Overview
How do machines know what they know? Gain a deeper understanding that intelligence goes beyond simple storage of knowledge. Build an interactive device using open-source software. Ecolinc joins forces with Liberty Science Center in New York for this video conference.
Background Information
Today, everyone can build chatbots with visual drag and drop bot editors. You don’t need coding skills or any other superpowers. Making your own chatbot is actually very fast and easy. And did we mention that it is going to be fun too? Gain a deeper understanding that intelligence goes beyond simple storage of knowledge.
STEM in a Box
No.
Prior Knowledge
No prior knowledge is required.
Learning Intentions
In this program students will:
- Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
- Reason abstractly and qualitatively.
- Examine a system, consider how each part relates to other parts and redesign it for another purpose.
Activities
In this video conference students will:
- Interact with the expert educational presenters live from Liberty Science Center USA.
- Explore what machine learning means.
- Create a simple chatbot using an open-source platform.
Victorian Curriculum 2.0
Science: Science as a Human Endeavour
- Scientific knowledge changes over time, often resulting from collaboration or by building on the work of others, and leads to advances in science (VC2S6H01)
- Scientific knowledge, skills and data can be used by individuals and communities to identify problems, consider responses and make decisions (VC2S6H02)
Digital Technologies: Data, information and privacy
- Select and use appropriate digital tools effectively to create, locate and communicate content, applying common conventions for a diverse audience (VC2TDI6D04)

