AI is no longer optional knowledge, it is quickly becoming one of the most valuable skills to develop. This curriculum teaches students how AI actually works, how to communicate with it effectively, and how to apply it to school, research, and real projects. Whether you want to study smarter, explore a business idea, or start building apps, this course gives you the tools and understanding to do it. Sessions are fully customized for middle school students curious about AI, high schoolers preparing for a tech-focused career, and working professionals looking to work faster and build more.
Curriculum Overview
1What is AI?
Before using AI effectively, students need to understand what AI actually is; a real technology built on patterns, data, and probability. This unit covers how modern AI systems are built, what makes them useful, and why understanding their limitations is just as important as knowing their capabilities.
Topics
- How AI works — training data, patterns, and predictions
- How AI learns — neural networks and model training explained simply
- Types of Large Language Models (LLMs) — GPT, Claude, Gemini, and others
- AI in the real world — where AI is already used in everyday life
- AI Ethics — bias, privacy, misinformation, and responsible use
2Prompt Engineering
Prompt engineering is the skill of communicating with AI effectively. The same question can produce a mediocre answer or an exceptional one depending on how it is written. Students learn the core techniques that professionals use to get high-quality, reliable outputs from AI models for text, images, and complex reasoning tasks.
Topics
- What is prompt engineering and why it matters
- Prompt templates for text — structuring requests for clear, useful responses
- Prompt templates for images — generating consistent, high-quality visuals
- Role prompting — giving the AI a persona to improve output quality
- Chain-of-Thought prompting — guiding the AI to reason step by step
- Few-Shot prompting — teaching the AI with examples in the prompt
3AI for Education
AI is changing how students learn. This unit teaches students to use AI as a study partner, not to do their work for them, but to help them understand harder concepts, study smarter, and get more out of every hour they spend reviewing material.
Topics
- Using AI to work through difficult math problems step by step
- Using AI to understand science concepts and get real-world examples
- Creating personalized cheat sheets and reformatting notes with AI
- NotebookLM — generating quizzes, summaries, and practice tests from your own notes
- Building a custom study curriculum with AI for any subject or exam
4AI for Research and Productivity
AI is one of the most powerful productivity tools available today. This unit is designed for students who want to apply AI to real-world goals from launching a business idea to conducting competitive research. Students learn how professionals use AI to work faster and think more strategically.
Topics
- Writing and refining business plans with AI
- Competitive research — using AI to analyze markets, industries, and competitors
- AI for marketing — generating content, ad copy, and social media strategies
5AI-Assisted Coding
AI coding tools like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude have changed what non-programmers can build. This unit teaches students to use AI as a coding partner describing what they want to build and guiding the AI to write the code. By the end, students will have shipped real, working apps without needing years of programming experience first.
Topics
- Introduction to AI coding tools — Loveable, Visual Studio Code with Claude Code, and v0
- How to prompt AI to write, explain, and debug code
- Understanding what the AI writes — enough to catch mistakes and iterate
- Agent Skills — teaching AI to perform tasks in routine and repeatable ways
- MCP — is an open standard that lets AI assistants securely connect to external tools, databases, and services
Projects
- Landing Page — turn a business plan into a live, styled landing page
- To-Do App — a functional web app built entirely with AI assistance
- Full-Stack App — a complete app with a database, user accounts, and live deployment
What You'll Build
Every unit ends with a real, practical deliverable students can use or show off.
Personalized Study Cheat Sheet
Unit 3 — AI for Education
NotebookLM Quiz & Summary
Unit 3 — AI for Education
Custom Study Curriculum
Unit 3 — AI for Education
Business Plan
Unit 4 — AI for Productivity
Competitive Research Report
Unit 4 — AI for Productivity
Landing Page from a Business Idea
Unit 5 — AI Coding
To-Do App
Unit 5 — AI Coding
Full-Stack App
Unit 5 — AI Coding