AI Adventures: The ’Zine

About AI Adventures: The ’Zine

AI Adventures: The ’Zine is a free, screen-free artificial intelligence literacy resource from The Tech Interactive, created to help kids learn about AI through curiosity, creativity, and play. Designed for students in grades 3 to 12, the ’zine uses puzzles, games, comics, activities, and short articles to make big questions about artificial intelligence feel approachable and fun.

Artificial intelligence is already shaping how people learn, create, work, and solve problems. This resource helps young learners build confidence by exploring what AI is, how it works, where it shows up in everyday life, and why human choices matter in the technology we build and use.

Created for National AI Literacy Day, AI Adventures: The ’Zine encourages kids to ask thoughtful questions, think critically, and see themselves as part of shaping the future of technology. It is designed for families, educators, caregivers, and curious learners who want an engaging way to introduce artificial intelligence without needing a device.

Whether used at home, in the classroom, or as part of a STEAM learning experience, AI Adventures: The ’Zine supports hands-on exploration and helps young people build durable skills, including critical thinking, creativity, ethical decision-making, and problem-solving.

In this free AI literacy resource, students can:

• Learn what artificial intelligence is and how it works
• Explore how AI appears in everyday life
• Think critically about AI tools, bias, and human decision-making
• Complete screen-free puzzles, games, and creative challenges
• Ask questions about who designs technology and who benefits from it
• Build confidence as thoughtful, curious users and shapers of AI

Created by The Tech Interactive, a hands-on science and innovation center in downtown San Jose, AI Adventures: The ’Zine reflects The Tech’s mission of inspiring the innovator in everyone.