AI Programs for Middle School Students

Project-Based AI Programming for Kids Developed and Taught by Stanford and MIT Graduates

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About Inspirit AI

Inspirit AI aims to inspire curiosity in elementary and middle school students globally, by exposing them to the defining technology of our times. We provide small, live, online, courses in AI with a focus on web development, mobile development, and more – getting students interested in applying cutting-edge technology for social good.

This program, developed and taught by a team of alumni and students from Stanford, MIT, and Harvard, provides a background in programming fundamentals, initiating AI-inspired projects, and general mentorship.

AI Creators for 5th - 7th Grade Students

In this 25-hour online Scratch program, students build AI apps using block-based programming tools like Scratch and Thunkable and machine learning tools like Google’s Teachable Machine. As students learn about the concepts and ethical challenges behind AI and the basics of Scratch programming, they train and deploy machine learning models for self-driving cars, chatbots, classification problems, and more!

No prior programming or computer science background required! However, an interest in learning how to write code is appreciated.

AI Creators Course Features

Guided coding explorations in which students apply AI to real-world problems in Scratch.

Design challenges in which students create plans for ethical technologies.

Discussions on the social impact of AI to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

AI project work as students complete a multi-week AI for Social Good project.

“It’s crazy to me that we’re able to have students as young as middle schoolers exploring and using machine learning.

What’s even more amazing is the students’ ability to fully immerse themselves in AI. They’re constantly hungry for more.”

– Kayla Holman, Instructor & Curriculum Director, MIT Alum

AI Pioneers for 7th - 8th Grade Students

In this 25-hour online Python program, students dive into training AI to understand language, fight COVID-19, drive independently, and more! As they learn to program AI in Python and RunDexter, they apply algorithms to real-world datasets, discuss AI ethics and careers, and build interactive web apps to deploy their machine learning models.

No prior programming or computer science background required! However, an interest in learning how to write code (specifically Python) is appreciated.

AI Pioneers Course Features

Interactive activities to introduce new technical concepts (i.e. chatbots and recommender systems).

Discussions on the social impact of AI to develop students’ critical thinking skills.

Guided coding explorations in which students apply AI to real-world problems in python.

AI project work as students complete a multi-week AI for Social Good project.

“Pioneers is my favorite program to teach.

I love the enthusiasm every student brings—they are all so excited to learn! I’ve watched students develop lifelong passions  for AI and gain the skills necessary to pursue those dreams. I love giving students that opportunity.”

– David McCowin, Instructor & Curriculum Manager, Yale Student

Program Offerings

AI Adventurers: Level 1
Grades 2-5

AI Fundamentals
Paper Programming
Block-Based Coding
UX/UI Design Basics
Storytelling

AI Creators:
Grades 5-7

Real World AI Applications
AI + Ethics
Block-Based Coding
UX/UI Design Basics
Project-Building

AI Pioneers:
Grades 7-8

Python Programming
AI Algorithms + Techniques
Web App Deployment
NLP Chatbot Creation
AI + Social Good Projects

What Students Say About Us

  • Evan I. | AI Pioneers Student

    “The AI pioneers course was very engaging and was an amazing experience. It's a great opportunity to learn to do advanced coding at a relatively young age.”

  • Lauren F. | AI Pioneers Student

    “In the course we did Colabs, which I liked because it was a new way of coding with the notebook also giving us information. This was a very enjoyable course and I liked my instructor, Anna, very much.”

  • Declan | AI Creators Student

    “I loved the course. The teachers were helpful and straight to the point. I totally recommend taking this course!”

  • Jeremy L. | AI Pioneers Student

    “I was lucky enough to participate in one of Inspirit AI’s camps and learn concepts such as reinforcement learning, neural networks and more in workshops and everyday lessons. I later applied these concepts in my own project.”

  • Faysal A. | AI Creators Student

    “I loved this course and I will miss it so much for the rest of the year. The teachers are fun and interactive and I had fun since day 1.”

  • Elise H. | AI Pioneers Student

    “These are some of the best instructors and teachers I have ever had! Thank you for making this experience truly something special.”

Middle School Program Logistics

AI Creators and AI Pioneers are 10 session (2 hours 30 minutes) or 20 session (1 hour 15 minutes) programs. Through small-group online classes, students will work with our expert instructors from top universities. We keep our student:instructor ratio at 5:1.

Middle School Program Fees

Program Fee: $1,200 USD

Program is 10 sessions (150 min/session) or 20 sessions (75 min/session)

For more information, please contact jaredgreene@inspiritai.com

Summer ‘24

Weekday Date Options (Monday to Fridays)
June 3rd to June 28th
July 1st to July 26th

Weekday Time Options (1h 15m classes)
8AM-9:15AM PT
12:30PM-1:45PM PT
7PM-8:15PM PT

Weekend Date Options (Monday to Fridays)
June 8 to August 10 (Saturdays)
June 9 - August 11 (Sundays)

Weekend Time Options (2h 30m classes)
8AM-1030AM PT
12:30PM-3PM PT
7PM-9:30PM PT