Level 1 Sampler

What Is a Smart Machine?

Grades K-2 - Module 1: Smart Machines Around Us - 35 minutes. This is one of the five free sampler lessons; full curriculum planning and cohort tools remain inside paid partner programs.

Free sampler

Objectives

What learners practice

Sort everyday tools into smart and not-smart examples.

Describe what a machine can sense or do.

Create a simple story page about a helpful smart machine.

Access

Free-tier limits stay visible.

This page uses a lesson-bound sandbox when the lesson includes generative AI. It does not unlock center dashboards, reports, parent summaries, or the full lesson database.

Sampler Steps

Level 1

Look: What can this machine do?Show a familiar tool and ask students what it can sense, remember, or respond to.

Sort: Smart or Not?Students sort picture cards and explain one choice.

Guided Prompt

student-active

Plan -> Generate -> Validate -> Render -> Evaluate -> Log -> Cache

This sampler is designed as an unplugged activity.

Preview + Checks

passed

AI or Not: Digital Map

A digital map can use AI when it predicts traffic and suggests routes.
It perceives location data and learns from traffic patterns.
Safe-use tip: do not share private home or school details in prompts.

Classifies the toolThe answer explains when a digital map uses AI.

Includes evidenceTraffic prediction and route suggestions are concrete examples.

Includes safe-use tipThe artifact avoids private student details.