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Machine Learning For Kids:: Teachers' Notes: Setup

This document provides teaching resources for a 1.5 hour machine learning project where students will make cards with symbols and train a model to recognize the symbols using photos of the cards. They will then use the trained model to create a Snap card game in Scratch. The document outlines the objectives, materials needed, and setup instructions for students to complete the project.

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Machine Learning For Kids:: Teachers' Notes: Setup

This document provides teaching resources for a 1.5 hour machine learning project where students will make cards with symbols and train a model to recognize the symbols using photos of the cards. They will then use the trained model to create a Snap card game in Scratch. The document outlines the objectives, materials needed, and setup instructions for students to complete the project.

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Machine Learning For Kids :: Teachers’ notes

Worksheet
Snap
Activity Make a card game in Scratch that learns to recognise pictures of your card.

Objective Teach a computer to recognise what icons look like


• Learn how computers can be trained to recognise pictures
Difficulty level Beginner
Time estimate 1.5 hours (for full version of the project, where the students make their own cards)
45 minutes (if students are provided with pre-made cards)
Summary Students make cards with different symbols. They will train a machine learning model
to recognise what the symbols look like by taking pictures of them with a computer
webcam. They use this in Scratch to make a Snap game where the computer recognises
if it chooses a matching card.
Topics image classification, supervised learning

Setup

Each student will need:


Print-outs Project worksheet (download from https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/worksheets )
Blocks in Scratch scripts are colour-coded, so printing in colour will make it easier for students.
Resources Paper, scissors, felt pens (for full project, where the students make their own cards)
or
Pre-made cards (download and print the “Additional project resources”)
Technology Web-cam
Access Username and password for machinelearningforkids.co.uk
Class account will need:
API keys Watson Visual Recognition - 1 custom model per student
One “Lite” API key is free but can only be used to create 2 custom models
One “Standard” API key can be used to create to create multiple custom models
more detail at: https://github.com/IBM/taxinomitis-docs/raw/master/docs/pdf/machinelearningforkids-apikeys.pdf

Customizing
If you use PRIMM approaches with your class, add a step where students predict how the project template works.
If you want to increase the amount of coding involved, delete some of the code from the project template and
add steps to the worksheet so students code it themselves.
If you want to encourage problem solving, delete some of the detail in the worksheets and provide more general
instructions instead.
Project template files & worksheets in MS Word format are available so you can modify them to suit your class.
Project https://github.com/IBM/taxinomitis-docs/tree/master/scratch-templates
templates Scratch 3 templates end .sb3 Scratch 2 templates end .sb2
Worksheets https://github.com/IBM/taxinomitis-docs/tree/master/project-worksheets/msword
Help
Potential • Students will take photos and upload them to a secure site. If only cards are visible
issues in photos they take, students will not be identifiable. If this raises concerns it may
be sensible to obtain parental permission.
• “https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk” is a long URL to type for some children.
You may find it easier to set up a bookmark that they can click on instead.
General troubleshooting and help at https://machinelearningforkids.co.uk/help

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