IDEAL ThinkersAn AI literacy and fluency curriculum

Curriculum map / Year 6

Year 6: AI, Society and the Future

Big question: Who decides how AI is used?

Before this, in Year 5, pupils studied Data, Training and Fairness.

Open the Year 6 folder in Google Drive

Lesson 1

Real or generated?

AI can fake images, voices and video, so we need a checking routine and firm rules about real people.

DC, DL

Lesson 3

AI at work

AI is changing jobs, and some things stay human.

DL, careers

Lesson 4

Is it worth it?

AI uses energy, water and materials, and can also help the planet.

science, geography

Lesson 5

Who's responsible?

When AI makes a decision, people must be able to explain it and answer for it.

DC, English

Lesson 6 is the IDEAL Challenge, where pupils pull the unit together to make or decide something. It doubles as the end of unit assessment task.