Patterns and Classification
Humans are great at spotting patterns; computers can learn to spot patterns too, but they need lots of examples; sorting and classification activities as the basis of machine learning
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Code.org · Practice link — not the full lesson
AI for Oceans
Train and test a classifier on labeled examples—direct practice with patterns and classification (and what happens with new items).
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Save a screenshot of training labels and a test result, plus a parent note of one correct and one confused classification.
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Train and test a classifier on labeled examples—direct practice with patterns and classification (and what happens with new items).
Save a screenshot of training labels and a test result, plus a parent note of one correct and one confused classification.
Free · no login required to play · account optional to save · no ads observed
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Google Creative Lab · Practice link — not the full lesson
Teachable Machine · Image
Adult-guided tool: create two or more image classes, train a quick model, and test new examples. Works best with a webcam and supervision.
Free · no login · no ads observed · webcam optional
Review and open practice
Save a screenshot of at least two classes with training samples and one live test prediction.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Open practice (new tab)Source, access and review notes
Adult-guided tool: create two or more image classes, train a quick model, and test new examples. Works best with a webcam and supervision.
Save a screenshot of at least two classes with training samples and one live test prediction.
Free · no login · no ads observed · webcam optional
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Check understanding
- Sort a set of items into categories and explain the rules they used
- Explain that computers learn patterns by looking at many examples
- Describe why a computer needs more examples than a human to learn the same pattern
“If you showed your child pictures of cats and dogs, could they explain how a computer could learn to tell them apart — and why it would need many more pictures than a person would?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Computing
- Domain
- Artificial Intelligence
- Age range
- Ages 7–9