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Hands-on, mostly unplugged resources that teach how AI really works and how to think alongside it. Games, labs, task cards, posters, bell ringers and full units for grades K–12. Every kit is ready to print, with answer keys, teacher notes or rubrics where they’re needed.
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Next Word: The Transformer Game
Students act as a language model: guess the next word, tally the class and compute probabilities. They learn how ChatGPT-style AI writes, why context matters (attention), and why “most likely” isn’t “true.”
What’s inside
- Teacher guide with scripts for 5 rounds
- 48 sentence-stem cards in 4 grade bands
- Context-switch cards (attention)
- Class tally & probability board
- Temperature die chart
- Prediction log, exit tickets, answer notes
Train the Machine
Teams become a machine-learning model. They learn a rule from labeled creature cards, fail a test, and discover the real lesson: AI is only as good as its data. They also learn how people, kids included, make AI better.
What’s inside
- Teacher guide with scripts
- 33 creature cards (training sets A & B, test set)
- Student model notebook
- Real-world reading: shortcuts & bias
- “How kids make AI better”
- Answer key, standards & sources
Spot the Hallucination
24 task cards with answers an AI might give. Some are true and some are confident fabrications: myths, fake sources, mixed-up details. Students sort them, name the error type, and practice the SIFT fact-check routine.
What’s inside
- Teacher guide & 4 ways to play
- 24 task cards
- 5 types of hallucination
- SIFT reference & red flags
- Recording sheets & exit tickets
- Full answer key with explanations
30 Think-First Bell Ringers
Six weeks of daily warm-ups that build thinking AI can’t replace. Monday: thought experiment. Tuesday: logic puzzle. Wednesday: would AI know? Thursday: estimate it. Friday: human, machine or ethics?
What’s inside
- 30 prompts, 2 per page (project or print)
- Daily themes for each weekday
- Weekly response sheet
- Teacher notes & answers
Think-First Classroom Posters
Seven posters that make your classroom AI routine visible: the 5 P’s, AI use levels 0–4, “Before you ask AI,” how AI writes, check it with SIFT, how kids make AI better, and “AI is a tool. You are the thinker.”
What’s inside
- 7 letter-size posters (enlarge to 11×17)
- Black & white friendly
- Matches every ARQIV lesson
The Think-First Unit (6 weeks)
The full program in one designed, printable file: the Think-First method, six complete lessons with teacher scripts, student worksheets and process rubrics, plus the classroom AI agreement, AI receipt, family letter, student portfolio and certificate.
What’s inside
- The Think-First method: 5 P’s, AI levels, assessment
- 6 lesson plans with scripts & prep checklists
- 6 student worksheets & 6 rubrics
- Classroom AI agreement & AI receipt
- Family letter, student portfolio & certificate
- Adjustments for younger, older & no-device classes
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Lessons & labs you can use today
Every ARQIV lesson page prints cleanly, with a print button for the full plan and another for just the student worksheet.
Student AI labs
Next Word · Train the Machine 6 lessonsThink-First lesson library
Plans, scripts, worksheets, rubrics GuideThe Think-First guide
Policies, levels, assessment LessonFact-Check the Bot
Verify an AI answer Grades 6–8Classroom starter pack
Paper-first investigations ScienceAI in the world labs
Space · weather · health · moreIn the workshop
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AI or Not? Photo sort
Real or AI-generated? Clue cards that teach students to slow down and check images.
Robot Instructions
A K–2 unplugged game: give a “robot” classmate exact instructions and discover what an algorithm is.
Bias Detectives
Investigate how training data shapes what AI “sees,” with a case file for each team.
AI Career Cards
36 cards showing how AI is changing real jobs in health, farming, space and the trades.
Family AI Night kit
Slides, a handout and activities for a school evening on raising kids who think first.
Prompt Escape Room
Teams unlock clues by writing clearer and clearer briefs. Design thinking under time pressure.
For schools & districts
Site licenses, staff workshops & family nights
Each kit is licensed for one teacher’s classroom. For a whole school or district, or for a Think-First workshop with your staff, get in touch.
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