K–12 AI Curriculum

Curriculum Framework

Explore the curriculum by developmental band. Each section opens the full framework for that age range, helping schools navigate the progression from early foundations in thinking and process to advanced judgment, cognitive extension, and ethical human–AI collaboration.

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The curriculum is organized in six developmental band levels

Select a band below to read the full curriculum framework for that stage.

K–2

Foundational thinking, process, machine awareness, and early critical detection

Students build early foundations in metacognition, patterns, visible thinking, awareness of machine interaction, and noticing when systems are wrong, incomplete, unfair, or malfunctioning.

Thinking about thinking Patterns & process Early detection
View K–2 Framework
Grades 3–4

Guided interaction, simple construction, and early audit

Students begin interacting with simple AI-like systems, building small knowledge-based or classificatory systems, and learning to distinguish problem, assumptions, model, output, and human check.

Guided interaction Simple construction Early audit
View Grades 3–4 Framework
Grades 5–6

Supervised use, simple design, comparison of systems, and ethical beginnings

Students begin supervised use of real AI systems, compare system families, design small systems, test for bias and weak assumptions, and start structured ethical reflection.

Supervised use System comparison Ethical beginnings
View Grades 5–6 Framework
Grades 7–8

Multimodal systems, workflows, authenticity, and vibe coding

Students compare digital tool families, work across text, image, audio, and code, and learn that realistic and polished outputs are not automatically true, original, or acceptable.

Multimodal workflows Authenticity Vibe coding
View Grades 7–8 Framework
Grades 9–10

Independent use, workflow design, model awareness, and applied ethical judgment

Students use AI more independently, design multi-step workflows, study how model behavior shapes outputs, verify claims, and evaluate ethical and civic issues across subjects.

Independent use Workflow design Model awareness
View Grades 9–10 Framework
Grades 11–12

Cognitive extension, advanced judgment, ethics, and the future of work

Students examine AI as cognitive extension, reflect on the risk of cognitive replacement, design advanced workflows, and engage deeply with ethics, labor-market transformation, and human agency.

Cognitive extension Advanced ethics Future of work
View Grades 11–12 Framework

Each band level opens the full framework online. This page is designed as a simple entry point so users can move directly into the stage that matches their needs.