K12 AI Labs

Animation and Character Design Unit Bundle

$75.00

K12 AI Labs Unit Bundle

The Animation and Character Design Unit Bundle takes students through the full creative arc of AI-assisted visual production—from generating a character concept to building a storyboard to presenting a completed portfolio. Across five lessons, students develop both the technical skills and the critical perspective needed to work with AI image generation tools effectively and responsibly.

Students use platforms like Adobe Firefly, Leonardo AI, DALL·E, and LTX Studio to generate, refine, and iterate on visual work across each lesson. The unit also weaves in substantive ethical content—examining questions of copyright, consent, bias in AI-generated imagery, and the professional implications for human designers and animators.

The unit culminates in a Portfolio Showcase, where students curate and present their work as a cohesive body of creative production. All five lessons are ISTE-aligned and instructor-ready, with full guides, design templates, feedback protocols, and differentiation supports.

Our two lessons on Responsible and Ethical AI use are included for FREE with this package.

This is a digital lesson accessed via lesson PDF—no physical product will be shipped.

AI Labs is designed for middle and high school classrooms but is adaptable across grade levels. It fits naturally into computer science, media, elective, or STEM programs—and can be taught as a semester course, stretched to a full-year, or a flexible collection of standalone lessons with 10 Cumulative Project options with teacher materials and student pacing guide.

Details
  • Subject
    Information Technology
  • Grade Level
    Middle School, High School
  • Teaching Role
    Independent Study
  • Course Format
    Digital
  • Fulfillment Type
    Download
  • Parental Involvement
    Low: Minimal daily involvement
  • Credits/Transcripts
    No transcripts or transferrable credits are provided with this course.
  • Grading Method
    No assessments

What's Included
  • 5 Lesson plans for teachers or homeschool parents
  • 5 Presentation slide lessons for students
  • 2 Ethics lessons for FREE

This is a digital lesson accessed via lesson PDF—no physical product will be shipped.

Materials Needed

Lesson 9:

  • Computers with internet access
  • Adobe Firefly, Leonardo AI, or DALL·E accounts
  • Design log template (digital or printed)
  • Shared drive folder for saving image iterations

Lesson 10:

  • AI image generator of choice (e.g., Krea.ai or thispersondoesnotexist.org)
  • Teacher presentation slides (realism vs. stylization overview)
  • Student reflection sheet (Appendix D)
  • Case study handouts (Appendix C)
  • Comparison chart or graphic organizer

Lesson 11:

  • Computers with LTX Studio access (or alternative AI video generator)
  • Sample storyboard: The Lost Drone (Appendix A)
  • Interactive display
  • Storyboard template (Appendix C)
  • Rubric (Appendix D)
  • Optional: drawing tablets or sketch templates

Lesson 12:

  • Poster template
  • AI image generator
  • Internet access for case studies
  • Printer or digital display

Lesson 13:

  • Digital portfolio platform (Google Slides, Canva, or Behance)
  • Portfolio rubric
  • Screen for showcases
  • Access to previous project files and saved images
  • Optional: headphones/microphones for recorded presentations

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K12 AI Labs

AI Labs is a hands-on, project-based curriculum that prepares students to understand, use, and think critically about artificial intelligence. Across 25 lessons and seven content modules, students move from foundational AI ethics through real creative and technical work—writing prompts, generating music, designing characters, coding games, training machine learning models, and producing video with AI avatars.

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