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MIT DAILy AI Curriculum
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Everyone will be impacted by AI in daily life and in the workplaces of the future. It is critical for all students to have fundamental knowledge of AI and to understand AI’s potential for good and harm. The Daily-AI program will jumpstart your readiness for AI and give you the tools you need to prepare for the AI-enabled world.

The Daily-AI workshop, designed by MIT educators and experienced facilitators, features hands-on and computer-based activities on AI concepts, ethical issues in AI, creative expression using AI, and how AI relates to your future. You will experience training and using machine learning to make predictions, investigate bias in machine learning applications, use generative adversarial networks to create novel works of art, and learn to recognize the AI you interact with daily and in the world around you.

This curriculum is currently being piloted through NSF EAGER Grant 2022502. This is a joint venture between the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab, MIT STEP Lab, and Boston College.

Contents:
Unit 0: What is AI?
- What is AI
- Algorithms as Opinions
- Ethical Matrix
- Decision Trees
- Investigating Bias
Unit 1: Supervised Machine Learning
- Introduction to Supervised Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- Classifying AI vs. Generating AI
Unit 2: GANs
- What are GANs?
- Generator vs. Discriminator
- Unanticipated Consequences of Technology
- AI Generated Art
- What are Deepfakes?
- Spread of Misinformation
- Generate a Story
Unit 3: AI + My Future
- Environmental Impact of AI
- Redesign YouTube
- Careers in AI

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Computing and Information
Material Type:
Full Course
Interactive
Lecture
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Author:
Cynthia Breazeal
Irene Lee
MIT Media Lab Personal Robots Group
MIT STEP Lab
Date Added:
04/03/2024
MRI Safety Grand Challenge
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Students are given an engineering challenge: A nearby hospital has just installed a new magnetic resonance imaging facility that has the capacity to make 3D images of the brain and other body parts by exposing patients to a strong magnetic field. The hospital wishes for its entire staff to have a clear understanding of the risks involved in working near a strong magnetic field and a basic understanding of why those risks occur. Your task is to develop a presentation or pamphlet explaining the risks, the physics behind those risks, and the safety precautions to be taken by all staff members. This 10-lesson/4-activity unit was designed to provide hands-on activities to teach end-of-year electricity and magnetism topics to a first-year accelerated or AP physics class. Students learn about and then apply the following science concepts to solve the challenge: magnetic force, magnetic moments and torque, the Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law and Faraday's law. This module is built around the Legacy Cycle, a format that incorporates findings from educational research on how people best learn.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Full Course
Unit of Study
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TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Eric Appelt
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Making Maps that Matter with GIS
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The Nature of Geographic Information is an orientation to the properties of geographic data and the practice of distance learning. The purpose of this course is to promote understanding of the Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIS&T) enterprise. GIS&T is the intersection of professions, institutions, and technologies that produce geographic data and render information from it. It is a rapidly growing and evolving field. Learning is a way of life for all GIS&T professionals. With this in mind, I hope that this text may contribute to your lifelong exploration of how geospatial technologies can be used to improve the quality of life-yours and your neighbors', locally and globally, now and in the future.

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Information Science
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
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Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:
David DiBiase
Date Added:
10/07/2019
Maleta Ecológica (Cartilha informativa, história e jogo)
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A maleta Ecológica como produto Didático, visa apresentar os principais assuntos relacionados às doenças de veiculação hídrica e suas profilaxias. Assim, permite que os professores tenham acesso a um produto com orientações profiláticas e didáticas para repassar aos alunos e comunidades, com uma linguagem regional e objetiva com contextos educativos.

Subject:
Applied Science
Ecology
Education
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Game
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Textbook
Author:
Profa. Dra. Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira
Layane de Souza Vieira
Date Added:
08/01/2022
Manual Intuitivo de Pigmentos Amazônicos
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O Manual intuitivo de pigmentos amazônicos é um produto educacional voltado para o ensino das ciências ambientais, tendo como público alvo docentes e discentes do ensino básico. Apresenta conteúdos e elementos da região amazônica presentes no contexto dos educandos como o açaí, o camu-camu, buriti, solos amazônicos, além de textos com referência aos ecossistemas locais (várzea, terra firme e igapó). A proposta visa contribuir nas diversas modalidades de ensino, podendo ser usado como material didático nas escolas e nos espaços não formais, sendo passível de adaptações conforme a necessidade, conteúdo e faixa etária do educando.

Subject:
Applied Science
Biology
Botany
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Reading
Student Guide
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Textbook
Author:
Ayrton Luiz Urizzi Martins
Lucilene Salomão de Oliveira
Lúcia Helena Pinheiro Martins
Date Added:
07/11/2022
Mapping our Changing World
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Whether you realize it or not, when you carry a smart phone, use a navigation system in your car, or look up the nearest coffee shop on your computer, you are using geographic information. Geographic data and technologies are embedded in almost all aspects of our lives. GEOG 160, Mapping Our Changing World, explores what geographic information and data are, what makes them unique, how they are created, and how we use them. You'll explore how geographic technologies like geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing from satellites, and global positioning systems (GPS) work together to provide us with information we rely on. You'll also become an informed consumer of the geographic content in your life.

Subject:
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:
Jennifer Smith Mason
Joshua Stevens
Raechel Bianchetti White
Ryan Baxter
Date Added:
10/07/2019
Maps and the Geospatial Revolution
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The past decade has seen an explosion of new mechanisms for understanding and using location information in widely-accessible technologies. This Geospatial Revolution has resulted in the development of consumer GPS tools, interactive web maps, and location-aware mobile devices. This course brings together core concepts in cartography, geographic information systems, and spatial thinking with real-world examples to provide the fundamentals necessary to engage with Geographic Information Science. We explore what makes spatial information special, how spatial data is created, how spatial analysis is conducted, and how to design maps so that they're effective at telling the stories we wish to share. To gain experience using this knowledge, we work with the latest mapping and analysis software to explore geographic problems.

Subject:
Applied Science
Information Science
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:
Anthony Robinson
Date Added:
10/07/2019
Marine Mapping
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The marine environment is unique and because little light penetrates under water, technologies that use sound are required to gather information. The seafloor is characterized using underwater sound and acoustical systems. Current technological innovations enable scientists to further understand and apply information about animal locations and habitat. Remote sensing and exploration with underwater vehicles enables researchers to map and understand the sea floor. Similar technologies also aid in animal tracking, a method used within science and commercial industries. Through inquiry-based learning techniques, students learn the importance of habitat mapping and animal tracking.

Subject:
Applied Science
Engineering
Oceanography
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Heather Kerkering
Jonelle Stovall
Kimberly Goetz
Melissa Sanderson
Date Added:
10/14/2015
Mashups
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Locating restaurants in an unfamiliar place, reporting potholes to the local DOT, obtaining real-time traffic conditions... All of these are examples of geospatial web apps that are revolutionizing how people obtain and share information about the world. In GEOG 863, you will learn how to build apps like these. You'll start with a quick look at the fundamentals of web programming (HTML and CSS) before diving in to using JavaScript and a mapping application programming interface (API) developed by Esri. Using this API, you'll create both 2D and 3D visualizations of your own data and learn how to develop a user interface to enable users to interact with your map.

Subject:
Applied Science
Computer Science
Information Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:
Jim Detwiler
Date Added:
10/07/2019
Materials in Today's World
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What materials have you touched today? In today's society, virtually every segment of our personal and professional lives is influenced by the limitations, availability, and economic considerations of the materials used. Through readings and science documentaries, this course will show you how and why certain materials are selected for different applications and how the processing, structure, properties, and performance of materials are intrinsically linked. You will be introduced to the basic science and technology of materials, how the world has been shaped by materials, and how knowledge of materials can be used to understand modern materials and the development of new ones.

Subject:
Physical Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Author:
Ron Redwing
Date Added:
10/07/2019
Math 1A/1B: Pre-Calculus
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This Pre-Calculus course is designed to prepare students for a calculus course. This course is taught so that students will acquire a solid foundation in algebra and trigonometry. The course concentrates on the various functions that are important to the study of the calculus.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
U.C. Irvine
Provider Set:
UCI Open
Author:
Rachel Lehman
Sarah Eichorn
Date Added:
03/14/2018
Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning (Oregon Blueprint, Version 1)
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This course is designed to promote reasoning, problem-solving and modeling through thematic units focused on mathematical practices while reinforcing and extending content in Number and Quantity, Algebra, Functions, Statistics and Probability, and Geometry. It is a yearlong course taught using student-centered pedagogy.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Full Course
Provider:
Oregon Department of Education
Provider Set:
Oregon Math Project
Author:
Oregon Deparment of Education
Date Added:
12/20/2023
Mathematics Done in English
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A good way to learn to do math in English is to do math in English. The topics and materials should be accessible but engaging. This gives us incentive to make tangents into gambling, game theory, computers, art, and any other fields where we see connections. Interdisciplinary applied mathematics can be found within these pages.

This book was written for high school students in Japan studying English for Applied Purposes, so that they could potentially take math classes when studying abroad in the future. However, nothing in the book depends on the country.

Subject:
Education
Language Education (ESL)
Mathematics
Material Type:
Textbook
Author:
Douglas Perkins
Date Added:
02/12/2024
Mathematics OER Core Instructional Material Options
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These are full-course openly licensed resources for districts interested in exploring OER options when considering core instructional materials for district adoption. Course materials are available for online viewing or download.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Full Course
Lesson
Module
Student Guide
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Textbook
Unit of Study
Author:
Barbara Soots
Arlene Crum
Jennifer Cronquist
Washington OSPI OER Project
Washington OSPI Mathematics Department
Date Added:
03/17/2020