AI Problem

Solvers Challenge

AI Problem

Solvers Challenge

Facilitator guide

Beyond chatbots: Students as AI designers

Beyond chatbots: Students as AI designers

The AI Problem Solvers Challenge helps students explore how AI can solve real problems in their schools and communities.

The AI Problem Solvers Challenge helps students explore how AI can solve real problems in their schools and communities.

Students design prompts for SchoolAI Spaces, building AI literacy while discovering how technology can amplify human creativity and problem-solving.

Students design prompts for SchoolAI Spaces, building AI literacy while discovering how technology can amplify human creativity and problem-solving.

Why it matters
  • Build AI literacy through hands-on prompt design

  • Practice the four-step process: Role, Task, Instructions, Guidelines

  • Solve real problems students care about

  • Work as teams to brainstorm and create together

  • Learn responsible AI use with built-in ethical guidelines

Learning outcomes

1. Explain how AI follows human instructions.
2. Design prompts using a four-step process.
3. Collaborate to solve real-world problems with AI.
4. Reflect on the ethical impact of AI use.

Use this video to introduce the activity to your class

Who can participate

Ages 6–18+

(lesson plans tailored by age band)

All learners

(includes scaffolds and accommodations)

Any size classroom
or school

Set up and prep (20-30 mins)
The Challenge (~60 mins)

Students work in teams to:

  • Identify a challenge in their school or community

  • Design AI prompts using the four-step framework

  • Test and refine their ideas in the AI Problem Solvers Simulator

  • Share solutions with classmates

  • Reflect on responsible AI use

Ready to help students see how AI can make school awesome? This experience shows them that AI isn’t about replacing human creativity, it’s about amplifying it through responsible, ethical, and collaborative design.