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Now they'll build with it.\n\n***If your child has searched Google or asked Alexa a question, they have already used AI. But do they know how it actually works, where it breaks, or how to use it as a creative tool?***\n\n**AI Builders gives students a hands-on, age-appropriate introduction to artificial intelligence through coding, data, and creative projects.** \n\nThroughout the course, students create a portfolio of interactive, meaningful projects that show how AI can recognize patterns, make predictions, and enhance their own creative ideas. 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Our teachers never lecture; instead, they ask targeted questions using the Socratic Method to get students thinking and problem solving on their own. 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