National Level ScienceX Olympiads

AI Olympiad Syllabus - Level 2

Artificial Intelligence syllabus for National Level ScienceX Olympiads (NLSO) Level 2, Classes 6 to 8.

AI Level 2 Syllabus

Excite Session

Introduction to AI and Setting Up the Curriculum Context

Ice Breaker Activity: Dream Smart Home Idea

  • Learners design a rough floor plan layout for their dream smart homes.

Recommended Activity: The AI Game

Learners participate in three games based on different AI domains.

  • Game 1: Rock, Paper, and Scissors (data-based)
  • Game 2: Mystery Animal (Natural Language Processing – NLP)
  • Game 3: Emoji Scavenger Hunt (Computer Vision – CV)

Recommended Activity: AI Quiz

(Paper Pen/Online Quiz)

Recommended Activity: Writing a Letter

Learners write a letter to their future selves, keeping the future in context.

  • They describe what they’ve learned so far or what they aspire to learn someday.

Relate Video Session

Watch a video introducing the concept of Smart Cities, Smart Schools, and Smart Homes.

Recommended Activity: Interactive Story

  • Learners draw a floor plan of a Home/School/City.
  • Write an interactive story around it using the Story Speaker extension in Google Docs.

Purpose Session

Introduction to sustainable development goals.

Recommended Activity: Go Goals Board Game

  • Learners answer questions on Sustainable Development Goals.

Possibilities Session: Theme-based Research and Case Studies

  • Listen to case studies of inspiring start-ups, companies, or communities involving AI.
  • Learners choose a theme to explore present AI trends and visualize the future.

Recommended Activity: Job Ad Creating

  • Learners create a job advertisement, considering AI’s impact on jobs in the next 10 years.

AI Ethics Video Session

Discussing AI Ethics.

Recommended Activity: Ethics Awareness

  • Students play major stakeholders and decide ethical considerations for given scenarios.

AI Bias and AI Access Session

  • Discuss possible bias in data collection.
  • Discuss implications of AI technology.

Recommended Activity: Balloon Debate

  • Students debate AI’s benefits or harms for society in teams, presenting arguments for and against.