When AI can answer everything, how do we keep students curious? Learn how custom GPTs and the CARE framework (Clarity, Accuracy, Relevance, Ethics) can transform AI into a thinking partner. Leave with lesson ideas that build student reflection, critical reasoning, and authentic inquiry across grade levels.

Turn learning science into practical teaching strategies for Generation Alpha. Rotate through hands-on stations exploring cognitive load, spaced retrieval, productive struggle, and evidence-based pedagogy. Learn to distinguish AI applications that deepen student thinking from those that bypass learning. Walk away with immediately implementable strategies utilizing free tools.

This interactive station invites educators to experience how students can use AI to support their thinking during problem-solving. Participants will try out structured prompts used in a high school chemistry classroom, explore examples of student responses, and examine how AI can be used to identify and address common misconceptions. Additional examples will include the use of NotebookLM to compare student thinking with accurate conceptual understanding, as well as AI-supported activities like digital escape rooms to reinforce learning. Educators will leave with practical prompts and activity ideas they can immediately adapt for their own classrooms.

Makerspaces are not just reserved for libraries or ed-tech classrooms. Teachers of all subject areas can benefit from maker space projects in their classrooms. This playground will encourage educators to engage in hands-on activities in their classrooms.