit. 课程按"能力叠加"设计:每一课都建立在前一课之上,B 线以一个 综合运用全课程的结业项目收尾。每节课都配有完整的中英双语材料包。

At home or in a classroom.在家学,也可以带进课堂。

For families给家长

Children ages 6–11 can work through 12 free interactive lessons at their own pace. No account is needed. The parent guide explains how to support learning at home.6–11 岁的孩子可以按自己的节奏完成 12 节免费互动课程,无需注册。家长指南介绍如何在家支持孩子学习。

Read the parent guide →阅读家长指南 →

For schools & clubs给学校与社团

Teach either age track with bilingual guides, worksheets, and activities. Classroom sessions run about 45 minutes for ages 6–11 and 60 minutes for ages 12–15.两条年龄路线都配有双语教案、练习单和活动材料。6–11 岁课堂版每节约 45 分钟,12–15 岁每节约 60 分钟。

Plan a classroom or club session →了解课堂与社团开展方式 →
Track A · Ages 6–11 · ~45 min/sessionA 线 · 6–11 岁 · 每节约 45 分钟

The Idea Detective点子小侦探

Play-based and concrete. AI is a friendly but sometimes-wrong robot — "Robo" — the kids learn to double-check. No abstract logic: stories, games, and objects. 以游戏为主、内容具体。AI 是一个友好但有时会出错的机器人—— "Robo"——孩子学着复核它。不讲抽象逻辑:用故事、游戏和实物。

# Session课程 Core idea核心概念 Signature activity标志性活动
1Says Who?谁说的?Claims need a source说法需要来源"True or Trick" card sorting"真话还是花招"卡牌分类
2How Do You Know?你怎么知道的?Evidence vs. guessing证据 vs. 猜测Mystery box — guess, then check神秘盒子——先猜,再验
3The Robot Sometimes Lies机器人有时会出错AI can be confidently wrongAI 会自信地出错Catch the robot's silly mistake抓出机器人的低级错误
4Asking Good Questions提出好问题A question is a tool问题是一种工具"20 Questions" tournament"二十个问题"锦标赛
5More Than One Answer答案不止一个Multiple valid views多种成立的看法Draw the same thing from 2 sides从两个角度画同一样东西
6The Sneaky Trick: "Everyone Does It"小花招:"大家都这样"First fallacy第一个谬误Spot-the-trick skits"找花招"小短剧
7The Sneaky Trick: Either/Or小花招:非此即彼False choices虚假的选择"Is it ONLY this or that?" game"真的只有这两种吗?"游戏
8Checking Twice查两遍Cross-checking sources交叉核对来源Two robots disagree — who's right?两个机器人说法不同——谁对?
9Why It Feels True为什么"感觉是真的"Feelings vs. facts感觉 vs. 事实Optical illusions & "my brain tricked me"视错觉与"我的大脑骗了我"
10The Hard-Problem Muscle攻坚的肌肉Productive struggle有益的"卡壳"A puzzle you're not allowed to ask AI一道不许问 AI 的谜题
11Detective in the Wild实战小侦探Apply to real ads/claims应用于真实广告与说法Analyze a real (kid-safe) ad分析一则真实(适龄)广告
12Detective Graduation小侦探毕业Review + showcase复习与展示Kids teach a "trick" to parents孩子把一个"花招"教给家长
Track B · Ages 12–15 · ~60 min/sessionB 线 · 12–15 岁 · 每节约 60 分钟

The Reasoned Mind会推理的头脑

Debate, real cases, and written output. Students learn how an LLM actually works, then build the habits to use it well — and finish with a research capstone they present and defend. 以辩论、真实案例和书面作业为主。学生了解大语言模型的真实运作方式, 再练成用好它的习惯——并以一个需要展示和答辩的研究项目收尾。

# Session课程 Core idea核心概念 Signature activity标志性活动
1The Free-Answer Problem"免费答案"问题Why thinking still matters为何思考依然重要Debate: "Should AI do your homework?"辩论:"该让 AI 替你写作业吗?"
2What an LLM Actually Does大语言模型到底在做什么Pattern prediction, not knowing是模式预测,不是"知道"Predict-the-next-word game"预测下一个词"游戏
3Hallucinations幻觉Confident ≠ correct自信 ≠ 正确Hunt a real AI hallucination搜寻一处真实的 AI 幻觉
4Claims, Evidence, Warrants主张、证据、依据Anatomy of an argument论证的结构Diagram a news article为一篇新闻报道画结构图
5Logical Fallacies I逻辑谬误(一)Ad hominem, strawman, slippery slope, bandwagon, false dilemma人身攻击、稻草人、滑坡、从众、假两难Fallacy bingo on real comments用真实评论玩"谬误宾果"
6Logical Fallacies II逻辑谬误(二)Correlation≠causation, cherry-picking相关≠因果、选择性取证"Lie with statistics" workshop"用统计数据撒谎"工作坊
7Source Evaluation来源评估Author, intent, funding, recency作者、意图、资金、时效Rate 5 sources on one topic就同一话题为 5 个来源评级
8Bias — Theirs and Yours偏见——别人的与自己的Confirmation bias, AI training bias确认偏误、AI 训练偏差Ask AI a loaded question, analyze向 AI 提一个有倾向的问题并分析
9Prompting as a Skill提问也是一门技能Getting and verifying AI output取得 AI 输出并加以核实Prompt → verify → cite challenge提问 → 核实 → 标注来源 挑战
10Steelmanning钢人论证Argue the side you disagree with为你不认同的一方辩护Switch-sides debate换边辩论
11Capstone Project (build)结业项目(构建)Investigate a real claim调查一个真实的说法Mini research with a source log带来源记录的小型研究
12Capstone Project (present)结业项目(展示)Defend your reasoning为你的推理答辩Present + Q&A panel展示 + 问答环节

Want the materials?想获取材料?

Every lesson guide, worksheet, and activity is in the Facilitator Hub. 每节课的教师指南、练习单和活动材料都在教师资源中心。