• AI + STEM EXPANDED LEARNING | GRADES 3–8

Hands-On AI + STEM Learning Student Can Build, Test, & Create

Students use engineering, science, coding, and AI literacy to build, test, solve problems and create.

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  • EXPANDED LEARNING
    Grades 3-8
  • KNT I.D.E.A.S.™
    Framework
  • WHAT KNT PROVIDES

Two Pathways. One Future-Ready Learning Experience

KNT offers two complementary AI + STEM learning pathways designed to build foundational AI literacy, digital citizenship, critical thinking, creativity, and hands-on problem-solving skills.

Curriculum

Ready-to-use, project-based lessons, facilitator guides, student materials, assessments, the KNT I.D.E.A.S.™ Framework, and step-by-step explainer videos for easy implementation.

Hands-On STEM Kits

Hands-on materials students use to build, test, redesign, and create. Choose the experience that fits your program: Hands-On AI, STEM Unplugged, or Multi-Pack Kits for camps and expanded learning..

Training & Support

Professional development and implementation guidance for using AI responsibly and ethically, plus ongoing program support to help teams deliver innovative AI and STEM learning with confidence. Choose your delivery format: online or in person.

  • THE CURRICULUM

AI STEM Literacy™

Foundational AI literacy, digital citizenship, responsible and ethical AI use, critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. Students learn what AI is, and what it is not, through age-appropriate discovery and exploration.

Hands-On AI STEM Activities

Project-based learning centered on critical thinking and problem-solving. Students ask questions, plan, create, test, and improve as they engage in projects they can relate to and enjoy. Challenges encourage real-world problem solving.

AI STEM Literacy™

Course Guide

Program overview, instructional guidance, pacing, and resources for delivering the AI STEM Literacy™ curriculum.

Foundations of AI

Students build a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence, what it is, and how it is used.

Asking Better Questions

Students develop stronger questioning and prompting skills for more effective interactions with AI.

Reading & Writing with AI

Students explore how AI can support reading, writing, communication, and language-based learning.

Math & Problem Solving with AI

Students apply AI alongside mathematical reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

Ethics & Responsible AI Use

Students explore responsible AI use, ethical decision-making, and appropriate use of artificial intelligence

Mini Project & Reflection

Students apply their learning through a culminating project and reflect on what they have learned.

Assessment & Feedback

Assessment tools and feedback help measure understanding, progress, and application of AI literacy skills.

8 Hands-On AI + STEM Learning Experiences

Students use engineering, science, coding, and AI literacy to build, test, solve problems, and create.

Let's Code

Students use an unplugged coding game to build algorithms, sequence commands, use loops, and debug mistakes as they program a path from start to finish.

Catapult Challenge

Students build, test, and improve a working catapult while exploring force, motion, energy, measurement, and how engineering decisions affect performance.

Slime Science

Students investigate polymers and chemical reactions by creating slime, testing its properties, changing variables, and using evidence to improve their formula.

Float &Flow

Students design, build, and test miniature sailboats while exploring buoyancy, wind, stability, and how sail and hull design affect performance.

Balloon Car Lab

Students build and race balloon-powered cars while investigating propulsion, force, motion, friction, and how design changes affect distance and speed.

Light It Up

Students create working paper circuits using LEDs and conductive materials while learning about electricity, polarity, circuit design, and troubleshooting.

Zippy Bots: Robotics & Motion

Students build a vibrating bristle robot and investigate motors, circuits, balance, friction, and how small design changes affect robotic movement

Wind Wise

Students become weather scientists as they build and test a working weather vane, explore wind direction, collect data, and improve the instrument’s accuracy

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  • IMPLEMENTATION MODELS

Flexible
Implementation Models

Choose the model that best fits your staffing, schedule, and program goals.

  • STAFF-FACILITATED

Staff-Facilitated Implementation

KNT provides the curriculum, hands-on STEM kits, professional development, and implementation support while your staff delivers the program.

BEST FOR

  • Expanded-learning programs
  • Afterschool programs
  • Multi-site implementation
  • Organizations building internal capacity
  • KNT-FACILITATED

KNT-Facilitated Implementation

For selected programs and locations, KNT provides trained facilitators for direct delivery, including pilots, summer, intersession, and special projects.

BEST FOR

  • Selected pilots
  • Programs needing staffing support
  • Summer and intersession
  • Special projects
  • CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

Customized Partnership

Kids N Technology can co-design a solution based on your students, schedule, funding, number of sites, desired outcomes, and implementation needs.

BEST FOR

  • Multi-site districts
  • Community organizations
  • Foundations/Corp Partners
  • Customized Initiatives
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  • FOR CALIFORNIA DISTRICTS & CHARTER SCHOOLS

AI + STEM Expanded Learning For ELO-P | Grades 3–6

KNT offers a California configuration of its AI + STEM Expanded Learning program for Grades 3–6, designed for afterschool, summer, and intersession programming. Districts can choose staff-facilitated implementation or selected KNT-facilitated delivery based on program needs and staffing capacity.

AI + STEM Expanded Learning Lab

school-year enrichment.

AI + STEM Summer & Intersession Lab

non-school-day programming.

Curriculum + Kits + Staff Training

scalable district-facilitated implementation.

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  • WHY KIDS N TECHNOLOGY

More Than Two Decades of
Learning By Doing

Kids N Technology was established in 2002 with a simple belief: students understand technology best when they can explore it, question it, build with it, and use it to solve real problems.

Technology has changed dramatically since then. Our hands-on philosophy has not. Today, KNT brings that same approach to artificial intelligence, coding, engineering, digital citizenship, design, innovation, and future workforce skills.

Established
2002

Award-winning nonprofit education organization

20+ years of school and community partnerships

Memphis, Tennessee | Los Angeles, California

  • LET'S BUILD WHAT'S NEXT

Bring Hands-On AI + STEM Learning to Your Students

Whether you are planning an eight-week enrichment club, a 12-week expanded-learning lab, a summer program, an intersession experience, or a multi-site implementation, Kids N Technology can help build a program around your students, schedule, staff, and goals.

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