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Week 04 · Sort It Out

Thursday

A model describes the world
// Features, rules and models
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: A model describes the world

Nova plays a riddle game.

"It has four legs, fur, and says meow."

Rocket shouts, "A dog!"

Raven asks, "What do you notice? Meow!"

Describe with features

We can describe a thing by its features.

A cat has fur, whiskers and a tail.

A list of features is a simple model.

A model describes the world.

RIDDLE TIME
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Four legs, fur, whiskers, says meow. What is it?
Round, bouncy, you kick it. What is it?

AI uses models too

AI keeps a model of the world.

It uses the model to work things out.

But AI does not think like a person.

A model can be missing things.

Then AI can make a mistake.

Try it
Think of an animal.
Tell your grown-up three features.
Can they guess the animal?
MODEL CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Rocket guessed dog. Why was it wrong?
A model is a way to...
Does AI think like a person?
A model is missing things. AI may...
SentenceTrue or false?
A list of features can be a model.?
AI keeps a model of the world.?
AI thinks just like a person.?
A model can be missing things.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEAI uses models, and models can be incomplete.
Draw a cat. Circle three features.

Word Spot: run, number, way

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Run: R-U-N.

Number: N-U-M-B-E-R.

Way: W-A-Y.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I can ___ fast.
Three is a ___.
Which ___ do we go?

You built a model with features!

Tomorrow we find sorting all around us.

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