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Teach the Machine

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Teacher steps

  1. Teacher runs this on the teacher's device. Camera stays off unless you turn it on.
  2. Add examples: press “Use sample pictures”, or add photos of a pen and a bottle (objects only).
  3. Test with a sample or a new photo. Read the machine's guess.
  4. Test a new object. What does it guess? Why?
  5. Ask: how can we make it better? (More and varied examples.)

Time: 40 min · Maps to: CBSE Computational Thinking & AI, Class 5

Activity

Pictures stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded or saved. Teacher-led: the camera is off until the teacher turns it on. Use objects, not faces.

Low-bandwidth mode: “Use sample pictures” needs no camera and no photos. The AI model is about 2 MB and loads once. No camera? Use sample pictures or add pictures.

🖊️ Pen (0)

🍼 Bottle (0)

Test the machine

Levels

  1. Try it: use sample pictures and test.
  2. Train it: add your own photos of 2 objects.
  3. Break it & fix it: train only on one colour of pen, then test another colour. Fix by adding varied examples.

Badges:

Badges are saved only in this browser (localStorage). Nothing is sent.

How AI works

  1. The machine looks for patterns in the example pictures.
  2. It compares a new picture with the examples and picks the closest.
  3. It learns from examples, not from understanding. More varied data = better guesses.

What we learned: The machine looks for patterns in the example pictures. It learns from examples, not from understanding. More varied data = better guesses.

Aligned with AI4K12 Big Idea 3: Learning; mapped to CBSE Computational Thinking & AI, Class 5.

Teacher guide

Goal: The machine looks for patterns in the example pictures. Time: 40 min. CBSE unit: CBSE Computational Thinking & AI, Class 5.

Discussion questions

  1. Why did the machine get some wrong?
  2. What happens with only 2 examples?
  3. Is the machine really “seeing”?

Exit quiz

  1. The machine learns from ___.
  2. More varied examples make it ___.
  3. Where do the pictures go?

Answers

  1. The machine learns from ___. examples / data
  2. More varied examples make it ___. better / more accurate
  3. Where do the pictures go? They stay on this device.

Safety: Teacher-led. Use only the teacher's device. Camera is off until the teacher turns it on. Do not show children's faces; use objects. No student personal data. No class codes, dashboards or galleries are used.

Class certificate

Type a first name. The certificate is made on this device and is not saved or sent.

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Aligned with NEP 2020 and mapped to CBSE’s Computational Thinking & AI curriculum (Classes 3–8). Big Ideas follow the AI4K12 framework. NextBridge is independent and not affiliated with CBSE or AI4K12.

NextBridge AI Lab · Grade 5 · Teach the Machine — Worksheet

Name: ______________ Class: ____ Date: ______

  1. Draw 3 pictures you would use to teach “pen”.
  2. Write one reason the machine could make a mistake.
  3. How would you fix that mistake?

Exit quiz:

  1. The machine learns from ___.
  2. More varied examples make it ___.
  3. Where do the pictures go?

Teacher answer key · Teach the Machine

  1. Pens of different colours/angles.
  2. Too few or too similar examples; new object.
  3. Add more and more varied examples.

Exit quiz:

  1. The machine learns from ___. examples / data
  2. More varied examples make it ___. better / more accurate
  3. Where do the pictures go? They stay on this device.

Maps to: CBSE Computational Thinking & AI, Class 5

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