Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept—it’s already shaping how students learn, create, and interact with the world. For educators, the challenge isn’t whether to teach AI, but how to teach it in a way that is age-appropriate, ethical, and grounded in real understanding.
That’s exactly where Ozobot’s Foundations of AI curriculum comes in.
Designed for grades 5–12, this AI curriculum gives educators practical, classroom-ready lessons that help students understand how AI works, how it learns, and how it impacts people, all through hands-on coding and robotics experiences.
Foundations of AI is Ozobot’s most comprehensive approach yet to AI literacy in K–12 education, encompassing a module of 15 AI lessons available in Ozobot Classroom and coming soon in a printed, spiral-bound workbook. The curriculum invites students to explore how intelligent systems:
- Take in information (inputs)
- Process data and identify patterns
- Generate outputs and make decisions
- Reflect human values—and human bias
Created by the Ozobot Education team and designed for flexibility, the Ozobot AI lessons work across computer science, STEM, humanities, and interdisciplinary classrooms, allowing educators to integrate AI concepts without overhauling their existing scope and sequence.
The Foundations of AI curriculum is structured around three lesson types, each targeting a critical dimension of AI understanding:
1. AI in the Editor
Students use Ozobot’s block-based Editor to work directly with AI-powered blocks. They write prompts, test responses, and apply AI outputs to control robot behavior, making abstract concepts like language models and computer vision visible and tangible.
2. Training Large Language Models (LLMs)
Through pattern recognition, prompt refinement, and prediction activities, students step into the role of AI designers. They explore how data quality, context, and bias influence outcomes—and see those changes reflected immediately in Ozobot’s movement, lights, and responses.
3. Ethics in AI
AI isn’t just technical—it’s human. These lessons challenge students to examine fairness, accountability, and transparency by modeling real-world ethical dilemmas. Using Ozobot as a physical stand-in for intelligent systems, students explore how design choices can help—or harm—people and communities.
Together with an Evo or Ari coding robot, these lesson types create a complete AI learning pathway that blends coding, critical thinking, and ethical reasoning.
AI tools are already influencing everything from search and media to healthcare and creative industries. When students understand how AI systems work—and how they can fail—they’re better prepared to use technology responsibly, creatively, and critically.
Ozobot’s approach ensures students don’t just use AI—they learn to question it, improve it, and design it with intention.
Access available AI coding lessons with your free Ozobot Classroom account and available for purchase on the Ozobot shop coming late January 2026.
