Take & Teach Lesson Plan: Computer Science Artificial Neuron

• This lesson introduces students to the foundational concepts of artificial intelligence by exploring the artificial neuron. It explains how an artificial neuron mimics the human brain to make decisions. Students will learn about inputs, weights, and bias followed by an experiment with a free online simulation to see how these elements work together to produce an output.

• An interactive online module introduces AI concepts to students who then manipulate inputs in a simulation to predict how changing weights affects the importance of different inputs and experiment with different combinations to see how a neuron’s output changes.