Making the Call on AI Referees

Duration: 45 minutes

Grade Levels: 3-8

In this lesson, students will explore how AI models are trained by testing a simulated AI referee on judging penalty kicks in soccer. They will work in teams to run a test, decide whether or not the AI referee made an accurate call, and record their findings.
Resources

Lesson Plan PDF

 

Grade Levels: 3-8

Duration: 45 min

Concepts/Skills: Artificial intelligence, image identification, bias

Objectives: 

  • Train the “AI referee” with the provided image data of the calls for a penalty kick.
  • Test the AI referee by having it make calls on several plays.
  • Reflect on what other data the AI referee might need to be consistently accurate.