AI-Empowered Youth: Think, Build, Lead (Explorer, ages 10-13)
The skills that shape tomorrow. Discover how the AI in your world really works, then learn to think, build and lead with it.
- Length
- About 16 hours: 9 of lessons, 7 hands-on
- Modules
- 12
- Lessons
- 48
- Certificate
- AI-Empowered Youth: Explorer
About 5 weeks at 3 hours a week
What you'll be able to do
- Explain how video and social feeds learn from your signals, and steer your own feed
- Describe how AI learns from examples, in your own words, and why it makes mistakes
- Spot unfair training data and explain why it leads to unfair AI
- Explain how game characters, camera filters, voice assistants and autocomplete work
- Use thinking tools like first principles, the 5 Whys and systems maps on real problems
- Use AI safely: keep personal details private and check what AI tells you
- Write clear prompts with a goal, context, limits and examples, and improve them step by step
- Create stories, art and music with AI as a helper, and give honest credit for what AI did
- Build and debug a small app by describing it, testing it and fixing it in small steps
- Design a game with a loop, fair rules and levels, and improve it by playtesting with family
- Set up a helper bot with rules and knowledge, test its weak spots and know when a human must decide
About this track
AI already shapes your world: the videos in your feed, the characters in your games, the filters on your camera, the voice assistant in the kitchen. Explorer helps you understand it, question it and use it to make things, in short, playful lessons made for ages 10 to 13. The program runs in four seasons. **Season 1, Understand**, opens the box: how your feed learns what you like, what is really inside an AI "brain", and how the AI in your games and phone works. **Season 2, Think**, teaches you to think sharper than the machine: spotting fakes, mapping systems, protecting your data and looking after your mind. **Season 3, Create**, puts you in the maker's seat: clear prompts, stories and art made with AI (and credited honestly), your first apps built by describing them, your own games, and helper bots you test and keep safe. Season 4 is about leading: using AI fairly, safely and to help the people around you. Every lesson follows the same rhythm: learn one clear idea with an everyday example from school, football, music, gaming or family life; play with it in an interactive tool; build or do something small; and reflect. Along the way you practise the thinking tools that matter far beyond AI: first principles, the 5 Whys, systems maps, claim-evidence-reasoning, the debugging mindset and explaining it back. Everything happens on the page. The practice AI runs on ARFA's own safe system, so there are no outside accounts to create and no personal details to share.
Who it's for: Young people aged 10 to 13 who are curious about the AI in their apps, games and phones. No coding or technical background needed. Parents and carers can follow along.
Key takeaways
- AI-Empowered Youth: Think, Build, Lead (Explorer, ages 10-13) is a self-paced online course from ARFA, the TIBLOGICS AI Academy, at beginner level.
- About 16 hours: 12 modules and 48 lessons, with hands-on practice.
- Certificate: AI-Empowered Youth: Explorer, with a public verification link.
- Available in English and French.
Curriculum
12 modules · 48 lessons · About 16 hours: 9 of lessons, 7 hands-on
Find out how video and social apps choose what you see next: the signals you send, the loop that builds a bubble around you, the design tricks that make it hard to stop, and the moves that put you back in charge.
- 1.1Your feed is learning from youFree previewName at least five signals a video app collects from you and explain how they shape what it shows next.10 min
- 1.2The bubble you did not chooseDraw the feedback loop that builds a filter bubble and explain why it grows stronger over time.11 min
- 1.3Why it is so hard to stop scrollingSpot three design features that keep you scrolling and use the 5 Whys to find the root cause of a long scroll.11 min
- 1.4Take back the controlsUse first principles to decide what you want a feed to do for you, and choose three moves that steer it there.12 min
Module quiz: 80% to pass, unlimited retakes
How you're assessed
Four gates stand between you and the certificate. All four must be cleared.
- 1
Quick checks after every lesson
2 to 3 questions, instant feedback with an explanation. These keep you honest as you go.
- 2
A quiz at the end of every module
8 questions drawn from a larger bank, 80% to pass. Unlimited retakes with a different set each time.
- 3
Timed final exam
A timed, randomized exam covering the whole track.
- 4
Capstone project, reviewed by a human
A practical project scored against a published rubric by a real reviewer.
Questions
Do I need any background to take this?
This track is pitched at Beginner level. Young people aged 10 to 13 who are curious about the AI in their apps, games and phones. No coding or technical background needed. Parents and carers can follow along.
How long will it actually take?
About 16 hours: 9 of lessons, 7 hands-on. About 5 weeks at 3 hours a week. There's no deadline: the pace is yours.
What happens if I fail the final exam?
Exam details are published before you sit it.
Is the certificate actually worth anything?
That depends entirely on whether it's hard to get, so we made it hard. You must pass every module quiz, clear a timed final exam, and have a capstone project approved by a human reviewer against a published rubric. Each certificate carries a public verification link anyone can check.
Is this course available in French?
Yes. The track is offered in English and French; choose your language with the language switcher at the bottom of the page.
What does it cost?
Two options. Own this track for $247 one time, with lifetime access. Or subscribe to this track for $59.97/month; cancel anytime.
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