AI Quests

Class discussion

Ages 10-15

Estimated Duration: 20 minutes

Can AI make the future of flight more sustainable by accurately predicting contrail forming regions so pilots can choose better routes?

Contrails (those fluffy, white clouds you sometimes see behind airplanes) are surprisingly responsible for about 35% of aviation’s global warming impact. Contrail avoidance could be the most cost-effective way to mitigate aviation’s climate impact.

After watching the video, consider these questions for a class discussion:

How does Project Contrails help the planet using AI?
What problem in your community (at school, in your neighborhood, or for the environment) could AI help solve?
What data were used to train this AI system?
Where do people make important decisions in this process?

Learn more about this research at: https://g.co/research/contrails

Flexible Quest: Market Marshes

Ages 9-15, 30-45 min. A Slides-based adaptation of the flood prediction quest, for classrooms with low access to computers or internet connection & remote lessons.

Flood Forecasting

Ages 10-15, 20 min. Watch a video and discuss how AI can be used to make critical flood forecasting information universally accessible.

Open Buildings

Ages 10-15, 20 min. Watch a video and discuss how a dataset of building footprints can support social good applications.

Tree Canopy

Ages 10-15, 20 min. Watch a video and discuss how AI and aerial imagery can provide estimates of tree canopy density.

Wildfires

Ages 10-15, 20 min. Watch a video and discuss how AI can provide accurate wildfires information to affected communities and fire authorities.

Wildfires: from research to real-world AI solutions

Ages 10-15, 35-45 min. An in-class experience, students get hands-on experience learning how AI can help detect wildfires. They build their own wildfire detection models using Teachable Machine.

Can AI make flying sustainable?

Class discussion

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