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The Artificial Intelligence in Action resources explore how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, socialise and deliver services across the globe. While AI has been around for decades, recent advances in technology have significantly increased the capability and complexity of AI systems, including its use in everyday life for the public.
Developing an understanding of the strengths and limitations of AI is critical to ensuring its responsible and equitable use. There is no doubt that AI has great potential to improve our well-being and society, but there is no guarantee it will continue to do so. Ultimately, it must be people who determine the ethicality of AI and ensure that it is developed and used in a way that is positive and beneficial to all. For AI to be used and trusted by people, organisations and government must be guided by sound ethical principles.
CSIRO Education & Outreach and Data 61 have collaborated to create a collection of classroom resources to support the exploration of responsible and ethical AI for students in Years 5 to 8. The resources include classroom presentations, student activities and a teacher guide.
The following resources have been designed for printing or presenting; therefore, only an accessible PDF or PowerPoint version has been supplied.
Available resources
Australian Curriculum Links
View how these resources can be linked to certain learning areas within the Australian Curriculum.
Download Australian Curriculum links PDF (271 KB)
Download Australian Curriculum links - text version TXT (4 KB)
Teacher resource
Use this teacher resource to effectively incorporate the Responsible AI presentations in your Year 5 and 8 classrooms.
Responsible AI presentations
Part 1 - Understanding AI
Consider the responsible use of AI and explore current examples of how AI is being used across CSIRO projects.
This is a classroom presentation resource, including presentation notes for teachers. Embedded across the presentation are breakout activities that can also be adapted for standalone use. Use the Developing Responsible AI student worksheet to support included activities.
Part 1 - Understanding AI presentation PPTX (11 MB)
Understanding AI teacher presenter notes PDF (1 MB)
Part 2 -Responsible AI
What problem or issue could AI help address? This is a student worksheet resource connected with the Responsible AI classroom presentation. The activity can also be adapted for standalone use.
Activity information:
Students work individually or in pairs to identify a problem they’re passionate about and use worksheet prompts to develop a connected AI system. They can share ideas through group discussions, and completed worksheets may be displayed or serve as a foundation for extended projects.
Part 2 - Responsible AI presentation PPTX (12 MB)
Responsible AI teacher presenter notes PDF (1 MB)
Responsible AI student worksheet PDF (107 KB)