AI for Key Stage 3
Year 7 classes arrive from many different primary schools, so what pupils already know can vary a lot within one class. Key Stage 3 teachers use Flint to give each pupil a tutor that starts where they are. Sparky adjusts its language and the difficulty of its questions to each pupil, and helps them work things out without giving the answer away.
These are also the years when many pupils first use AI on their own. Using it in lessons, with a teacher reading along, is a chance to show them what good use looks like before they start GCSE courses.
Science7th, 8th, 9th
Interview AI about microplastics in aquatic ecosystems
Let students interview AI subject matter experts to better understand the impact of microplastics in the Great Lakes.
Science7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Turn-by-turn natural selection game
Let students test their knowledge of variation, competition, and reproduction in a turn-by-turn game.
English Language Arts6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Essay draft feedback from an AI editor
Have AI give students feedback on their initial drafts of an essay, based on their grade level and a provided rubric.
World Language7th, 8th, 9th, 10th
Ordering food in French from an AI waiter
Have students engage in a verbal conversation in French to order a meal at a restaurant.
World Language5th, 6th, 7th
Spanish speaking practice from Quizlet vocab list
Have students speak in Spanish with an AI that specifically uses vocab words from a provided Quizlet.
Social Studies3rd, 4th, 5th
Intro to Ancient Civilizations Role Play
Engage students in a role play to help them understand the life and culture of ancient civilizations and relate it back to their current lives.
Computer Science10th, 11th, 12th
Python coding competition: Student versus AI
Place students head-to-head in a Python programming competition against AI that automatically matches their level.
English Language Arts3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th
Interview about Roald Dahl’s life and career
In preparation for reading 'James and the Giant Peach', give students more context about the author by having them interview AI Roald Dahl.
Planning for Years 7 to 9
Flint uses UK year groups and includes the National Curriculum programmes of study for Key Stage 3 in English, maths, science, history, geography, computing, languages, art and design, design and technology, music, PE and citizenship. A department adopts the presets in one click, and Flint builds activities against the objectives and tracks which ones each pupil's sessions covered. That gives you a view of the gaps in a Year 7 class long before anyone sits a GCSE.
Some ways Key Stage 3 teachers use it:
- A Year 7 maths class works through fractions, with Sparky slowing down for pupils who came from primary less secure.
- Year 8 scientists interview an AI expert on microplastics, then write up what they learned.
- A Year 9 history class questions a journalist reporting from the Western Front, using sources the teacher uploaded.
- Pupils learning to program in a text-based language, as the computing curriculum requires, get hints on their code without being given the fix.
Support for every pupil
Pupils with EAL can ask Sparky to explain a word or a task in their home language. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech help pupils with SEND who find reading or writing hard, and Sparky can break a long task into smaller steps for pupils who lose track of what they're doing. Homework activities have deadlines and time limits, and every conversation is saved for the teacher to read.
Every message is checked for self-harm, violence, harassment, sexual content and pupils treating the AI as a friend. Alerts go by email to the staff you choose, such as your DSL, and self-harm alerts are always sent straight away. UK schools use Flint's UK service at uk.flintk12.com, with pupil data stored in London.
