Can AI guess your emotion?

Discuss emotions as a class, and introduce the idea of artificial intelligence (AI). This lesson can also be used to introduce image classification – a key application of AI. Developed in collaboration with Digital Technologies Institute.

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Year band(s)	Foundation, 1-2, 3-4
Content type	Lesson ideas
Format	Web page
Core and overarching concepts	Digital systems, Algorithms, Implementation (programming), Privacy and security, Data representation
Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s)	AC9TDIFK01 Recognise and explore digital systems (hardware and software) for a purpose AC9TDI2K01 Identify and explore digital systems and their components for a purpose AC9TDI4K01 Explore and describe a range of digital systems and their peripherals for a variety of purposes AC9TDI4K02 Explore transmitting different types of data between digital systems AC9TDIFK02 Represent data as objects, pictures and symbols AC9TDI2K02 Represent data as pictures, symbols, numbers and words AC9TDI4K03 Recognise different types of data and explore how the same data can be represented differently depending on the purpose AC9TDI2P03 Discuss how existing digital systems satisfy identified needs for known users AC9TDI4P05 Discuss how existing and student solutions satisfy the design criteria and user stories AC9TDI2P02 Follow and describe algorithms involving a sequence of steps, branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition) AC9TDI4P01 Define problems with given design criteria and by co-creating user stories AC9TDI4P02 Follow and describe algorithms involving sequencing, comparison operators (branching) and iteration
Technologies & Programming Languages	Artificial Intelligence
Keywords	Artificial Intelligence, Facial recognition, emotions, AI, artificial, intelligence, teachable machine, data representation, algorithms, problem solving, digital systems
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs	HPE
Organisation	ESA
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated.