Collaborative Research: Cultivating Tomorrow’s Innovators Through Exploring Planetary Images with Artificial Intelligence

The major goals of the project are to: (1) iteratively design, develop and test an AI literacy curriculum that teaches AI/ML concepts to high school aged youth and the public at large by using planetary images and other planetary data through a
Community of Practice; and (2) conduct research on the impact of this AI literacy curriculum through participation in the project. The project provides an interdisciplinary AI literacy curriculum, summer programs targeting high school youth, public webinar series and public exhibits, PD workshops for educators to use (part of our curriculum) in formal classroom settings and informal settings. The research uses a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative analysis and class observations. Particularly, this study employs guide student reflections as a central mixed-methods data source.