Artificial Intelligence Curriculum for Primary and Secondary Schools
AI for Developing Digital Competence
Physics 01
Model — Black Box
Model
The goal of this lesson is to give students a personal experience with creating a model and an understanding of its fundamental properties. The object of modeling will be a teaching aid — a black box, which can be made from readily available materials or 3D printed. This activity is inspired by the work of German physics educator Horst Petrich.
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Lesson Overview
Lesson Length
45 minutes
Recommended Age
Students are able to explain the term machine learning. Children aged 13—15.
Tools
Teacher: Projection equipment, presentation.
Students: Writing supplies, worksheet and black box for each group
plus an exploratory tool (e.g. magnet, marble, wire, etc.).
What Are the Students Learning?
Models are simplifications of complex systems and phenomena and are inherently imprecise.
Why Are They Learning This?
Based on the creation of the model, they will find out how its inaccuracies (distortions) arise.
How Do We Know They Have Learned It?
They apply methods to explore an unknown system, create a model that simplifies reality, and evaluate its accuracy.
Bloom's Taxonomy
Applying: Students apply various methods (e.g. magnet, wire) to explore
the contents of the black box.
Evaluation: They assess the accuracy of their black box model
and discuss how it could be improved by incorporating new information
or methods.
Creating: They create a model (a drawing of the internal structure)
of the black box.
Digital Competence
Facilitating Learners' Digital Competence.
Five Big Ideas
2-A-I Representation (Abstraction).
