Ages 13โ18 ยท School Students
Foundation Track
Project-driven learning: build websites, games, and AI-powered apps no boring theory. From first website to running AI models no prior coding required.
Pace
- ๐ 2 hours/week live
- ๐ 1 hour/week assignment
Outcomes
- โLive website portfolio deployed online
- โA simple game or app with AI integration
- โPractical hardware understanding (CPU/RAM/GPU/SSD)
- โConfident use of modern AI tools to create
Full Curriculum
Quarter 1: Build & Ship with AI
"I can make the internet."
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Quarter 1: Build & Ship with AI
"I can make the internet."
Month 1: Vibe Coding & First Websites
Deliverable: Live personal website deployed on Vercel.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is the web? How do websites work? Intro to AI-assisted coding (Cursor, Bolt.new, v0, Lovable). | A personal "About Me" page using AI prompts. |
| 2 | HTML structure with AI help. Tags, images, links. | A photo gallery page for their hobby. |
| 3 | CSS styling with AI. Colors, fonts, layouts. | A styled landing page for a fake pizza shop. |
| 4 | Responsive design basics. Mobile vs desktop. | A portfolio homepage (live on Vercel). |
Month 2: Python The Language of AI
Deliverable: A Python text-based game (Guess the Number or Quiz).
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Python setup (VS Code + Replit). Variables, print, input. | A chatbot that asks your name and favorite color. |
| 6 | Loops (for/while) and conditionals (if/else). | A number guessing game. |
| 7 | Lists, dictionaries, simple data. | A "Top 5 Movies" list with ratings. |
| 8 | Functions and modules. | A mini calculator with +, โ, ร, รท. |
Month 3: Ship It Deployment & Git Basics
Deliverable: GitHub profile + 2 live projects.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | What is Git? Saving code history with GitHub. | Push their Python game to GitHub. |
| 10 | Deploying Python apps online. | Deploy a simple Streamlit app. |
| 11 | Connecting frontend + backend basics. | A "Joke Generator" site (HTML frontend, Python API). |
| 12 | Quarter 1 Review + Show & Tell. | Present their portfolio + game to the batch. |
Quarter 2: The Hardware & AI Tools Universe
"I understand the machine and the magic."
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Quarter 2: The Hardware & AI Tools Universe
"I understand the machine and the magic."
Month 4: Hardware Deep Dive
Deliverable: A blog post/video: "The Perfect Student Laptop Under $600."
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | CPU Architecture: U/H/HX/P series, cores, threads, clock speed. | Benchmark their own laptop vs a friend's. |
| 14 | Memory: DDR4 vs DDR5 vs LPDDR5X, cache (L1/L2/L3). | Create a "Best Laptop for Coding" comparison chart. |
| 15 | GPUs vs TPUs: VRAM, 8GB vs 16GB, what TPUs do. | Draw a diagram: CPU vs GPU vs TPU. |
| 16 | Storage & thermals: SSD vs HDD, throttling, battery reality. | Diagnose their own machine's specs using tools. |
Month 5: AI Tools Mastery (The Modern Toolbox)
Deliverable: A "My AI Toolkit" Notion page with 5 completed mini-projects.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini: how to ask properly (task delegation). | Use AI to write a story, then critique it. |
| 18 | Codex & GitHub Copilot: AI that writes code with you. | Build a to-do list app using only AI assistance. |
| 19 | NotebookLM & Perplexity: research and learning with AI. | Create a study guide for their hardest subject. |
| 20 | Advanced agent tools (research + verification mindset). | Find 10 facts about a topic and verify with AI. |
Month 6: AI Creation Art, 3D, and Games
Deliverable: A 3D asset + AI art gallery.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | AI image generation basics + prompt craft. | 10 AI-generated images for their portfolio. |
| 22 | 3D AI tools for characters/objects. | A 3D character or object for a game. |
| 23 | AI in game development (Roblox/Unity/Godot workflows). | A simple 3D scene with AI textures. |
| 24 | Quarter 2 Review: hardware + AI tools demo day. | Present: "I made this with AI." |
Quarter 3: Junior AI Practitioner
"I can talk to the brain (models)."
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Quarter 3: Junior AI Practitioner
"I can talk to the brain (models)."
Month 7: Python for Data & AI
Deliverable: A data analysis project with charts.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Pandas basics: read CSVs, filter, explore. | Analyze a dataset of their favorite sports players. |
| 26 | NumPy basics: arrays + simple math. | A grade calculator that handles 100 students. |
| 27 | Matplotlib: charts and graphs. | Visualize their screen time or gaming stats. |
| 28 | APIs: what is an API? calling a weather API. | A script that tells them today's weather. |
Month 8: Cloud GPUs Touching Real AI Compute
Deliverable: A Colab notebook + Kaggle profile + first submission.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Google Colab: using a free T4 GPU. | Run a pre-written image classifier on Colab. |
| 30 | Kaggle: datasets, notebooks, beginner competitions. | Enter a beginner Kaggle competition. |
| 31 | Lightning AI: what is a GPU cluster? credits mindset. | Run a text-generation model on cloud compute. |
| 32 | GPU specs: A100 vs T4, VRAM limits, tiers. | Create a "GPU Tier List" for AI beginners. |
Month 9: Open Source Models & Hugging Face
Deliverable: A live web app using a real AI model to answer questions.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Hugging Face: model cards, spaces, datasets. | Create an account and explore 5 models. |
| 34 | Using small models (DistilBERT/TinyLlama/Phi). | A sentiment analyzer for movie reviews. |
| 35 | What are LLMs? simplified transformers intuition. | Draw/explain how a transformer works in their own words. |
| 36 | API vs local models: tradeoffs and cost. | An "Ask the AI" web app (API-powered). |
Quarter 4: Capstone & Real-World Projects
"I am an AI Builder."
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Quarter 4: Capstone & Real-World Projects
"I am an AI Builder."
Month 10: SaaS AI Projects Docs & Video Calls
Deliverable: Two mini SaaS apps: AI Docs Maker and Video Call AI.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 37 | Building a SaaS website for making Docs with AI. | A document generation AI tool. |
| 38 | Adding export and sharing to Docs SaaS. | PDF export and shareable links. |
| 39 | Building a simple SaaS for video calls. | A basic WebRTC video chat room. |
| 40 | Integrating AI notes into the video call app. | Live transcripts for video calls. |
Month 11: 3D AI & PIXAL3D
Deliverable: An app to turn images to 3D models with PIXAL3D.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Introduction to 3D AI & PIXAL3D. | Setup PIXAL3D API access. |
| 42 | Uploading images and generating 3D models. | An image-to-3D pipeline. |
| 43 | Building a 3D model viewer gallery. | A web gallery with 3D model viewer. |
| 44 | Testing and polish. | Playtest a classmate's app. |
Month 12: Capstone, Portfolio, Graduation
Deliverable: Graduation demo + certificate.
| Week | Topic | What You Build |
|---|---|---|
| 45 | Portfolio assembly: GitHub, personal site, demos. | A polished portfolio website. |
| 46 | Presentation skills: demoing like a founder. | A 3-minute pitch of their best project. |
| 47 | Final project week: build anything with AI help. | The capstone. |
| 48 | Graduation Demo Day. | Live demo + certificate. |
Final Deliverables
- โLive portfolio website
- โGitHub with 6+ projects
- โ1 deployed AI-powered app
- โ1 game or 3D scene
- โCertificate: Foundation Track Graduate
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