This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) program (CFDA 47.076) provides $156,000 to Northwestern University to rapidly develop and research a set of "unplugged" hands-on learning activities for teaching middle-school students about artificial intelligence (AI). The project aims to create an open-source repository of up to 15 hands-on, low-cost AI literacy activities that can be led by educators with little prior AI knowledge and used in settings with time and curriculum constraints. Through iterative design-based research, the project team will explore how these unplugged activities can empower young adolescent learners to understand AI through the lens of their own bodies and identities, and assess the activities' effectiveness at fostering middle-school students' AI literacy. The research findings will contribute evidence-based design recommendations for future AI education interventions targeting this demographic. This award reflects the NSF's commitment to broadening participation in STEM fields, particularly for underrepresented learners.
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