Free AI literacy lessons, Year 1 to Year 6.
A complete, ready-to-teach scheme that helps pupils understand AI, question it and use it well. Written for non-specialists, with plans, slides and talk resources for every lesson.
Made for busy teachers
One unit a year
Six lessons of 45 to 60 minutes, one half-term, each with a big question pupils step into.
Talk at the heart
Every lesson uses a different talk routine with sentence frames, and every unit ends with an oral assessment.
Safe by design
Pupils do not use AI tools themselves in these units. Every lesson has a no-device option, and safeguarding notes are included.
Everything included
A unit overview, a talk toolkit, six lesson plans and six slide decks with speaker notes.
Choose a year group
Open a unit to download the overview, the talk toolkit and each lesson. Word files can be edited to suit your school.
Is It AI?
What can computers and AI do, and how are they different from us?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1Robot or Not?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2Spot the AIPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3Bossy RobotsPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4Teach the AlienPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5Is AI a Person?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6Powered Up!PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
How Do Machines Learn?
How does AI use patterns and data about us?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1Pattern DetectivesPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2All About Me DataPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3If You Liked This…PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4Oops, AI Got It Wrong!PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5Picture ThisPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6The Machine Learning ShowPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
Can We Trust AI?
When does AI help, when does it get things wrong, and who decides?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1The Right Tool for the JobPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2What Kind of Problem?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3Maths CheckersPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4Who Made This?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5Good Use or Bad Use?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6Our Class AI CharterPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
AI Detectives
How does AI make choices for us, and how should we talk about it?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1The AI Line-UpPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2Rules or Learning?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3The Recommendation MysteryPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4Does the Chatbot Care?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5Prompt PowerPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6Case Closed: AI ExplainersPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
Fair or Unfair?
Who does AI work well for, and what does it cost the planet?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1Train the SorterPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2Testing, TestingPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3Not Built for MePlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4The Hidden CostPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5We Didn't Mean That!PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6Who Should Decide?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
Smart Choices with AI
When should I use AI, when shouldn't I, and how do I stay in control?
Six lessons, plans and slides
- 1Who Chose That?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 2Four CornersPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 3Fact or Fake?PlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 4Credit Where It's DuePlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 5Plan Like a ProPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
- 6Make AI BetterPlanWordSlidesPowerPoint
Before you teach. Each unit overview lists any lesson where we suggest telling your Designated Safeguarding Lead first. Please read it, and check the plans against your own school's policies on AI and online safety.
Free to use in your own school. Please keep the GenTech name on the files and do not sell them or share them as your own. The scheme is adapted from OECD / European Union (2026), "Empowering learners for the age of AI: An AI literacy framework for primary and secondary education", doi.org/10.1787/65cd27d4-en (CC BY 4.0). This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD and the European Union. The views in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD, its Member countries or the European Union.
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